Chanel Fall 2007 Couture
"I had a dream of everything in profile," said Karl Lagerfeld, sitting in his Chanel couture studio on the top floor of the famous French house's rue Cambon headquarters. "It's the most becoming proportion, the tight high bodice and a floating back." (Time Magazine)
"I thought that the profile was a neglected area - so I made it graphic, flattering and optical," Lagerfeld said to describe his concept. But that did not begin to explain the exquisite detail of delicate bows or wispy feathers sprouting from shoulder and arm or, in an utterly couture creation, a flow of material twisting down the side." (Suzy Menkes-IHT)
There are always moments in a Chanel show that will leave you with a puzzled brow and a slight headache. Later you read the glowing reports from various blogs and style.com and you wonder...what am I not getting?
How is everyone seeing the genius when all I can see is the Sheila E Glamorous Life video and The NeverEnding Story?
I am a huge fan of Chanel and for one brief moment I was a fan of Mr Lagerfeld.
Something happened along the way.
The collections changed and Karl started to explore ideas and thoughts that were just not pretty.
I admire and appreciate the non-pretty but his visions were always jarring and confusing. I tried to appreciate the rebellion and art of the collections but all I do is wait impatiently for the Galliano or Lacroix showings. I do not know if that makes me less of an intellectual when it comes to fashion. I like to think I am open to designers pounding out ideas and political statements on the runway.
Let me know what you thought of the Chanel collection in the comments.Credits: Style.com (my favorite shots from the show)
posted by Annieytown @ 5:06 AM
7 Inspired Comments
7 Inspired Comments:
I agree. I think he got all bondage-y weird when he lost all that weight a few years ago. Having said that, I still love watching my TiVo'd episode's of "Signe Chanel," which is a five-part "reality" show of the atelier's mad preparations for an haute couture collection from 2003 (or 2004). But he was already nursing the weirdness even back then.
Marsi
This just all serves to confirm my suspicions that Lagerfeld hates women and he is ridiculing them with his designs. Of course he's hiding his hatred behind the Chanel name.
I swear he's on drugs, or the bypass surgery bypassed his brain.
I think he just jost his touch, you know? It happens with eveyone in every field, why wouldn't it happen to Karl?
Once I read an interview with a famus chief in my corner of the world and he said that one day he realized he was repeating himself and in a very bad way, going through choices that were not daring or surprising, simply bad. So he took one year off, just travelled and ate and experienced new feelings, tastes, saw different places, cultures, etc. When he came back, his work was new, different, but it was him, if you know what I mean.
Like a chef, Karl lost his hand and needs some time away to clear his mind, get new inspiration and make it into something new, but not ugly or offensive.
I'm all for daring in fashion, couture is daring, is chanelling, sometimes it is just pure art nobody will ever wear.
Or maybe this just happens when start saying that Lindsay Lohan is your new muse. That would explain a lot...
I thought this collection was gorgeous and I still think KL (one of the weirdest critters working in fashion, I'll grant you) is a genius. I love how he's pulling down the silhouette with this collection -- it's where we're headed the next few seasons, I think: long & lean with less emphasis on the waist. Love it, although it doesn't really suit me, sadly.
The ones you picked to illustrate are pure Aubrey Beardsley (esp the first two) and I was surprised to love them. But then I looked at the rest of the collection. Weirdness abounded, but not as incomprehensibly as in previous seasons. It's a little Chanel, a little Cecil Beaton (those feathers!). I haven't been in a Karl groove for a very long time, it's true. However, after Karl's quote about it all being about the profile, you'd think Style.com would show some shots from the side! We're missing the important dimension in these photos, it seems.
his collections are just stocked in one style as his outfit. He needs to recreate his own vision of chanel. He can do it and i hope he will.
Dear All,
I had the chance to see the show from the reality and to see them after at showroom in rue cambon in Paris. And, even if the looks at the fashion show could appear strange, in reality they are ABSOLUTELY MODERN, YOUNG and VERSATILE (actually you can modify to your needs the clothes since they are hand made for you).
What I would complain is not the creativity but the prices too much also for the very rich women that where there... In any case the 1 hour an 13 minutes I was in the atelier 2 woman bought 2 tailleurs... so... I think LONG LIVE TO CHANEL AND KARL AND ALL HIS TEAM
Ps
- If you go to Paris ask for a visit to the haute couture showroom... +33142862800
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