![]() (He may read voraciously, but fact-checking research for a fashion show? Come on.) He worked the Paris-Dallas connection with French versions of American pop standards (“Son of a Preacher Man,” “These Boots Were Made for Walkin’”) and an old-fashioned drive-in and a saloon soiree, while invoking Wild West archetypes (or stereotypes, depending upon one’s point of view) and a soupcon of political incorrectness (Lagerfeld’s godson, the tot Hudson Kroenig, made a runway stroll carrying a tiny jeweled pistol). The festivities played on the style and history of Texas, or Lagerfeld’s perception of them. “It’s going to make a fortune for Chanel because there are so many people who have ranches and country homes,” she said. Meanwhile, proud consumer Becca Cason Thrash focused on more concrete matters. You could almost feel the spirituality in the clothing,” said Jessica Nowitzki. “It was eclectic, fun and very cowboy chic. At least one guest felt an aura not typically associated with Lagerfeld’s approach to fashion. ![]() The Texans concurred, with such assertions as “he really nailed Texas” (Lucy Reeves Wrubel) “the collection was playful and happy and a beautiful event” (Simona Beal), and, “this is unlike anything this town has ever seen” (Stephen Summers, co-owner of Highland Park Village shopping center). “It’s almost like going to the theater, because Karl puts so much thought and time into every detail,” Fanning observed. Lagerfeld chose Dallas for this year’s staging of Chanel’s annual Métiers d’Art show in homage to the city that welcomed Mademoiselle Coco Chanel in her postwar return to fashion when Paris shunned her. Both see it as essential to the human condition as the occasional blue-sky respite at the ranch. Like Lagerfeld, Dallas, the jeweled crown of Texas - where two days after the big snowfall, sidewalks looked pristine and remaining snow banks irritatingly free of New York-like soot - is obsessed with style. This assumes a baseline of monster talent, and why not? Given their abundant natural gifts, neither Lagerfeld nor Texas bothers with the silliness of false modesty. They believe in the power of aspiration and that, with drive, diligence and nonstop hard work, no goal is beyond them. Because Karl Lagerfeld would have made one heck of a Texan. But maybe that was all one big, cosmic mistake. Satellite bags will be carried.Īs a spectacle of the season (after a grueling month of shows), it made for an amusing performance-especially when, in a feat of pyrotechnics and hydraulics, the starship Chanel really did appear to lift off.He’s a German-born, Paris-cultivated citizen of the world. ![]() When the craft navigates to the dark side of the moon (perhaps), eveningwear will consist of black-and-white chiffon “space person” prints and garments embroidered in constellations of Chanel pearls. Logical, then, to go forward-to the Chanel universe and beyond! The starship Chanel crew will be wearing glittery lunar boots with co-respondent black tips, tweed tunics with standaway collars, Bermuda shorts, “insulated” silver leather suits, and metallic padded space stoles. Lagerfeld is never one for gloom and despondency, and he resolutely hates looking back. Doesn’t the idea of getting off Earth altogether suddenly feel like a rather cheery thought, considering the mess it’s in? Still, his metaphor for the times was already on the right path: It is the most futuristic of fashion’s current escape plans. 5 to one of the seven newly discovered Earth-like planets orbiting the Trappist-1 star? Even fashion’s astronomer in chief couldn’t possibly have anticipated NASA’s announcement on February 22 that there may be life-supporting planets out there. ![]() What was this-a Chanel show about to blast off on a mission to take No. To assemble in the Grand Palais and see a giant space rocket in front of us was to know he’d done it again. One thing you can trust in with Karl Lagerfeld is his preternatural ability to put his finger on topics du jour.
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