Alber Elbaz On Technology at Condé Nast International Luxury Conference

FLORENCE — Alber Elbaz is hoping that sharing the experience of being a speaker at the same conference with David Lauren will finally help him get a table at the ever fully booked Ralph Lauren restaurant in Paris. This was only one of the several jokes by Lanvin’s artistic director on the second day of the Condé Nast International Luxury Conference here Thursday. Responding to whether computers will ever replace the creative mind of a fashion designer, Elbaz peppered his speech with his own difficult brush with technology. Here, a few of his anecdotes and stories: —Referring to the wearable high-tech T-shirt that Lauren, executive vice president of global advertising, marketing and corporate communications at Ralph Lauren Corp., was wearing to illustrate his heartbeat, Elbaz said: “I would spend half of my time in the emergency room if I were wearing that.” —“I was recently at a garden party in Dubai meant for 200 clients and 400 showed up, and 387 selfies [were taken] in three hours. Out of 387 people, statistically 5 percent have the flu. I am a hypochondriac…” —“I stayed in this 17th century hotel with a modern smart room. It took me 30 minutes just to figure out how to switch

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