Rei Kawakubo, Alessandro Michele, Nicolas Ghesquière, and Many Others to Design Tributes to Alber Elbaz

Without question, Elbaz was an enthusiastic booster of his fellow designers in an era where peer-to-peer support wasn’t as visible as it is today. Gabriela Hearst, creative director of Chloé, told me that she was on the receiving end of that support. “He was modern in his attitude of understanding that the most démodé thing was to be a snob,” she said. “I will forever be grateful of how encouraging he was when I started here.” The tribute show’s concept is taken from Théâtre de la Mode, a 1945 Paris exhibition that brought together over 60 French couturiers in the wake of World War II. The full list of designers is listed below. Expect to see many of them at the event next Tuesday.

Alaïa – Pieter Mulier

Alexander McQueen – Sarah Burton

Balenciaga – Demna Gvasalia

Balmain – Olivier Rousteing

Bottega Veneta – Daniel Lee

Burberry – Riccardo Tisci

Casablanca – Charaf Tajer

Chloé – Gabriela Hearst

Christian Dior – Maria Grazia Chiuri

Christopher John Rogers – Christopher John Rogers

Comme des Garçons – Rei Kawakubo

Dries Van Noten – Dries Van Noten

Fendi – Kim Jones

Giambattista Valli – Giambattista Valli

Giorgio Armani – Giorgio Armani

Givenchy – Matthew Williams

Gucci – Alessandro Michele

Guo Pei – Guo Pei

Hermès – Nadège Vanhée-Cybulski

Iris Van Herpen in collaboration with Adobe – Iris Van Herpen

Jean Paul Gaultier – Jean Paul Gaultier

Lanvin – Bruno Sialelli

Loewe – Jonathan Anderson

Louis Vuitton – Nicolas Ghesquière

Off-White – Virgil Abloh

Raf Simons – Raf Simons

Ralph Lauren – Ralph Lauren

Rick Owens – Rick Owens

Rosie Assoulin – Rosie Assoulin

Sacai – Chitose Abe

Saint Laurent – Anthony Vaccarello

Schiaparelli – Daniel Roseberry

Simone Rocha – Simone Rocha

Stella McCartney – Stella McCartney

Thebe Magugu – Thebe Magugu

Thom Browne – Thom Browne

Tomo Koizumi – Tomo Koizumi

Valentino – Pierpaolo Piccioli

Versace – Donatella Versace

Vetements – Guram Gvasalia

Viktor & Rolf – Viktor Horsting & Rolf Snoeren

Vivienne Westwood – Vivienne Westwood & Andreas Kronthaler

Wales Bonner – Grace Wales Bonner

Y/Project – Glenn Martens

Watch the Alber Elbaz tribute on AZFactory.com.