{"id":34560,"date":"2018-07-24T17:09:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T16:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=34560"},"modified":"2018-07-24T17:09:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T16:09:49","slug":"first-look-alber-elbaz-x-lesportsac-collection-set-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/first-look-alber-elbaz-x-lesportsac-collection-set-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"FIRST LOOK: Alber Elbaz x LeSportsac collection set for launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LeSportsac has announced a collaboration with iconic fashion designer and creative director Alber Elbaz.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>During his groundbreaking tenure at LANVIN, Elbaz transformed the 125-year-old French house into one of the most sought-after luxury labels in the world. Leading the design for LeSportsac for Fall 2018, Elbaz has turned his vision into a sublime collection: witty, whimsical and made with love.<\/p>\n<p>On September 5th, timed with the opening of New York Fashion Week, Alber Elbaz and LeSportsac will celebrate the collaboration with a launch party at Spring Studios, official home to NYFW: The Shows. Elbaz will be in attendance to personally celebrate the launch.<\/p>\n<p>Elbaz&#8217;s timeless collection for LeSportsac is a light-hearted celebration of women. Describing his joy at collaborating with LeSportsac, Elbaz says &#8220;If we inject more love into fashion, and less fear, we have a beautiful reason to wake up every morning. LeSportsac is fun, colourful and modern \u2013 it makes me smile every time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The soul and the spirit of the collection are exemplified through exotic, exuberant takes on timeless LeSportsac styles. Playful messages and powerful graphics present in different ways on five prints (Dance with Me, Love Me Kiss Me, Big Kiss, Colour Me Leopard, and Colour Me Zebra &#8211; all lined with an exclusive logo print designed by Elbaz) creating an eye-catching collection sure to demand a spot in your wardrobe.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34561\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34561\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LeSportsac.jpg\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LeSportsac-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LeSportsac-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LeSportsac-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LeSportsac-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LeSportsac-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LeSportsac-680x680.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LeSportsac.jpg 800w\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LeSportsac-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-34561 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\"    sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-34561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LeSportsac-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LeSportsac-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LeSportsac-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LeSportsac-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LeSportsac-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LeSportsac-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LeSportsac-680x680.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LeSportsac.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Photo courtesy of LeSportsac (PRNewsfoto\/LeSportsac)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Alber&#8217;s enthusiastic perspective on life &#8211; and thus to design \u2013 makes this collaboration so special,&#8221; says D&#8217;Arcy Jensen, VP Global Creative Director of LeSportsac. &#8220;His warmth, humor, and optimism are a perfect fit with our brand personality. He has created empowering designs that encourage us to have fun and laugh more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Alber Elbaz x LeSportsac collection will be available online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesportsac.com\">lesportsac.com<\/a> beginning August 15th. The collection will be available in stores worldwide beginning September 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeSportsac has announced a collaboration with iconic fashion designer and creative director Alber Elbaz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":34562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[535,1,477],"tags":[6544,39,46,1839],"class_list":["post-34560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-duty-free-retailers","category-latest-news","category-latest-promotions-in-duty-free","tag-alberelbaz","tag-dutyfree","tag-fashion","tag-lesportsac"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}