Can we talk? Karl
Lagerfeld astounds us in some way almost every time he shows a collection.
Either he blows us away with location and sets, with his themes, his seemingly
endless imagination, the art and craft of fashion, a completely incomprehensible
collection or in today’s case, more than one of the aforementioned and by the
sheer breadth of this presentation. The
amount of exits would be considered large even for ready to wear let alone for
Haute Couture. There is safety in
numbers here as it would be near impossible not to have stellar moments and
some bloopers as well but the hits are in abundance!
One also has to be impressed, amazed or repelled by the fact
that Mr. Lagerfeld can beat a theme to death like no other and when it comes to
driving home a point he is primo in his perseverance. Without knowing all the
back “inspirations” or blah blah blah, let’s say that Chanel haute couture has
a laser focus from below the chin to the elbow.
One lost track of just how many pieces have that flange like detail at
the upper arm/bicep area. One cannot
ignore the passages that have emphasis on the rounded and extended
shoulder. One cannot ignore the
weightless ness of the typical Chanel tweeds, the lacework, the open toed boots
cum leggings and lastly the effusive use of the most lavish couture techniques
and materials.
The clothes speak for themselves and the fawners will fawn
and try to explain and describe this collection but the best description here
is by seeing it and looking at it and formulating why this brand is so
successful. Mr. Lagerfeld leaves no
stones unturned and wants everyone as his client and he will have them … from
socialites to wives of oligarchs and any of those who can afford it will clamor
for it.
P.S. .. this season you
even get a little social commentary as a finale!
