Chanel - Fashion Show Paris Byzantium

It was beautiful sometimes bemoan the frenetic pace of collections, it can not happen as long parades "Métiers d'Art" Chanel, who for nearly 10 years remind us of the expertise of French craftsmen can confine the genius ...



Certainly, Karl Lagerfeld seems to love nothing better than to do the opposite of what he did yesterday, after investing the arcades of the Grand Palais in October this year, now he plebiscite today intimacy fairs Rue Cambon at the presentation of her collection "Paris to Byzantium."

To do this, the Kaiser has turned one room of the second floor of the House of Chanel in eastern boudoir, the core of which the guests handpicked could see walls covered with copper sequins and other tables in mosaics, before taking place on comfortable benches topped with cushions golden.

The program includes a dive in the heart of the splendor of Byzantium disappeared, with the theme the character of the Empress Theodora, in the sixth century who managed to escape from his condition of circus performer to climb the ladder of power . Such a fate - one eerily reminiscent of Coco Chanel - Karl Lagerfeld could not leave indifferent ...



Between splendors of the Byzantine court and winks to the bohemian Sixties London, the collection is meant infinitely luxurious, yet ready-to-wear. Buns topped with inflated retained by precious head bands, models paraded dressed in turn of the Bedchamber sober - here identified by famous jewelry Gripoix flights to Coco Chanel - or toilet sublimely engineered, in homage to the ancient Greek city.

On the podium, each passage highlights the expertise of French workshops, the house in the Rue Cambon does not hesitate to buy when necessary. Thus in part by Chanel that you can still admire the subtle work of Lesage workshops, excited face sublime waders designed by Massaro or melt before the headpieces designed by Michel home.



Between specific colors Byzantine mosaics, bronze-colored tweeds revisited by the Ottoman influences, fantasy studs, gold devouring classic Chanel chiffon evanescent evoking the charm of Persian tales, folklore and refines sixties hippisant a bit (unfortunately not always befitting), the Paris trip Byzantium, ultimately proves the most exciting.

At the time of Chanel seems more than ever drawn - through its artistic director - the gilded youth and the lights of showbiz, it is good to see her participate actively in the conservation of a heritage that is sometimes said Endangered ...