Face in the crowd

Lanvin

Alber Elbaz and Lucas Ossendrijver designed each of their pieces to match the personality of the model who wore it in Paris. Their point? To create a personalised collection that rebels against the “anonymity of a world globalised by the internet.” Animal prints were mixed with mesmerising colours, such as a cerise leather jacket worn over a shirt with pink tiger stripes and green and pink zig- zags. The sombre part of the show revealed a new silhouette for coats: the kimono. Made from a single piece of fabric, the lined trench coat came in beige and black. The closing pieces were abstract: shirts and tops displayed monochrome Picasso- like emblems. Perhaps the point was ironic— faceless images in a collection made to be personal.