Chanel recently presented her new Spring/Summer 2019 Haute Couture Collection, during the Paris Fashion Week. The Grand Palais became a vast mediterranean garden of a beautiful house. A pool surrounded by trees and southern plant species created a harmony of neat lines, while pathways were almost “à la française”, like 18th century gardens. Indeed, it’s this period, his favourite, that has inspired Karl Lagerfeld, and in particular the talents of the “marchands-merciers” and the “savoir-faire” of the artisans of french luxury.
Kaia Gerber – Chanel Haute Couture SS19
Among the artistic themes of that century, flowers play an important role. Now, they are at the heart of Chanel’s SS19 Haute Couture collection, embroidered, painted, in lace, in feathers, they appear even as hair accessories. We find them in bouquets of prairie green, pastel pink, sky blue, but also in playful combinations of black, white, beige, navy blue, iridescent gold and silver. The ateliers revealed with this collection the treasures resulting from such patience and savoir-faire: on these dresses, every horizontal blind tuck is completed by hand, taking up to 350 hours of work.
“It’s a serene, ideal, timeless collection, that’s absolutely now, with new shapes”, says Karl Lagerfeld.
The Chanel SS19 Haute Couture show attended many celebrities, such as Kristen Stewart, Pharrell Williams, Tilda Swinton, Marine Vacth, Anna Mouglalis, Caroline de Maigret, Sofia Coppola, Marion Cotillard, Carole Bouquet, the singer Chris, etc.
Marion Cotillard
Pharrell Williams
Kristen Stewart
Tilda Swinton
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