Dallas - Chanel show inspired by American West
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Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld drew inspiration from the American West for his annual Metiers d’Art traveling fashion show, held in Dallas on Tuesday night.
Chanel turned one of the halls at Fair Park, Dallas’ Art Deco exhibition venue, into a barn for the night, complete with a hay-scattered runway. Models in Western-style hats and boots wore outfits adorned with fringe, leather and feathers.
The final model of the show was dressed in an all-white ensemble that included fringed pants as well as a floor-grazing feather headdress.
Lagerfeld said after the show that he was inspired by “the idea of the old Texas, even before the Civil War.” He noted that his cowboys were “not typical cowboys, they are transposed, very sophisticated.”
Many outfits included Native American-inspired prints, with most of the models wearing a single feather in their hair. Denim also made frequent appearances. For over a decade, Lagerfeld has picked a city linked to the fashion house for the theme of the show staged each December to highlight the work of its artisans.
Chanel founder Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel visited in Dallas in 1957 at the invitation of Stanley Marcus, head of Neiman Marcus, the Dallas-based luxury retailer.
“She was very mesmerized by the idea of Texas, so they threw a barbecue for her,” Neiman Marcus fashion director Ken Downing said.
“The story goes she actually didn’t like the taste of the barbecue, and she tossed her plate under the table, which, as the story goes, it went all over Elizabeth Arden’s red satin shoes.”
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