An appropriate analogy for the Spring 2009 season was the safe-to-wild ratio from Alber Elbaz for Lanvin, which helped close Paris Fashion Week and settle the debate on whether to be, to put it plainly, 'conservative' or 'fun' in our economic climate. The fun factor really came out with some of the shoes in this collection. He was a little more conservative with his handbag collection. The bags had conservative shapes, from the square clutch to the square shoulder bag, but he got a little fun with his color choices. The bright green and pink were not only beautiful, but uplifting. My only problem is that he used mostly exotics in his handbag collection, so these bags are going to be costly at a time when a lot of us don't have extra cash.
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