Alber Elbaz Celebrates 10 Years with Lanvin

Lanvin's Fall Winter Ready to Wear 2012 collection was unveiled in Paris on Friday to a special celebration. Designer Alber Elbaz's ten year milestone as creative director of the fashion house was marked throughout the collection with themes of "Dreams, history and the past."

"Every inch of the couture, ruffles and shimmer that revitalized the house over the last few years was on display Friday, including reinterpretations of 1960s vintage pieces from the iconic archives.

Celebrities like singer Mika and actress Tilda Swinton sat in the front row, behind whom some 2,000 revelers applauded exquisite cocktail gowns that included patches of the Art Deco fur of Jeanne Lanvin's 1920s heyday."

The collection closed with a celebratory, postmodern twist: sheaths printed with Elbaz's own hand-drawn sketches of dresses over the years, including two-dimensional ruffles and slashes.

Instead of bowing, a joyful Elbaz took a microphone to the stage and, admitting he couldn't sing, attempted a rendition of 'Que sera sera.'