Karl Lagerfelds
Chanel Couture Autumn/Winter 2010-11, showcasing at the gorgeous, huge
Grand Palais where the melting ice-berg from his ready-to-wear show in March was replaced with a
huge golden lion represting Coco Chanel's star sign, resting a giant pearl in it's paws as the models entered.
As the likes of
Anna Wintour who works the jacket thrown over the shoulder as a cape trend,
Grace Coddington,
Jessica Alba and my favourite Gossip Girl stars
Leighton Meester and
Blake Lively sat front row, the show began. The clothes made with
russian influences, smothered as they were with
glittering embellishment, fur trims, silk brocade and fine tweed coats.The collection reminded me of the
wealthy mature lady via
grand coats and
embellished dresses in rich, dark tones with
decorative cuffs, collars and pockets.The dresses as
gorgeous as the models with finely blow-dryed, wispy hair and red lips wore the
classic, simple, shift shapes perfect for the day, yet more
elaborate and jewelled full length versions for the night. My favourite dress was one at which was a
toffee toned palette, just above the knee in a
rich heavy fabric with
exquisite embellishment. The
clustered gold and coloured stone cuffs perfected the look whereas im
not too keen on the futuristic metallic boots. The dress after was
covered in pearls and the
cage, cobweb effect of the boots still werent my taste. Other dresses reminded me of
indian weddings as the rich colours of navy and gold mixed together. One look has stuck in my mind which is a two piece, skirt and cropped jacket tux combination which is sure to be taken off by f
ashionista Alexa Chung. Remember the waiting list for the newest
Chanel nail colour is always weeks, so get in there before others get there
filthy Chanel paws on it, its a
burgendy red.
As always Lagerfeld always tries to
inject some fun to his collection which in this couture show meant as the final model entered with a
lion-head man, i thought it could be the man itself but yet to appear,
model of the moment - Baptiste Giabi which i couldnt complain about, he looked just as gorgeous in his white shirt as the
Karl Lagerfeld did himself.
