As Lanvin attempts to try and get back to where it was before it caused its own implosion, the maison's designer offered a light and airy collection of summer-y and beach-y garments. Some of the references were a bit too much but once the idea of this collection's theme started to settle, that's when the wearable and even covetable clothes began to show up: light and boxy striped pants, oversized knits for evenings at the beach and a stunning cerulean togglecoat. Lanvin still has a very long road ahead of itself to prove it's still got it but this is was a nice start.

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.

Baptiste Perrin and Simon Bornhall are tapped by Lanvin to be the faces of its FW18 campaign shot by renowned photographer Collier Schorr and styled by Sarah Richardson.

As the future at Lanvin looks bleakerevery day, the label's men's designer, Lucas Ossendrijver, is under a lot of pressure to add even more value to the label since the women's department is not adding any since the unceremonious firing of Alber Elbaz. This translated into a darker, more ominous collection from Ossendrijver and the unpredictable weather was used to translate these uncertain times into clothes which was thrown together, stitched or layered upon one another to create busy, slouchy looks. There was also a strong focus on bags from oversized rucksacks to leather-bound mesh bags, all of which was to help insulate the world'd oldest fashion house until its owner can sell it at a value she deems worthy.

Though Lucas Ossendrijver has been as Lanvin for quite some time, the maison itself has undergone through some major changes and it has resulted in diminished influence within the industry and has exposed wide cracks within the house itself. Nevertheless, fashion waits for no one and it's onward and upward for the Lanvin man. For FW18, Ossendrijver offered a contrast to his signature tailoring with more dramatic and sometimes rakish layers, from asymmetrical knits to oversized anoraks. Footwear shown was mostly trainers, which is line with the fashion industry as a whole but also because men are consuming more and more footwear and often looking for that one It piece, akin to women's bags.

Collier Schorr captures Lanvin's FW17 campaign which shows off Lucas Ossendrijver's collection for the Parisian label, which has seen a revolving door of designers on the womenswear side. For FW17 campaign features Franck Otianga, Lucas Berry, Oleg Ulrich, and Pierre Podevyn and was styled by Sarah Richardson.

Times are chaotic and Lanvin's latest collection captures the mayhem that surrounds us everyday. Not only is human suffering on the increase from famines to civil wars causing mass exoduses to war and disease, our everyday lives are full of noise due to always being connected. For this SS18 collection, that was captured in the mismatched outfits that weren't worn properly, some buttons not lining up with the appropriate hole. The collection's color palette was also quite depressing, with washed out colors, usually in grays, browns and blues.

Has Lanvin's Lucas Ossendrijver become a nihilist? The opening look's scarf bolding saying "Nothing" and a shirt on the left breast saying "There Is Nothing" may indicate so. However, Ossendrijver was referring to this collection's lack of accoutrements and labels. He created a collection that was simple and to the point: good clothes. The coats were great with small touches, like voluminous sleeves creating rounded silhouettes or a high belt on a trench. Some things, invariably, did not work as well, like dégradé pants which were cropped and loose, making the model wearing it, likely about 6 feet tall look like a half a foot or so shorter; heavens to think what mere mortals wearing them would look like. However, in all, the designer's take on reworked classics had enough subtlety to make the clothes covetable and sellable once these high priced items head to the stores.

Changes have been afoot at Lanvin for months now and the dust has mostly settled with the appointment of couturier Bouchra Jarrar as the womenswear director. Lucas Ossendrijver continues to be the style maker at Lanvin menswear so the shift in mood and direction is minimal for men. For SS17, there were punky references with hard-edged designs while clashing patterns mixed harmoniously to create chic, albeit ne'er do well, looks. The pieces that stood out were the tie-dye shirts, seemingly innocuous and thrown in as an extra layer, was in reality a nod to the gay community, which is large in the fashion industry, as a sign of solidarity and love in light of recent events, and, as always, Lanvin's shows always happens during Pride Weekend in Paris which this year likely has greater importance.

"Good luck on your show today, Lucas" was the message from Alber Elbaz left on Instagram for Lanvin's men's director Lucas Ossendrijver. The two have worked together on every men's collection for Lanvin for nearly a decade and this was Ossendriver's first without input from Elbaz. The result was rugged and a bit rebellious: open shirts, long shaggy hair, and flouncy silhouettes thanks to the wide pants the label has proffered for awhile now. Outerwear here was excellent, like the overcoat-cum-kimonos or any of the shearling lined coats.

Tim Walker and Jacob K work together to capture and style Lanvin's FW15 campaign highlighting the rock and roll tailoring, all worn by Justin Grossman, Koen Verdurmen, Niek Put, Tim Dibble, and Erik Put.

Rugged and used layers were en mode at Lanvin's Spring/Summer 2016 collection. Shirt were distressed to look like they had been through the wash a couple of hundred times while a variety of bottoms were offered, from loungey suit trousers to short shorts to slim cut pants. Meanwhile, the men's label has been trending more towards the dark and sinister these past few seasons and it continues with this collection whose black, grey and maroon layers are wafted in light but, no matter, these poetic and tortured souls are content. In all, there were a plethora of options for buyers and consumers to lust over, with detailing so precise and labor-intensive that one would need to see it in person or feel it to really appreciate the effortless way these lived-in clothes took to make.

See the full collection here.

Alber Elbaz and men's designer Lucas Ossendrijver continued their high-wire act of masculine and feminine tailoring for Lanvin's FW15 collection.  Boxy jackets, cigarette pants, floor-length scarves, and fur cardigans added flare and a bit of the 1970s to the collection whose somber color palette hinted at dystopic influences, full of doom and gloom. The crescendo of the collection came at the end when a series of majestic leather coats, bonded with neoprene, could make anyone wish for Lanvin's dystopic future to happen now, if it means those coats are part of it.

Lanvin Sport's Japan-only collection taps top Swedish model Benjamin Eidem to model the label's sporty and utilitarian offerings.

Lanvin's rock-sensibility is a big reason why they're the go-to label when rock and hip hop stars want something cool to wear on the red carpet. Lucas Ossendrijver, with the direction of Alber Elbaz, delivered a taut and rocking collection for SS15 that included satin tailoring, leather, and a nonchalant and hip attitude that looked effortless. Tailoring was slim, even on the waif sized models, even with a few loungey cut pants. Nevertheless, this succinct collection is sure to get tongues wagging.

Steven Meisel taps Alexander Faye, Jeremy Matos, and Laurie Harding to be the faces of Lanvin's sexy and mysterious Spring/Summer 2014 campaign, styled by Benjamin Bruno.