Meaning to share this polaroid pic for a while.
Celine,
wearing Saint Laurent Rive Gauche by
Mr. Alber Elbaz , 1999.
My love and admiration for Alber’s work started long ago, when he was named creative director for Ysl by Mr. Saint Laurent and Mr. Bergé ( late 90s)
I was often going for his pieces to style Celine then, i found them ultra chic and modern , wich she loved as much i did.
His shows were the best, refined, energizing, edgy and chic, at Ysl and later on when he went on to litterally changed the face of the house Lanvin.
He was able to go from ultra minimal to opulence superbly in the same collection.
Years later i met him, in 2007,
by chance, i was with my great friend Megan Heinl who stormed out our car screaming his name and ran to him across the street!
I joined her and Alber on the sidewalk, and he was just so lovely, we had a good laugh with Megan’s dangerous move between cars.
I showed him this original polaroid , was in my wallet,
he flipped!
had never seen Celine styled in his Ysl designs.
( very much pre - social media !)
I looked like a bit of a stalker i realized ,
and so went on to explain i had been rehired that year and i was in Paris to do promo work for Celine , and had planned to show her this old polaroid.
We right away organized a meeting between Celine , Alber and I on that same evening. I ´ve always been bad at immortalizing moments, but Megan had this blurry pic of him and i , when we stepped inside the St - Honoré Lanvin boutique. (looking for some more pics, will post later)
He was gracious and funny and cool as ever and it was one of a few great moments. The man had a magic charm.
A creative genius. I am happy i was able to let Alber know my admiration for him in a candid moment.
And had the chance to collaborate a couple times over the following years .
Deeply saddened by the loss of this gentle , fun and oh so brilliant man.
A true visionnary.
Merci Alber , may you rest in peace and beauty. You brought so much beauty.
My sincere sympathies to his loving husband Alex, his family and close friends.
❤️💔
Celine ´s inedit polaroid shot by
@andrerauphotography
(Megan xx
@abeastnamedrufus )
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