Report: Lanvin Employees Seek Labor Help After Being Iced Out by Management
EntertainmentSince beloved Lanvin creative director Alber Elbaz was ousted last week, employees at the French design house have been demanding accountability from its owner, Shaw-Lan Wang. Today, though, WWD reports that their requests have been denied by management, and communications have devolved so far that a labor inspector has been called in to intervene.
Workers have, according to WWD, generally requested Wang meet with them and talk through the changes—a reasonable query after the departure of the man who’s defined the brand for 14 years. But they were also demanding Elbaz’s reinstatement as creative director; rather than facing the unrest, Lanvin leaders have, according to employee representative Charles Henry Paradis, just iced them out: