Lanvin Creative Director Alber Elbaz awarded the Legion of Honor, the latest designer to garner the prestigious French prize.

Elbaz received the award on January 25, the Thursday sandwiched between the upcoming French haute couture and men's ready-to-wear collections.  Elbaz was presented with the Legion of Honor by France’s Minister of Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres at  the Palais Royal, the traditional place for such a presentation for creative types. Everyone from Jack Nicholson to Valentino got their ribbon in the grand and gilded salon of the Ministry of Culture on rue de Valois, the heart of the Palais Royal, arguably the world’s most beautiful apartment building.
Elbaz is the most famous graduate of the Fashion Design Department at the Shenkar College of Engineering & Design in Ramat Gan, 1982-86. The school's fashion department is the most distinguished in Israel.   Elbaz is widely regarded as one of the half dozen designers who influences global fashion trends.

Since being appointed in 2001, the Israel-national Elbaz has made Lanvin’s show into one of the chicest presentations in fashion anywhere.

Enormously popular for his panache, lack of pretension, honesty and exceptional talent, Elbaz’s award will be very well received in fashion and in France.