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Chanel shows last collection by Karl Lagerfeld

Tweed, silk, elegant nonchalance: the last fashion show, contributed significantly to the manuscript of the recently deceased Karl Lagerfeld. Farewell tears flowed. Creative Director Virginie Viard kept a discreet.



Big challenge: After the death of fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, the French woman Virginie Viard has now taken over the responsibility as the creative Director of Chanel. It was considered the “right Hand” and creative source of inspiration of the legendary fashion Creator and co-ordinated for him, especially the craftsmanship that goes into his designs.

The CEO of the fashion group, Alain Wertheimer, gave her were all full, “the legacy of Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld can continue to live,” it said in an official press release on the death of Lagerfeld. 19. February 2019 has died of the fashion Creator at the age of 85 in Paris. The latest fashion show contributes significantly Lagerfeld’s handwriting: a lot of things has arisen in his favorite colors of Black and White.

Unmistakable style: the colors of Lagerfeld

Sense of strong productions

Has learned to Virginie Viard their craft in one of the biggest style icons of the 20th century. Century. Not Karl Lagerfeld, but in the case of the French designer Jacqueline de Ribes. The renowned Metropolitan Museum of Art (MOMA) in New York devoted to de Ribes 2015 is a major exhibition: “The Art of Style”, a tribute to their style-defining work.

After the creative years of the apprenticeship, Virginie Viard worked initially as a costume designer in the theatre and studied Film and fashion, before she was at the age of 23 in Paris, assistant for bags and gloves in the accessory Atelier of Chanel. Four years later, she was already for the entire coordination of the Haute Couture in charge – a remarkable rise.

Creative Costume Designer

During his exchange to the competing Parisian fashion house Cloé Lagerfeld took the talented young Frenchwoman in 1992 and made it to senior Director. In that time, Viard designed the costumes for the feature films of Polish Director Krzysztof Kieslowski’s “Three colors: Blue” and Three colors: White”. After five years, Cloé, the French returned to Chanel.

The Logo of Chanel is the world of the Parisian luxury brand

With the title “Director” that you held, later, in the house of Chanel, Virginie Viard start, however, a lot of: “In France, this title is common, but I can’t stand him. I think this is terrible”, made in an Interview with the fashion magazine “Vogue”.

How you will fill your new role as creative Director at Chanel in the future, is still open. It is considered to be a calming influence within the creative fashion teams, it means tuning everything carefully to each other. Under her direction, are now being developed, the basic lines of the respective collections and staged presents.

Virginie Viard is the successor of Karl Lagerfeld

Farewell and new beginning

On Tuesday (05.03.2019) presented in the Grand Palais, with a romantic Look in winter look for the last designs that had been developed by the legendary fashion designer for the autumn/Winter collection. Even an Original ski lift and ski chalets was set up in the Museum.

To see the elegant Marlene-Dietrich-trousers, dresses and skirts in the rustic-style Norwegian patterns were, a lot of Plaid in Lagerfeld’s favorite colors of Black and White, and, of course, voluminous tweed coats in the typical casual Chanel Look.

Before the long line of Models – in the audience, the muses and Companions, Claudia Schiffer, Monica Belucci and Naomie Campbell to the final round-terminated in front of the spectators parade, joined Virginie Viard, almost unnoticed, to be short, with a Smile, bowing. Then she disappeared behind the Scenes.

In the future, Virgine Viard spring will be a leader for the orientation of the tradition brand “Chanel”. On your own creative handwriting, you may be curious.

Here you can see one of the last appearances by Karl Lagerfeld, the Palace of his Model, adopted in may 2018 at the conclusion of the presentation of his spring/summer collection in the Grand his devotees and from the audience farewell:

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