On the Runway for Chanel
By BarbaraAnne
Instead of doing “Lalique, Lalique, Lalique,” as Susan predicted, I’m doing “Chanel, Chanel, Chanel.” Will it pass? Only time will tell.
On E-bay, I saw an haute couture creme silk tunic-jacket from the 2007 – 2008 Chanel Paris runway: the genius of Karl Lagerfeld. My jaw dropped. Look at how he decorates a silk tunic with diagonal flaps ending in a slight fringe, different kinds of pearl buttons, and lace hand-embroidered with starry and zig-zag patterns. The sleeves have three ideas in them alone. He makes it look so simple. This is a masterpiece of both design and craftsmanship. I cannot imagine how many couturières it took to make one. Very few were released to stores — at a retail price of $10,000.
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2 Responses to On the Runway for Chanel
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+Susan Maxwell Schmidt
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Loosely wrapped, creative, nocturnal, eternally blue, reclusive, eccentric, obsessive perfectionist... in other words, an artist.
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Ya know, I love Chanel but this is definitely not my fav. I’d rather have a Caviar bag ;)
I’m a flowing silk person, but now that I see those bags… My next post has to be about bags, just not under the eyes. ;-)