By Stella Pelissari
Karl Lagerfeld, the design legend who will never grow old. He has always looked to the future to influence his work and displays a legendary talent for capturing the energy of the moment. His curiosity for the latest technological offering is shown in his new collection for CHANEL.
CHANEL: AT THE HEART OF THE DATA CENTER
The new CHANEL SS17 collection is futuristic, digital and tech-electric. Traditional materials - tweed suits, chains, quilted and camellias are given a digital upgrade with electric tones, neon finishes, scanned pixels and wire accents.
The famous Grand Palais of Paris, the CHANEL catwalk of choice, was transformed into a giant futuristic platform. Models were seen emerging from an immense structure of thousands of stacked computers and electrical wires in bright colours. Dressed in traditional CHANEL jackets and bright baseball caps, mixing haute couture and modern street fashion in perfect harmony.
One of the key elements of the collection were the lingerie inspired dresses, discreetly worn under heavy tweeds. Elsewhere, handbags and accessories came with LED lights and sandals crafted in metallic leather allowing the CHANEL woman to maintain her frenetic pace in chic, informal comfort.
A classic collection reinvented with an entirely new look for spring, youthful designs for the modern woman, powerful, yet steeped in femininity.
After the show, Lagerfeld said…"CHANEL has always been modern before its time. I have associated the traditional tweed blazers with these modern creatures from the future to say: CHANEL is timeless, CHANEL is immortal".
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