Chanel FW18: the poem of a melancholy autumn

Last days of fashion week in Paris.

It is Chanel's turn, who chooses the Grand Palais as a set for the FW18 collection. In a melancholy and dreamy atmosphere, Karl Lagerfeld brings an elegant, typically Chanel collection, to the catwalk.

Set & Front Row

For Chanel, the Grand Palais in Paris becomes a dense autumn forest.

Inside of what in 1900 was the main Universal Exhibition Hall (next to the restructuring with a contribution of 25 million euro by the brand), real trees, moss and a melancholic atmosphere of autumn leaves blanket and recreate poetic together.

On benches made of logs of Kaiser Karl muses, such as Carla Bruni, Lily Allen, Vanessa Paradis and Keira Knightley, are waiting for the start of the show.

The inspiration

It is the foliage the theme around which the Chanel FW18 collection develops, described with these words by Lagerfeld:

"It is a kind of Indian summer I love with gold leaves. It is a beautiful mood; autumn was always my favorite season. I was brought up in the country in a house on an estate where there were 12 avenues of trees that looked something this. So, in a way, I return to my childhood roots".

The collection

 

The iconic tweed by Chanel acquires the shades of nature in autumn, orange, magenta, purple and becomes the protagonist not only of the classic four-pocket jacket (which turns into a down jacket and, thus, also finds a sporting declination), but also of long flared blazers worked with shiny lurex threads or embroidered with fabric flowers and micro feathers, screwed coats, skirt and blazer suits.

For the day Lagerfeld proposes knitted dresses, while for the evening black negligee-style dresses equipped with gloves up to the colored elbow and a soft folding bag. The outfits are completed by scarves, chains, strings of pearls, golden maple leaves, a dark and lunar make-up and hats gathered in a disordered chignon.