From his Spring/Summer 2007 collection, designer Karl Lagerfeld continues his vision short for his Spring Couture collection. The opening section was a parade of short classic Chanel tweed suits. The focus is on a shorter skirt but the emphasis is the “Dada” color palette of white, black and red. One of the key looks is the white tweed dress with the tweed covered in a red and black criss-cross design. The sleeves and hem of the dress are cut into panels giving the dress a flapper style. Another key look in the opening section is 60’s style white tweed dress. The collar of the dress is wide Mao collar and the dress is detailed with simple stripes of black.

Moving into the second section Lagerfeld kept the looks short and focused on cocktail dresses detailed with feather, layered chiffon and tulle. One of the most unique pieces in this section was a gray silk chiffon dress. The fabric is pleated is very small and tight pleated. The pleating of the fabric made the dress look like it was constructed pipes of thin fabric. The shoulder and the skirt of the dress are made of stiff tubes of silk chiffon. The hem of the sleeve and skirt of the dress is detailed with feathers inserted into the chiffon tubes. The chiffon tubes are tier down by silk satin and band on the sleeve and skirt and detailed with a silk satin bow. The construction of this piece alone is over 100 hours of work. The dress is rather revealing but if you have $25K and want a true one of a kind Chanel dress, this is it. This dress alone is a great platform for Lagerfeld to build off of for the next 20 years.

For the third section Lagerfeld gave the looks more length and we saw more embroidery and beading. The skirts gained more length and the 20’s flapper detailing earlier in the collection came out full force. For evening he continued with a longer silhouette and showed us a series of tulle and chiffon evening gowns encrusted with floral firework beaded designs. The overall look of the evening section is a play on the whole roaring 20’s flapper looks. One of the key looks from this section the black silk chiffon gown with the gold beading covering the bodice and bottom half of the skirt. The bead design is similar to the ice skating scene from “Fantasia”. To finish off the dress, Lagerfeld draped shreds of black chiffon with black ostrich feathers on the shoulders and the middle of the skirt. Another key look from this section is the black and white gown. Lagerfeld took a white chiffon shell and covered it with his new tubes done in black chiffon. The tubes are laid in a group of bias intersections. The skirt of the dress is printed with a black lead print and the black tubes are used for the bows on the front of the dress. The bow and waist is detailed with black ostrich feathers.

The two must have pieces are two dark pieces from the collection. First from the evening section is the black silk chiffon dress with a beaded jellyfish design on the fabric and the sleeves and hem of the dress are finished with a zigzag ruffle. Everything from the ruffles to the collar is trimmed with crystal beading. The other must have piece is the 60’s black wool a-line dress. From the collar, sleeve and the hem of the dress is finished with black and white ostrich feathers. Classic Chanel pieces but certainly a must have in your collection. Lagerfeld continues to give us eye pleasing and fresh design for a brand that has almost been around for a century. This collection is certainly a nod to the modern Chanel woman that Lagerfeld has been crafting since 2000. The overall execution and vision is a stride forward for the House of Chanel. Even though Lagerfeld is far older than his current day couturiers, he has continued to redefine couture and brought couture into the future. Bravo Monsieur Lagerfeld!

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