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The idea came to Karl Lagerfeld as a flash at five in the morning: silver and pastel. For the first time in his career he made a collection with no black, no navy and not one gold button. For Chanel, that is close to a revolution.
The mood sat somewhere between romance and space age. The models had heart-shaped, cartoonish hair and silver ankle boots with curled rococo heels. The clothes ran from shorts suits and neat shifts to frothy bubble shapes and liquid togas, all in mint, pink, lilac and silver, as if mercury were running through the seams.
The handwork is what makes it couture. Some of the embroidery resembled shattered glass, some liquid metal. Jewellery became part of the construction: one halter dress hung from a choker of crystals, and one shoulder strap could pass for a diamond necklace. Bands of tiny frayed chiffon frills were hand-tinted in graded shades until they looked like fur from a distance.
Lagerfeld refused to call it futurism. For him fashion is always now. It is a sugary, light and very pretty collection, and a reminder of how playful he could be with the Chanel codes.
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Pictures courtesy of Vogue Runway
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