Alber Elbaz – the creative, nerdy spectacle wearing genius behind iconic French label Lanvin – is someone we truly admire and adore. It’s his pioneering ad campaigns, quirky illustrations, vivid and colourful designs, and who could forget that dazzling collaboration with H&M last year that had everyone in a complete state of Lanvin lust. In a recent interview with Marie Claire he said this that really captures his spirit, “I was thinking recently, if the body really is the new dress, as some are saying — with women buying boobs, butts, faces — then who needs a dressmaker? So I started designing spring like a plastic surgeon — everything stretchy and nude. But after three weeks, I was so bored with the world and myself, I began adding diamond butterflies and chiffon and colours. I realised that fashion is not about second skin. It's not the perfect white shirt or camel jacket. What women need is a dream."

This dream that Mr Elbaz is talking about is topping our festive wish list – and it’s not one of his exquisite (highly expensive) gowns like the lipstick red one-shoulder dress Beyoncé wore to announce her pregnancy… It’s a range of porcelain Lanvin dolls that will make any grown up woman’s dressing table an absolute dream. They are all hand painted and inspired by his new collection. Absolute love for Lanvin! Here’s another fun quote by the great Mr Elbaz: “Everybody's talking about the new democratic world and whether high fashion is relevant. But without high there is no low. I don't like to intellectualize. I've always said fashion is like roast chicken: You don't have to think about it to know it's delicious.”

Images via www.lanvin.com, www.stylebistro.com.