RUNWAY: Lanvin FW19

Long gone is Lucas Ossendrijver, he was unceremoniously dismissed from Lanvin, another by-product of the chaos at the stories Parisian label. But under its new corporate owner, Lanvin is on its way to a new start and new aesthetic. While this debut collection from Italian designer Bruno Sialelli was a bit too similar to Loewe, his most recent employer prior to the top spot at Lanvin, it was a clean slate, of sorts, for the label. There were painterly prints and a loungey vibe that Jonathan Anderson championed at Loewe but the coats and outerwear were were Sialelli shined strongest and likely where he should focus his efforts and less on what he had been doing at his old job.