dirk standen about the problems in the industry and he described them with his own signature humour after having done many stints at a number of european fashion houses including geoffrey beene guy laroche and yves saint laurent alber elbaz founded the richemont backed label az factory in 2019 being born in casablanca elbaz was all about love and thats exactly what the theme was in 2021 when the whole fashion industry came together to pay tribute to elbaz and the outfits he had worn throughout his life various artistic measures were dedicated to him from the packaging of lanvin to his illustration of the song lady jane a book has even been documented with around 3000 pictures of his outstanding worklove brings lovelove brings love was the tribute show in honour of albert elbaz that took place last week at the paris fashion week 44 designers and fashion houses paid homage to the late designer who tragically passed away from covid19 last year and put the entire fashion industry in deep grieving az factory dubbed the fashion show with a selection of the top fashion houses getting their creative heads exclusive pieces ranging from those at the helm of some of the oldest fashion houses wellknown designers to emerging talents as well as those with their own eponymous labels were all seen together just for the purpose of paying their respects to him and thats how elbaz would have liked to have the fashion world come together as a unified family the nicest man in fashion he had the space and acceptance for all kinds of artists to join the celebration of fashion and creativity his favourite hues of pink black and white metallics to vibrant shades for all kinds of silhouettes were flaunted on the long ramp set against a dark black backdrop where torch lights flashed from the top it was an iconic finale in honour of an iconic figure closed by amber valletta offering her love and tribute with a nod and a bow to alberss 2022the list of major fashion houses including ralph and russo louis vuitton bottega veneta balenciaga balmain gucci fendi dior burberry and some of the emerging talent including charaf tajer of casablanca christopher john rogers tomo koizumi grace wales bonner and more were a part of the event at the paris fashion week ss21 each garment had a different approach but one thing was in common and that was the inspiration based on elbazs signature work from his aesthetics the closing of the show was again inspired by an exhibition from 1945 called thtre de la mode that had brought over 60 couturiers together in the wake of world war ll alber always had the vision to unite the extended fashion family to create a bigger room having a window to peek for all kinds this vision was fulfilled at the show upholding albers royal reputation as one of the industrys innocent and the most beloved figure who was full of