Underwater chic at Chanel catwalk
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October 5, 2011, Wednesday
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LIKE a luminous Venus rising from the sea atop a half-shell, pearl-covered Chanel models in light, liquidy fabrics emerged from a giant sea anemone onto a catwalk transformed into a sprawling undersea kingdom.
Giant clumps of seaweed, sand dollars, coral and conches made from gleaming white plaster-glass were strewn across the pristine white sands of Chanel's ocean floor runway as the luxury powerhouse again upped the ante with yesterday's salt water-flavored spring-summer 2012 ready-to-wear show in Paris.
There was nothing literal in uber-designer Karl Lagerfeld's take on the ocean theme: None of the clothes was covered in sailor stripes or emblazoned with kitschy red anchors. The collection was more about play of sunlight on the surface of the ocean - shine, reflection, radiance. "I absolutely wanted to avoid mermaids and things like that," Lagerfeld said.
He swapped the house's traditional tweeds for space age fabrics shot with fiberglass and sometimes even paper, sending out little cocktail dresses and round-shouldered variations on the house's iconic skirt suits in watery whites.
Giant clumps of seaweed, sand dollars, coral and conches made from gleaming white plaster-glass were strewn across the pristine white sands of Chanel's ocean floor runway as the luxury powerhouse again upped the ante with yesterday's salt water-flavored spring-summer 2012 ready-to-wear show in Paris.
There was nothing literal in uber-designer Karl Lagerfeld's take on the ocean theme: None of the clothes was covered in sailor stripes or emblazoned with kitschy red anchors. The collection was more about play of sunlight on the surface of the ocean - shine, reflection, radiance. "I absolutely wanted to avoid mermaids and things like that," Lagerfeld said.
He swapped the house's traditional tweeds for space age fabrics shot with fiberglass and sometimes even paper, sending out little cocktail dresses and round-shouldered variations on the house's iconic skirt suits in watery whites.
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