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PEOPLE & ARTS Thursday 28 February 2019
Lanvin makes a comeback at designer's debut show in Paris

By THOMAS ADAMSON hogany, navy, tomato and
Associated Press a blaze of ultraviolet."
PARIS (AP) — After several Some had raised doubts
years in the creative wil- about Sialelli when he was
derness, Lanvin is back on poached in January from
form. Loewe, given that he was
There was a palpable relatively unknown and
sense of relief — as well as only 31 years old. Others
praise — as noisy applause had taken to social media
erupted at the end of the in recent seasons with the
French couture house's tag #JeSuisLanvin in sad-
catwalk show Wednesday, ness and solidarity at the
a debut from Bruno Sialelli, great house's perceived
Lanvin's fourth designer in demise.
four years. This collection proved them
Some highlights from the wrong.
fall and winter ready-to- ___
wear shows at Paris Fashion MARGIELA'S DEGENERA-
Week: TION
LANVIN IS BACK Paris Fashion Week brims
Lanvin, a French national with new design concepts
treasure, has struggled — some are pure gimmicks,
since the departure of A model wears a creation as part of the Mugler ready to wear Fall-Winter 2019-2020 collection, others relevant fresh ideas.
lauded couturier Alber El- that was presented in Paris, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. This season Maison Margie-
baz in 2015 after 14 years at Associated Press la's design chief John Gal-
the helm. liano introduced fashion
That ended resoundingly The collection was shown rytale princess silhouettes tery — in a melting pot of editors, under the lofty ceil-
Wednesday, with Sialelli amid statues of French featured amid uber-small Renaissance hues that ing of the Grand Palais, to
taking the brand in a strong kings inside the haunting waists, deconstructed pon- spanned from the house's "degeneration."
new direction with a play- stone interiors of Paris' Na- chos in Saville Row-style signature blue into what The house markets itself
ful, arty and accomplished tional Museum of the Mid- check, and tartan print the brand called "pow- as a sort of fashion ideas
collection of men's and dle Ages. used as a contrasting bod- dery shades of avocado, laboratory with staff that
women's designs called Layering was used whimsi- ice on ethnic silk dresses. absinthe, banana and always don white science
"Mystic Pilgrims." cally. Fluid medieval fai- Colors were used with mas- bergamot warmed by ma- aprons.q

Hanoi Postcard: Vietnamese painter of Trump art diversifies

By TRAN VAN MINH Trump's election victory,
Associated Press Binh staged an exhibition
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — of his works on a sidewalk
The stereotype of artists near the White House.
as eccentric is a common Binh's style, with garish
one, and the work of Viet- colors and casual brush
namese artist Tran Lam Binh strokes, somewhat recalls
seems to support that view. the paintings of Canadian
Since 2015 he has turned comedian Jim Carrey, an-
out painting after painting other Trump obsessive.
of Donald Trump. Many Carrey's barbed carica-
can be seen this week in tures, posted on the inter-
Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, net, make no secret of the
where Trump is holding a fact that he is a fierce critic
summit with North Korean of Trump and his politics.
leader Kim Jong Un. Binh, on the other hand, is
Binh has also fashioned a fan.
a statue of the American "I liked his expression
president that's almost 2 when he was running for
meters (6½ feet) tall, more president," Binh said. "He
or less life size. seemed like the world's
Don't assume Binh is single- most contemporary art-
minded, however. In this Feb. 25, 2019, photo, Tran Lam Binh puts the final touches to a portrait of U.S. President Don- work. He's at a relatively
In 2017, he began diversify- ald Trump in Hanoi, Vietnam. advanced age, but very
ing his portfolio of roughly Associated Press youthful, dynamic, fashion-
50 depictions of Trump by able and with inner strength
painting portraits of Kim insula. words "Love" and "Peace." summit has brought foreign that shows the greatness of
Jong Un as well. To mark the event, Binh has Binh said he won't sell the and local media in droves a man who can change
So this week is kind of a created about 10 pop-art portraits and instead will to see him and his work. the world — and so I began
perfect storm for 36-year- portraits of Trump and Kim keep them as a souvenir of Binh started painting Trump my paintings."
old Binh with his two fa- on canvas and paper in the historic event. He may portraits in 2015 when the Binh said he wants to in-
vorite subjects coming to bright pink, blue, orange not be turning a profit, but American real estate mo- vite Trump and Kim, "if they
his homeland to discuss and yellow colors deco- has been reaping a moth- gul launched his campaign have time," to visit his studio
peace on the Korean Pen- rated with hearts and the erlode of publicity as the for the presidency. After and view his work.q