“If you take something out of the freezer, it's cold, but what happens when it melts? It's a cool party, a cool person, a cool collection. What does that mean? I'm more interested in things that are uncool, things that have a certain individuality, a certain soul, a certain longevity, emotion, fragility.”

Israeli fashion designer

Alber Elbaz was an Israeli fashion designer known for his work at major Paris fashion houses. He lived from 1961 to 2021, and was the creative director of Lanvin from 2001 to 2015. Before Lanvin, he worked at several other fashion houses, including Geoffrey Beene, Guy Laroche, and Yves Saint Laurent. In 2019, he founded AZ Factory, a label backed by Richemont.