the floors of the Grand Palais were made to resemble Solar panels, was Karl Lagerfeld making a statement about going green.
"I started to sketch in St. Tropez over the summer and it was so hot I wanted some fresh air," Lagerfeld explained after the show.
The ready to wear collection was wide ranging incorporating synthetic fabrics into classic Chanel looks of wool, Tweed, and pearls which were reworked for warmer weather. Semi sheer synthetic ribbed fabric was worked into slim black trousers paired with short sleeved Bolero jackets with pearl buttons, or used for body hugging mini dresses, worn with cropped knit jackets.
Lagerfeld worked the solar panel theme into various Tweeds and bold graphics in red and blue, that popped on sweaters and jackets. The designer played with the concept of air and wind, presenting floaty black dresses in sheer silk chiffon structured by a quilted panel bodice and adorned with tufts of multicoloured fabric that fluttered like feathers.
Lagerfeld may have been day dreaming of a pleasant cool garden when he sketched dresses for the collections, columns of white in a cotton and linen netting fabric embroidered with peonies and ivy vines.
Accessories were big and bold, sunhats with broad brims, chunky lace up heels and faux pearl chokers with beads the size of Christmas baubles.
After the show Karl Lagerfeld was asked what his secret was, "there is none," he replied, looking perplexed, "work."
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