\n\tLanvin just moved into impressive new headquarters in the trendy 10th arrondissement: a listed, 18-century mansion with an oval reception room, gobsmacking marble floors, frescoes and a charming garden out back.<\/p>\n
\n\tArtistic director Peter Copping\u2019s pre-spring collection held up to the very, very pretty surroundings of the H\u00f4tel Botterel de Quintin, his lean, soign\u00e9 silhouettes and feminine detailing pleasing the eye as much as the decor.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe English designer seems to have found his groove at the Paris house, and there\u2019s no denying his long experience \u2014 at Louis Vuitton, Nina Ricci, Balenciaga and other houses \u2014 shows in the fits, proportions and finesse.<\/p>\n
\n\tHe settled on Andr\u00e9e Putman, the French luminary of interior design, as a guiding light for the season. No one else worked a white shirt, black suit or pencil skirt quite like her, and Copping also drew links between her and founder Jeanne Lanvin<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tFor one, the interiors Putman designed for the Air France Concorde in the 1990s were seemingly inspired by Lanvin\u2019s famous bathroom, dating from 1924 and part of the permanent collection of the Mus\u00e9e des Arts D\u00e9coratifs in Paris.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAnd then I found pictures of her at home, and there she was propped up against an Art Deco desk, which had once belonged to Jeanne Lanvin,\u201d Copping marveled. \u201cSo it was kind of nice to know that this woman, who I found quite inspiring, was looking at the other woman that I find inspiring.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tPutman\u2019s style could be felt in the clean lines, tailoring and graphic use of black and white, with touches of khaki and red.<\/p>\n