Lanvin has announced Bouchra Jarrar as Alber Elbaz’s successor as Creative Director. The Parisian designer took over this position yesterday, and will debut her designs with Lanvin’s Spring/Summer 2017 collection. The designer will be closing her own couture house to focus strictly on Lanvin. Her previous appointments include head of haute couture design at Christian Lacroix, studio director at Balenciaga, and jewellery designer at Jean-Paul Gaultier.

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