elegance with ruffles and fringes at Chanel
PARIS: The darling of the ladies who lunch, presents, Karl Lagerfeld, a toned low, made vintage-inspired collection for Chanel on Tuesday, the palette of grays and pinks and classic shapes a sophisticated counterpoint available to the excesses of fashion week.
Models and ran to a soundtrack of disco light, frilly, the son of the Virgin Mary on the sleeves and hem flutters over the bridge, as guests at tables in a wicker stand Large, airy palace decorated with camellias.
Wise with a steering wheel here, a decent program there, and an abundance of raspberry sorbet and pale pink, Lagerfeld presented a collection of uber-feminine haute couture, which sometimes felt more like spring to autumn / winter 2012 to 2013.
Light as air flying adorned the shoulders of a pale pink evening dress, angel wings makes its wearer, while the small train of feathers cascading again long and slender - an ethereal love play on Coco Chanel pearls.
A shirt with fine white feathers was coupled with a sailor pants in white snow, while a cleverly cut dress softened the color of clotted cream to give military details into a polished look and uses a point.
"I wanted a modern elegance, relaxed," Lagerfeld, who, paradoxically, his show "New Vintage" titled, told reporters after the show.
His white Persian cat, Herbie - inspired collection of subtle refinement and occasional flights of fancy can in no other than Lagerfeld's new Design Wizard to be found.
The designer took his iPhone and showed pictures of his pampered cat reporters. The bright blue eyes of Herbie, the Lagerfeld as "well-groomed woman" described was already Chanel Spring-Summer collection presented at the beginning of this year affected.
While other designers lean heavily on the fur in their collections in cold weather, it was nowhere in sight at Chanel - perhaps another sign that Herbie is running the show.
Vintage Chanel
Lagerfeld did not deny his disciples first rows - which on Tuesday included German actress Diane Kruger, the model Milla Jovovich and director Sofia Coppola - the Tweedy, suits, thanks to covers that make them, fainting, or if double-breasted with a belt.
Quadratic forms and block-work models deaf gray, and black berries found their way into swing coats and three-quarters of the knitted dresses above the knee.
Lagerfeld was leaning more toward the neutral gray this season than on pure, classic black, the color of the fashion house of their choice. But the little black dress is an expression in a soft velvet dress with sleeves and a profusion found cinched at the wrist, with a white Peter Pan collar and placket.
And, lest the gray dove in the collection are as tame by his younger fans, the designer has a tug of Va Va Voom high class in a show-stopping dress sprayed matt black.
Stunning equipment Deco-inspired features a plunging neckline and peek-a-boo pink sorbet lining as all the stars of the golden age of Hollywood would take to have jumped at the chance.