Lanvin
Look out for this house’s iconic motif
Jeanne Lanvin founded her Paris couture house in 1889. It wasn’t long before her unfitted, chemise-style flapper dresses became synonymous with the Jazz Age. Lanvin was ahead of its time in using a stylised gold image designed by Paul Aribe in 1909 as branding. This distinct mother and daughter emblem made perfume bottles particularly Arpège — and items of gilded jewellery such as pendants, immediately identifiable. Later, Alber Elbaz... Read More