CHANEL will always be a classic and has always done extremely well as a corporation. There are many people who want to be able to afford these classic and sophisticated pieces but can't. The company will continue to well and continue to make masterpieces. I read an article however that discussed how the future of the couture pieces by CHANEL will soon die especially in the foreign markets, but then the article kinda contradiction itself because it begins talking about how CHANEL has secured the couture market in Paris. I believe that CHANEL has lasted entirely to long for it to go away and I believe it will continue to do well and continue to create couture as well as ready to wear collections.
PARIS-- Veteran designer Karl Lagerfeld on Tuesday defied predictions that Paris haute couture will soon die out with a display of feather-light gowns for Chanel destined to lure a new generation of clients. Slim sequined gowns in metallic pink, burnished gold and gray shimmered under gray Paris skies, while cloudlike skirts of see-through tulle wafted across a giant carpet emblazoned with the house's double-C logo.
The number of houses that produce made-to-measure haute couture has dwindled dramatically in recent years. But Chanel has proved its commitment to preserving French know-how by buying up the embroiderers, featherers and shoemakers who supply it.
Lagerfeld, 68, made clear, however, that it was not his mission to rescue the sector.
"My future is Chanel, the future of the other couture houses I don't really know," the German designer said after the show. "I only care what I'm doing. I'm not there to save the corporations. It's up to them to make an effort to save it."
Fans of the legendary house were given a peek behind the scenes of the recent documentary which shows seamstresses toiling for weeks to make Lagerfeld's sketches come to life.
Among the featured artisans was Raymonde Pouzieux, an eccentric old farmer who makes braids for Chanel's tweed suits on an ancient loom on her farm, surrounded by horses and hay.
This season, Lagerfeld drew inspiration from '60s icon Edie Sedgwick and dispensed with skirts entirely, simply pairing his iconic tweed jackets with shiny black tights and two-tone shoes.
Eveningwear was as glamorous as it comes, with slim bodices made from tubes of organza that sprouted ostrich feathers at the sleeves and hem. Accessories included fingerless feather gloves and multiple rows of hoop earrings.
"This collection was ageless," said U.S. Vogue editor-at-large Andre Leon Talley. "It's for the 16-year-old girl, the woman who has a daughter who needs her first Chanel couture, and it's for the 60-year-old woman who is an executive who needs a beautiful tweed suit."
Chanel's star-studded front row proved its cross-generational appeal. Guests included Charlotte Casiraghi, the daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco, a longtime Chanel client.
Meanwhile, stars including Kate Bosworth and Victoria Beckham mingled with musicians Marianne Faithfull and Sean Lennon.
Lennon said it was his first time at the couture shows.
"I like beautifully constructed things. It's the same with anything, it's like music and clothes are the same, you just make beautiful things," he told The Associated Press.
The son of the late John Lennon is no stranger to the fashion scene. He revealed that he has been busy writing songs with supermodel Irina Lazareanu, a recent Lagerfeld muse. To read more go to: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/23/AR2007012300705.html
PARIS-- Veteran designer Karl Lagerfeld on Tuesday defied predictions that Paris haute couture will soon die out with a display of feather-light gowns for Chanel destined to lure a new generation of clients. Slim sequined gowns in metallic pink, burnished gold and gray shimmered under gray Paris skies, while cloudlike skirts of see-through tulle wafted across a giant carpet emblazoned with the house's double-C logo.
The number of houses that produce made-to-measure haute couture has dwindled dramatically in recent years. But Chanel has proved its commitment to preserving French know-how by buying up the embroiderers, featherers and shoemakers who supply it.
Lagerfeld, 68, made clear, however, that it was not his mission to rescue the sector.
"My future is Chanel, the future of the other couture houses I don't really know," the German designer said after the show. "I only care what I'm doing. I'm not there to save the corporations. It's up to them to make an effort to save it."
Fans of the legendary house were given a peek behind the scenes of the recent documentary which shows seamstresses toiling for weeks to make Lagerfeld's sketches come to life.
Among the featured artisans was Raymonde Pouzieux, an eccentric old farmer who makes braids for Chanel's tweed suits on an ancient loom on her farm, surrounded by horses and hay.
This season, Lagerfeld drew inspiration from '60s icon Edie Sedgwick and dispensed with skirts entirely, simply pairing his iconic tweed jackets with shiny black tights and two-tone shoes.
Eveningwear was as glamorous as it comes, with slim bodices made from tubes of organza that sprouted ostrich feathers at the sleeves and hem. Accessories included fingerless feather gloves and multiple rows of hoop earrings.
"This collection was ageless," said U.S. Vogue editor-at-large Andre Leon Talley. "It's for the 16-year-old girl, the woman who has a daughter who needs her first Chanel couture, and it's for the 60-year-old woman who is an executive who needs a beautiful tweed suit."
Chanel's star-studded front row proved its cross-generational appeal. Guests included Charlotte Casiraghi, the daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco, a longtime Chanel client.
Meanwhile, stars including Kate Bosworth and Victoria Beckham mingled with musicians Marianne Faithfull and Sean Lennon.
Lennon said it was his first time at the couture shows.
"I like beautifully constructed things. It's the same with anything, it's like music and clothes are the same, you just make beautiful things," he told The Associated Press.
The son of the late John Lennon is no stranger to the fashion scene. He revealed that he has been busy writing songs with supermodel Irina Lazareanu, a recent Lagerfeld muse. To read more go to: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/23/AR2007012300705.html
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