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We are MIME are saddened by the death of fashion designer Alber Elbaz. After his work as head designer of Yves Saint Laurent and his 14-stint at Lanvin -- where he made the fashions of the once sleepy maison cool celebrity must-haves -- the designer launched his own AZ Factory, backed by Richemont. It was in fact Richemont to confirm his death, from Covid-19, in a Paris hospital.
“You made us dream, you made us think, and now you fly,” AZ Factory wrote on its website. “Love, trust and respect, always. ❤️ Alber, We Love you Forever.”
For fragrance lovers, Elbaz collaborated with Frédéric Malle on the iconic perfume Superstitious. Talking about their joint venture Malle wrote on his website, "Alber resists a world that seeks to impose categories rather than free us from them. He considers intuition to be an inexhaustible source of freedom in the face of hyper-order, and beauty to lie in the irrational and the inexplicable."
Alber Elbaz was 59 years old.
