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Israeli designer Alber Elbaz dies at 59 of COVID-19
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAlber Elbaz, the Israeli fashion designer whose audacious billowing designs transformed the storied French house Lanvin into an industry darling before his shock ouster in 2015, has died aged 59, the Richemont luxury group says.
“It was with shock and enormous sadness that I heard of Alber’s sudden passing,” Richemont chairman Johann Rupert says in a statement.
Hebrew media reports say he died of COVID-19.
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