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"   Miss Lanvin! Photo: Getty Images  Last night, after months of anticipation, Alber Elbaz staged a runway show of his Lanvin (Hearts) H&amp;amp;amp;M collection at the Pierre Hotel. It was totally bananas. The runway was built under at least a dozen crystal chandeliers dripping from the ceiling and at the end stood a giant trellis covered with enormous pink flowers. The front row was studded with editors and both real and fashion celebrities like Sofia Coppola, Emma Roberts, Proenza Schouler`s Jack and Lazaro, Anna Sui and one toddler in custom Lanvin for H&amp;amp;amp;M (yes, it was pink and poufy). The looks themselves were customized by Alber (to be auctioned for charity) and modeled by a diverse cast of characters including Dree Hemingway, Asia Chow, Alana Zimmer, Pixie Geldof, Tasha Tilberg and Julia Frakes (there was even a poodle!) who strut down the runway as campy as they could before gathering behind the flowers. It was post show that things got interesting, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve got to buy everything for my girlfriends!&amp;quot; squealed Alexander Wang as the crowd fell like a crashing wave down one single narrow staircase. Downstairs, the racks were attacked. No one stopped for a glass of champagne, a sweet or to admire Alber&amp;#039;s actual sketches stacked against the baby blue wall, instead they just tumbled into the room and swept the racks clean. Anna Sui grabbed just about one of everything, while Wang kept his promise with arms full of dresses. Coppola, who&amp;#039;d said on her way in, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m excited to see what Alber&amp;#039;s come up with for this haute couture version, I mean he&amp;#039;s awesome,&amp;quot; walked out with just a black blouse. At least one editor fell over a pile of shoes and another slammed her head against a mirror \u2014 most went straight for the tiered ruffled dresses in jewel tones (with crystals at the neck) but it was the yellow, one-shouldered dress that disappeared fastest. As for sizes, if you&amp;#039;re sending someone in the suburbs to pick up your favorite pieces to avoid the rumored 3AM line up time for Saturday&amp;#039;s launch, everything runs true to size, if not a little big (think traditional H&amp;amp;amp;M size, not traditional Lanvin). So much was made of Elbaz making H&amp;amp;amp;M luxurious instead of &amp;quot;Lanvin for the masses,&amp;quot; and on the way in H&amp;amp;amp;M&amp;#039;s Creative Advisor Margareta van den Bosch echoed the sentiment, &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s more one of a kind, more couture.&amp;quot; And she&amp;#039;s right, it may not be couture, but the pieces themselves are brilliantly made for the price point, and the fabric actually feels luxurious. The silk is heavy where it should be, the ruffles stiff and even the grosgrain ribbon used as trim on shoes and belts on dresses feels rich. If you&amp;#039;re not already interested in the collection, you probably won&amp;#039;t care, but if you&amp;#039;ve been waiting months, you won&amp;#039;t be disappointed. Additional reporting by Brooke Bobb.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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