Alber Elbaz Taps Regular Old Folks (Literally, Old Folks) for Lanvin's Fall Ad Campaign

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Another campaign season, another chance for Alber Elbaz to make everyone smile. This time around, the Lanvin designer stocked his ads with real people looking eccentrically glamorous in the house's fall/winter collection. The models are men and women (and one dog) ranging in age from 18 to 80, and all were shot in New York by Steven Meisel. “I was interested to bring these clothes back to the street somehow, and seeing how they look on different ages, different sizes,” Elbaz told WWD. “It felt like a crazy family, and I like that.” Agreed: crazy is always good. And speaking of good, there's a video coming in August, which with any luck will be as much fun as this one was.

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