Lanvin Designer Feels Overweight; Makes Others Feel Beautiful (NSFW)TatianaTheAnonymousModel3/10/09 2:40pm62EditInvite manuallyPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkAriel Levy's profile of Alber Elbaz, the Israeli who's helmed Lanvin since 2001, succeeds in describing the designer's grasp of women's wear — which is founded in no small part in Elbaz's own troubled self-image.