Video: Alber Elbaz wonders if “the body is the new fashionable dress”

Check out this video of the Lanvin show see the clothes in all their billowy glory. It’s about 16 minutes long, so if you’re short on time, skip ahead to 13:08 for an interview with Alber Elbaz, where he talks about whether the body is “the new fashionable dress” and whether women need fashion when they can now “buy their own body, they can buy their face, their eyes, their lips, their boobs, their butt.” Plus, cameos from Janet Jackson, Lenny Kravitz and Dita Von Teese.

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