Paris Haute Couture Week: Chanel
Posted: July 8th, 2010 | Author: Administrator | Filed under: Purses | Tags: chanel, Couture, Haute, Paris, Week | 5 Comments »
Most people who follow fashion know the Chanel signatures very well: black, ivory, bouclé, suits, camellias, black, ivory. Rinse, repeat. Karl Lagerfeld’s Spring 2010 haute couture collection of graphic white and silver was a significant departure from the Chanel aesthetic that we have all come to expect, and his Chanel Fall/Winter 2010 Haute Couture collection is yet another giant step into new territory.
The most startling things about this collection were the surprising choices in color and proportion. Normally Chanel’s color palette is very predictable, but these clothes were rendered in the very un-Chanel shades of maroon, gold, navy and brown. Proportion was primarily at play in the collection’s suits and coats – abbreviated jackets were paired with below-the-knee flared skirts, coats were often boxy and straight or puffed to comical proportions. As always with Chanel couture, the real fireworks started after the show’s halfway point, where somewhat odd suits and jackets gave way to beading and embroidery so intricate and masterful that an in-person viewing would surely be required in order to appreciate the skill of the work in full. In the end, this collection should be counted as a bold achievement on the part of Lagerfeld and his team even if the suits and coats looked to hold it back at times.
Photos via Style.com
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I’m sorry to break it to y’all but i hate hate HATE this collection. All my friends think it’s hideous too. The proportions are too chunky and the models’ hairdo look like they’re crazy people. What happened to Chanel? Does he really need Valentino to challenge him or something? Chanel was doing so great even three years back.
The collection is wonderful and it’s the first time that Lagerfeld doesn’t do a completely black look in his collections for Chanel…
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Wow, I love this collection! It’s very fairy-tale like, a point emphasized by the carrying of a lion’s head in the last picture.
Where did I get my information on what? The photos above are from Style.com, as the attribution indicates. Here’s their coverage of the show: http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2010CTR-CHANEL
Where did you get your information? Check style.com. They have no information whatsoever, and their information is straight from the fashion industry itself.