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At the Lesage atelier, a 15-minute car ride away from rue Cambon (in the
ninth arrondissement), it was all about beads and embroidery. There were little
drawers where beads, in all possible shapes, sizes and colours live until they
are called upon to decorate an outfit.The Lesage archives store brown boxes
containing the atelier’s works, dating as far back as 1912’s Schiaparelli,
around the time of haute couture’s golden age.“Chanel
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of the nicest clients to work with because they allow us to create new things
from the archives and not just replicate the motif. Some couture houses ask us
to do that (replicate). It’s so unimaginative. They treat this place like a
mine.”A fashion graduate from St. Martins, Emily was busy sewing beads on tulle
when the media group paid a visit to the atelier.“Personally, what I like about
Chanel
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wearable.
You can see yourself wearing the dresses if you can afford them. Chanel
Purse Forum They are not just statement-making pieces that are impossible to
wear,” she continued.Once all the components were ready, the final work went
back to the studios where workers put the outfits together and completed the
finishing touches under the eyes of the respective atelier managers.“We are all
very proud of what we do; there is a strong link between us and each dress that
will be paraded on the runway,” Madame Martine said..It was less than 30 minutes
to the show. The inside of Grand Palais, near the Pont Alexandre III which
crosses the river Seine, has been transformed into a round, stadium seating
where a giant pipe organ with steel tubes was being constructed.It was the
hottest day of the week in Paris and the glass roof of the Grand Palais conveyed
the heat to the fashionable crowd of celebrities, clients and writers from all
over the globe who were busy fanning themselves with their thick, white
invites.American Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour sat in the front row. The
magazine’s creative director, Grace Coddington and editor-at-large Andre Leon
Talley, were there too. So were German supermodel Claudia Schiffer and singer
Lenny Kravitz, as well as celebrated French photographer Patrick
Demarchelier.Everyone waited with bated breath for what Lagerfeld had in store
this Chanel Purse
Forum season, for a brand that was often seen as the gold standard in
fashion.Models wearing bob hairstyles and dresses and coats, that just 18 hours
ago were still at the studios, came out one by one. And there it was … the
painstakingly pleated grey number earlier worn by the mannequin.Directly
inspired by the pipe organ, delicate tubing appeared everywhere. “It’s a visual
effect that I am trying to translate in shapes, embroideries and volumes,” said
Lagerfeld.On flannel outfits, tiny tubes narrowed the waist and gave volume to
the hem. On satin, silk faille or taffetas, they adorned sleeves, pockets,
lapels and busts.“These elements are stitched and embroidered. It’s totally
incredible work. I wanted the result to be light and chic. I did everything so
it would not be heavy or change the silhouette. It’s an Chanel
Purse Forum absolute tour de force, a prowess of the ateliers. No machine
can compete with the hand,” he said.The feather trimmings on a tweed jacket
swayed like musical notes and the dramatic wedding gown, whose bobbing tulle was
the centre of attraction, signalled the finale of a 20-minute fashion parade
bearing 64 looks and more than 10,000 work-hours by hundreds of workers.After
“King Karl” took his bow, the crowd clapped and one quietly wished that the
applause would echo all over Paris, so the fine men and women who put the
clothes together could listen to the well-deserved compliment.
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