where he worked with lauded fashion designers Guy Laroche and Hubert de Givenchy. He moved to New York for a short time, before heading back to Tokyo in 1970 to open the Miyake Design Studio.

Elbaz went to New York to begin his fashion career, where he worked for designer Geoffrey Beene. In 1996, he moved to Paris to take up the reins at Guy Laroche. He was selected by Yves St-Laurent ...