What will be the fall 2019 from Chanel - autumn, in which we will no longer have a great couturier, but in which his presence is still invisibly felt.
One can imagine with surprising ease how Karl Lagerfeld, in his usual calm and elegant manner, lets out a cool taunt on the topic of hype that was unfolded around his death in the press. For many, many years, fame, money, the favor of the public did not exist for him as categories or landmarks - he went far beyond them. Like a demiurge, he created worlds, endowed them with his own mythology and life, gave us outside observers a glimpse of them, and then destroyed them to create new ones. The Chanel fall-winter 19/20 collection will be the last world of the great maestro to whom we can join, the last story he told to everyone who loves Fashion.
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Long farewell
Winter has come at the Grand Palais. Many guests wondered how it is possible to honor the memory of perhaps the least sentimental person you can imagine. Lagerfeld painfully reacted even to the slightest hint of a vulgar banalism, which is so easy to sin in such matters ...
The show began with a moment of silence, which was broken by the voice of Lagerfeld himself. A brief recording of an interview in which he talks in French about the creative evolution of Chanel’s house, about his insecurity at the very beginning of the journey, ends with an exclamation in English “Oh, it's like walking around inside a picture!” - with these words, according to Lagerfeld, the Queen Mother once described his author’s vision of Chanel.
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“As if inside a picture” - this idea became the leitmotif of the whole show, an amazing walk in a nonexistent snowy alpine village outside of time and space.
The first thing you should pay attention to is a virtuoso, bold, but confident combination of different types of cells. Chanel tweed looks dizzying perfectly in elegant sets, built on layering and accurate carelessness.
Particular attention is given to wide-cut trousers, including those with high waist. In this collection, they are present almost everywhere, and from a variety of fabrics.
Speaking of trousers and layering, a small but noteworthy trend is set by this collection - skirts or even dresses in combination with narrow tweed capris with flirty fringe.
Of course, capes and capes, including those on the floor, deserve special mention. The regal grandeur of such sets makes one completely forget that such a length can be impractical in real conditions.
However, more practical clothes, down jackets and quilted jackets, do not get out of the general concept.
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An interesting and, it seemed, already outgoing trend was transformed into a new form - fluffy skirts, multi-tiered, fur, feather ones, look especially touching against the background of snow. Either the imperious Snow Queen, or the swan that has chilled Tsarevna.
By the way, for those who are not afraid of frosts, Chanel has several images in the lightest tissues.
And one more note in the general song - multilayer images with transparent blouses!
The show ended with a standing ovation, with the audience standing ovation and many could not hold back their tears. Perhaps Karl himself would have considered this very little too sentimental, but such a sin is excusable to us, because we say goodbye to an entire era.
