A Retrospective: Chanel under Karl Lagerfeld (1983- 2019)

[Dkammern]

you put it on ebay 72 hours before the start of New York Fashion Week, and all the streetstyle-wh*res go mad! they all want their jak&jil picture taken, don't they?

 

[Boomer]

^ This is better than the Stock Market- and lots more fun, too! B)

 

[mackos]

Great thread, I've been curious to see some earlier Karl's work for Chanel. I really loved S/S 1999 Couture collection, so simple and easy, yet classy, especially Kate in that white sequinned dress. Ah..

 

[KhaoticKharma]

If all of the departed grand masters and couturiers were to come back and take a gander at the state and condition of their houses, I think Mlle. Chanel would be the most pleased. Were she alive today, I don't think her vision of Chanel and Karl's would be very far off at all; I think he's done an excellent job of staying true to the aesthetic, but also growing with the times.

 

[Creative]

Karl doesn't think so and me neither.

 

[EmmiCamille]

wow, I'm so inlove with the jewelry and the belts in the pictures posted from the F/W 2001 couture show

 

[Boomer]

I don't know what's more stunning- Karl's suit or Claudia!!

my scan from Chanel- The Couturiere at Work

 

[Boomer]

Linda and Christy S/S 1991...

as above

 

[Boomer]

Another same as above...

 

[Boomer]

Runway- Spring / Summer Pret a Porter 1994

my scans from Chanel- The Couturiere at Work

 

[Boomer]

Ines!! He could sell tons of these today!! B)

as above

 

[Boomer]

Beautiful Daria in one of Karl's suits in 2005...

my scan from Chanel: Collections and Creations

 

[Boomer]

Beautiful Irina in Karl's blue and white checked tweed suit, photographed in Coco's apartment for Marie Claire- October 2004.

my scan as above

 

[Boomer]

The legendary Ines de La Fressange in a quilted, embroidered and sequined suit for the Fall/Winter 1986 collection- note the jacket trim matches the chain on her 2.55 bag- Wow!! B)

my scan as above

 

[Dkammern]

Beautiful Irina in Karl's blue and white checked tweed suit, photographed in Coco's apartment for Marie Claire- October 2004.


my scan as above

what a beautiful collection this was!! it's the couture featured in Signé Chanel, non?

 

[Boomer]

^ I think it is....I have Signe sitting right here- I have been meaning to watch it again, it's been too long!

 

[Boomer]

White demin!!
A model displays 18 October 1983 in Paris a white suit made in demin with border application striped red and yellow topped with a matched hat, for 1984 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection of Chanel.

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[Boomer]

French model Ines de la Fressange presents a creation by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel during the autumn-winter 1984/1985 Haute Couture collection show on July 23, 1984 in Paris.

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[Boomer]

1985 - A model wears a yellow long-sleeved polo shirt and miniskirt while carrying a matching jacket during a Chanel runway show. The outfit is accessorized with a wide-brimmed hat, hoop earrings, a chainlink belt and a matching quilted purse.

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[Boomer]

French model Ines de la Fressange displays a creation by fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld during the Chanel fall-winter ready-to-wear, in Paris on July 23, 1985.

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