Live from... Paris Haute Couture, Day 2

Chanel

There was a sweet balletic feel to Lagerfeld’s latest Chanel couture collection - the inspiration was the painter Marie Laurencin’s work, apparent in the delicate washes of pastel colour that gave every look a dreamlike quality. 

The look: Delicately iced ballet girls
Silhouette: Swingy A-line layers, dropped waists and tunic-length tops with maxiskirts
Key items: Skinny-leg pants as layering pieces – sequined or beaded sheer leggings and stretch jeans with buttoned ankles; skirt suits with belted A-line minis and boxy DB jackets; swing coats and princess coats; drop-waist tailored dresses; midi-length dresses with ruffled underlayers; beaded T-shirt tops with floaty rara skirts and jeans. For evening or party, pieces included a frothy tutu-skirted dress, sheer coats and pants, beaded tunic tops with tiered or tapered ballet skirts, and tailored column gowns
Colour: Signature Chanel monochrome and washed pastels including palest shell pink, lavender, ice blue and pearlescent oyster
Fabric & knit: Raw-edged tweeds and slubby bouclés, luxe wool twills, basket weaves, lurex shot tweed plaid, soft colour-washed stretch denim, duchesse satin, silk georgette, washed silk, beaded sheers, tulle, beaded gauzy knits
Print & pattern: Delicate watercolour florals, a grey-pink degradé
Details & trims: Spider-web embroideries scrawled over shoulders, beaded and sequined collars and trompe l’oeil belts, chiffon appliqué diamonds and squares, raw edges, chimney collars, domed sleeve heads/shoulders, chiffon camellia appliqués, jewelled and enamelled buttons, satin ribbons
Footwear: Pointed flat pumps with transparent straps, pointed satin flat booties
Accessories: Ribbon chokers, fingerless gloves and sheer sleeves, sash belts, large stud earrings, belts with square buckles

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