Chanel. At it's usual space in the Grand Palais, the Chanel show was breath taking. Not that anybody expected anything else - it is Chanel afterall. The entire ground floor space of the Grand Palais had been transformed into a black and white garden maze with paths that entwined around three delicate fountains, which an endless stream of models walked to the orchestral sounds of songs by Oasis, The Verve and Florence and the Machine. But the setting was just the start of it. As the three mile front row (yes I said three miles!) looked on, strikingly beautiful, extravagant pieces trickled out piece by piece, beautiful model by beautiful model. Yellow tinged tweed suits and fine silk dresses gracefully glided amongst moth eaten signature tweed suits, stiff white skirts, feathered baby blue tweed dresses and Ines de la Fressange set the gothic tone for next summer in a floor length black chiffon gown (to a huge applause!).
Lagerfield had opted for a not too summery colour palette and had gone for cream, perfectly pale blues and pinks and white that worked perfectly alongside the strong gothic black tulle and feather gowns, black gauze shift dresses and navy bouclé jackets and adds texture and intrigue to a summer collection. From the baby that opened the show with his dad in a miniature Chanel jacket to the black gothic essence of SS11 the show was by far the strongest and most breathtaking collection I've seen for SS11. This was more than just a fashion show, this will go down in fashion history...
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