Lanvin

Does H&M have Designs on the High End?

November 19, 2010 3:47 pm by Vanessa Friedman

Last night I went to the Pierre hotel in New York to see a Lanvin loves H&M fashion show. They – by which I mean H&M, since this was clearly their gig to fund, though it had been given a Lanvin make-over — had taken over a jewel-like ballroom in the luxury hotel and erected a catwalk; outside was a red carpet.  Read more

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Lanvin and H&M make collection video, raise expectations (and expenses)

November 2, 2010 3:39 pm by Vanessa Friedman

What’s a brand to do when it has a good idea and then everyone copies it? Accessorise, of course! So seems the conclusion, of H&M, which is embarking on a new project with Lanvin, Today, for example, a new, full collection video with serious production values has launched on the H&M home page starring, in no particular order, Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz, and famous models including Natasha Poly and Hannelore Knuts (among others. Take that, Target! Read more

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Who’s got the power?

September 2, 2010 2:10 pm by Vanessa Friedman

The Vanity Fair New Establishment 100 list has just been unveiled, and its criteria for picking “the 100 most influential” are increasingly impenetrable. Read more

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