At the Grand Palais, Karl Lagerfeld pays tribute to Le Corbusier with concrete embroidery and silicon-embedded lace for coats and gowns… In the Grand Palais, Karl Lagerfeld pays tribute to Le Corbusier, who in the early 1930s designed an apartment with a terrace overlooking the Champs-Elysées, where modernity clashed with 18th-century elements. The designer thus reconstructed this space, with an open-air fireplace on either side, topped by a baroque mirror inlaid in a concrete wall. This aesthetic is echoed in Chanel’s new couture silhouette for next winter, with concrete embroidery and silicon-embedded lace for formal coats and dresses. Suits with slightly flared skirts let small Bermuda shorts protrude. The allure is modern, the gait graceful, aided by flat spartan shoes. In the evening, embroidery takes over white dresses, the technical prowess of which lies in the construction of these “seamless couture” sheaths, as the designer explains to us backstage. The bride, in a gown with a long train embroidered with gold thread and arabesque motifs, creates a surprise with a pretty pregnant belly.
Cette publication est également disponible en :
