Israeli fashion designer Alber Elbaz dies aged 59

Israeli fashion designer Alber Elbaz (Thibault Camus/AP)

Israeli designer Alber Elbaz, best known for spending 14 years at the helm of France’s Lanvin fashion house, has died at the age of 59, luxury conglomerate Richemont said.

A spokesperson for Richemont told CNN that Elbaz died on Saturday from Covid-19.