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“Chanel can be worn by ages 18 until 80,” said Karl Lagerfeld at the Chanel Metiers d’Art show in Mumbai, India, last Thursday.
The Chanel Pre-Fall 2012 show last week was a Maharajah’s decadent feast, showing that excess is best. Set against the Grand Palais in Paris, models glided down a semicircular buffet table groaning under the weight of silver trays piled high with fruits, sweets and flowers. A traveling electric train had bottles of scotch and bourbon in decanters.
Three gurgling fountains in a secret garden in 17th-century Versailles was the setting for the Cruise Collection 2013 designed by Karl Lagerfeld for the House of Chanel. With Madame du Barry as his design muse, Lagerfeld meshed the oversized look of early ’90s hip-hop with rocking rococo flourishes in detail, embroidery, color and accessories. Punk ’80s platform creepers or trainers were the event’s only footwear.
Karl Lagerfeld’s Cruise Collection for Chanel revives the Brothel Creepers of London’s ‘80s punk movement—now the ‘It’ shoes to covet for comfort and outrageous originality. They are generous in proportion and seriously frivolous in finishing and flourishes.
The names have been changed pending the filing of case in court. Nate met Sheila (not their real names) in 2004 through his friend Jack, who owns an art gallery. Nate is the gallery director in a Manila university owned by his family. A former flight attendant who had taken a break from work when she married and had children, Sheila had just started working at Jack’s gallery.
I’ve admired Chanel ever since I was a little girl, when my mom introduced me to the luxury brand. So the recent beauty brunch with the Chanel team made me feel like a child let loose in a candy store, though this candy store happened to involve dabbing on lipstick one after another, applying colorful mascara, and oohing and aahing over the prettiest nail polish shades.
Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld’s Cruise 2014 collection mixed the wide pants and hobble maxi skirts that Coco Chanel wore 100 years ago in her first hat shop in Deauville, France.
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