Nick Verreos: RUNWAY REPORT.....Paris Haute Couture 2019: Chanel Haute Couture Spring 2019

Chanel Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2019

WHAT: Chanel Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2019.

INSPIRATION: Chanel Creative Director Karl Lagerfeld was inspired by the 18th century and in particular, the exhibition “La Fabrique du luxe: Les marchands merciers parisiens au XVIIIe siècle” at the enchanting Musée Cognacq-Jay, a small museum in the Marais. The exhibit focuses on the Parisian merchants who supplied the wealthy of the 18th century with luxury goods of all sorts, from silken ribbons to gilded picture frames...to sumptuous furnishings.

Couture Details--Chanel Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2019

COUTURE DETAILS: Hand-painted sequins, dried flowers dipped in resin that were embroidered or applied to materials like silk organza, chiffon, lace, leather and Chanel's handwoven tweeds. Lace was hand-painted or iced with silicone to suggest blue, pink and white china; tulle was shredded into strips so fine that it suggested a cloud of trim at the cuff and hem of a suit ensemble and sewn into dense grids over a base of filmy lace to create the illusion of plaid when seen from afar.

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