FRANCE: ISRAELI-AMERICAN DESIGNER ALBER ELBAZ UNVEILS DEBUT READY-TO-WEAR COLLECTION FOR YVES SAINT LAURENT IN PARIS

Record ID: 231095

  • Title: FRANCE: ISRAELI-AMERICAN DESIGNER ALBER ELBAZ UNVEILS DEBUT READY-TO-WEAR COLLECTION FOR YVES SAINT LAURENT IN PARIS
  • Date: 8th March 1999
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (MARCH 8, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SHOW ALBER ELBAZ READY-TO-WEAR FASHION SHOW FOR YVES SAINT LAURENT (14 SHOTS) 1.20 2. SLV AUDIENCE 1.22 3. VARIOUS MORE OF SHOW (2 SHOTS) 1.32 4. ZOOM IN ALBER ELBAZ ON CATWALK WITH TOP MODELS 1.48 5. MV FRENCH ACTRESS CATHERINE DENEUVE IN THE AUDIENCE 1.51 6. SLV/WS PARADE OF MODELS AT END OF SHOW (2 SHOTS) 2.07 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 23rd March 1999 12:00
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  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVADSOHAGOTYOTY9RJE8F6INT80F
  • Story Text: The Paris autumn-winter ready-to-wear fashion shows
    have continued with Israeli-American designer Alber Elbaz
    unveiling his debut collection for the house of Yves Saint
    Laurent.

    Designer Alber Elbaz, newly appointed by Yves Saint
    Laurent fashion house presented his first ready-to-wear
    collection at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris on Monday
    (March 8).

    What was important for Elbaz was not to create an Alber
    Elbaz collection for Saint Laurent but continuity and stay
    with the master's classics.Aware of Saint Laurent's
    unflattering opinion of the new wave of young, flashy stylists
    like John Galliano at Dior and Alexander McQueen at Givenchy,
    Elbaz revealed a classic line.

    The show featured masculin grey striped pantsuits with
    double pockets, skirts slighty flared, and timeless tuxedos.

    But occasionally, Elbaz presented some modern originality
    in his clothing - for instance a black skirt worn with a
    jumper and a superposition of fuschia puff sleeves made in
    taffeta, or a transparent black top in muslin with long pagoda
    sleeves worn with classic black trousers.

    As for the accessories, models wore either patent leather
    shoes or shoes made of imitation python snakeskin.
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