Lanvin Creative Director Alberelbaz Suffers From Depression

Lately Lanvin Creative director Albert Elbaz (AlberElbaz), like today's talented designer Karajan and HusseinChalayan AzzedineAlaia, designers are under great pressure to design clothes. (HusseinChalayan)

"I don't understand fashion is like a marathon race. Today, designers want their brands to grow bigger, stronger and faster. If they do not develop, they will become the market. eliminate Just like a singer, if she did not create 10 great songs, she would be eliminated. If a director did not export 5 amazing works, she could not survive. If she wanted to be a writer, she would also need to write at least 3 literary works. Nowadays, fashion designers create 6-8 fashion series every year, and even many designers have a career of 20 years, that is, the need to design more than 250 kinds of clothing series, just like DanielleSteel can write 250 books.

"So you can see why some designers like it. To open or find a new path or snap course Why do some designers like to talk about themselves? You have to find a way to change. Although Alber knows how to treat me, but when it comes to his own mechanism to deal with stress, he jokes, "I don't like taking drugs, but I can't do without them. I'm a drug addict, because I'm a Jew, I'm also a businessman, and I don't like to go to parties because I'm not good at looking at the mirror. My way of escaping pressure is watching TV, just like meditation." Although his Lanvin brand has become the most successful symbol of the fashion industry, Elbaz often recalls the bits and pieces of the industry that was launched in the past, such as the dismissal of TomFord in the YSL brand in 2001. Creative director Position.

Elbaz explained: "in YSL, I feel like a son-in-law. I am part of the family. When I was fired, I felt like a widow, full of pain, but this didn't break me down. I was never a Elbaz of YSL, nor a Elbaz of Lanvin. I was a small, fat Elbaz." Later, the designer will also consider entering the medical care process.

Elbaz said: "I want to be a doctor, I have depression, so I have to use drugs, I like nurses, I also like the food in the hospital, but I think 10 years of training can be too long for me, and I can not see any fashion sense, but I still remember the plot of watching TV: because of the terrorist attack, a woman's husband is missing. I think this is nothing for me. I only remember the clothes that woman wore, but then I realized my job. As a fashion designer, I hope to give women a smile, just like the satisfaction of bringing them chocolates."

Despite winning numerous awards, such as Elbaz won the best international designer of CFDA in 2005, and was awarded the famous French Legion honorary award in 2007, the most proud achievement of designer Elbaz is his humility.

"YSL gives women rights. Chanel gives women emancipation. When I join Lanvin, what do I think I can bring to women? One day, I sent a text message from a friend in New York. She was preparing to go to the court to face her annoying ex husband in a taxi. She said to me, "Alber, I am wearing a Lanvin skirt. I think this skirt can protect me. "This is the biggest compliment I ever received. 500g's silk can protect her. It really makes me happy."