Historically there is a connection between resort and travel.
Originally, these were clothes for snow birds and ski bunnies, escaping to elite gathering places.
Chanel uses the mid-seasons to highlight the crafts skills of the many artisanal maisons it supports.
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Coco Chanels first trip to California was almost 100 years ago, circa 1931, reported Nicole Phelps.
Dakar, Senegal:Pre-Fall 2023
The location:The former Palais de Justice in Dakar.
Viard also looked beyond Senegal.
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The tailoring and menswear shapes were informed by Congos sartorialist Sapeur subculture, as were the heftily commando-soled shoes.
The movie really inspired the collection, Viard added.
Otherwise we could be in Petra or Egypt.
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The theme:Viard was thinking of something a little princess-y!
it’s possible for you to find so many details, notes Viard.
The designer wove elements from that apartment into details of the clothes themselves, Hamish Bolwes reported.
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New York: Pre-Fall 2019
The location:The 10 B.C.
Theyd picked up the idea of the caps from the sailors.
I might have been born in Liverpool, but I grew up in Hamburg, Lennon once said.
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There were hundreds of dinners in the 20s and 30s, where women wore incredible things.
That would be the beret in this caseultra-French in origin, but also inescapably Che Guevara.
There were sparkly black versions scattered throughout, as well as panamas with Chanel camellias tucked into the hatbands.
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The mother-of-pearl embroidery that traced a black wrap dress was inspired by the decoration on Korean wedding chests.
The high empire line and flaring sleeves on full-silhouetted dresses were Lagerfelds sublimation of traditional garb.
The capelets, frogged jackets, and side-striped trousers echoed a Viennese military academy.
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There was another interesting historical confluence involving Chanel herself that underscored the rightness of this whole event for Lagerfeld.
Romy Schneider, the quintessence of Austrian elegance, made her name playing Sissi in a 1950s trilogy.
In 1961, director Luchino Visconti asked Chanel to dress Schneider forBoccaccio ‘70.
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She would return to the role of Sissi in 1972 for Visconti’sLudwig.
Karl Lagerfeld received the same following the pre-collection.
5 in her holsters.
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Lagerfeld insisted his Singapore was a dream Singapore.
I spent many years of my life here, he said.
I know Saint-Tropez like I know Paris.
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The collection is very casual, very down-to-earth.
The finale was a performance by the United States synchronized-swimming team.
The theme:The collection mixed rock n roll with seventies swing and high glamour.
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Models sported Brian Jones-inspired hair and pistol-heeled shoes.
Models made their entrance from a Chanel-branded airplane.
The theme:Airports and flying have become a nightmare, said Karl Lagerfeld.
L.A. is about the dream of private jets and beautiful cars and glamour.
Cruise collections are about the dream of freedom.
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