Vegas Magazine - Niche Media - There is a place beyond the crowds, beyond the ropes, where dreams are realized and success is celebrated. You are invited.
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Alber Elbaz, Lanvin���s artistic director, thrives on evolution. Lanvin���s boutique at Crystals. Black crocodileeffect leather partition bag ($4,600) ���Luxury has always been about the dream.��� ���ALBER ELBAZ TASTEMAKER vision moving in a forward-thinking direction, one might infer that Elbaz is indeed a gambling man. More accurately, perhaps, he simply possesses the right combination of passion and assuredness to know when a particular idea is absolutely right. You see this devotion to cunning design mixed with HE MAY NOT POSSESS THE SOUL OF A GAMBLER, BUT playfulness while perusing Lanvin���s boutique at LANVIN���S ALBER ELBAZ LOVES PUSHING THE FASHION Crystals at CityCenter, from the sumptuous dresses ENVELOPE���AND THAT MAKES HIS PIECES A SURE BET FOR that seem tailor-made for a sophisticated evening on the Strip to the whimsical sketches he���ll craft for a noteSTRIP GLAMOUR. BY LAURIE BROOKINS book or a tote bag. It���s an opulent-meets-fanciful vibe that is perfect for a fantasy-based city like Las Vegas. ���m not a gambler,��� says Alber Elbaz when I ask if we���ll see him in Las Hence our own conviction that, if not the games, surely he must love the shows, the restaurants, the pure dazzle of it all. Vegas anytime soon. For the moment, alas, he doesn���t have the time. At the Paris-based house Yet while Elbaz may have little interest in making a pass-line bet or putting it all on red, his work as Lanvin���s artistic director proves he���s rarely he has made white-hot since coming aboard in 2001, Elbaz has grown content to play it safe. Given a signature aesthetic that employs artful drap- accustomed to a nonstop pace, and Vegas has eluded him since the store ing, his love of asymmetry, and his desire to always keep the house and his continued on page 82 perfect fit ���I 80 VEGASMAGAZINE.COM 080-082_V_SS_StyleSetter_Spring13.indd 80 2/11/13 1:24 PM