Salzburg

The Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Métiers d’Art 2014-2015 Show, titled « Paris-Salzburg », presented at Schloss Leopoldskron Palace, on December 2, 2014, made reference to Chanel’s Little Black Jacket, which was inspired by a Tyrolean uniform, worn by a lift attendant that Coco Chanel met at the Schloss Mittersill hotel, in Salzburg, in the ’50s.

Another Salzburg-inspired collection : Karen Walker Autumn/Winter 2010-2011 (influenced by « The Sound of Music » and by Bob Dylan, this show was dubbed « Salzburg, USA »).

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Rouge Coco Shine

Chanel’s Rouge Coco Shine lipstick has influenced the Christmas cake (created by the Pastry Chef of Beige, Julien Kientzler, this yule log was made with caramel and dark chocolate) that Karl Lagerfeld has designed to celebrate the 10^th anniversary of the Beige Alain Ducasse Tokyo restaurant, on the top floor of the Chanel Ginza building.

Photo : Courtesy of Alain Ducasse and Karl Lagerfeld

 

 

 

Last Year at Marienbad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The French formal garden of the Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Spring/Summer 2011 Show was inspired by the black-and-white elegance of Alain Resnais’s « Last Year at Marienbad / L’Année dernière à Marienbad ».

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Coconut milk

Coconut milk cartons have inspired a bag in the supermarket-themed Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Autumn/Winter 2014-2015 Collection (the inscription, « lait de COCO », French for « coconut milk », is a pun on Gabrielle « Coco » Chanel’s nickname).

Photo : Courtesy of Chanel

 

 

 

Enki Bilal

The futuristic backdrop of the Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Couture Autumn/Winter 2013-2014 Show was inspired by Enki Bilal’s comics.

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Versailles

The theme of the Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Couture Autumn/Winter 2014-2015 Show, which mixed modernity with baroque elements, was « Le Corbusier goes to Versailles ».

Other Versailles-inspired collections : Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Resort 2013 (Karl Lagerfeld said that the theme of this collection, presented at Versailles, was « Versailles in a Socialist France »), LaQuan Smith Spring/Summer 2011 (this collection was influenced by Marie Antoinette and Versailles), Maxime Simoëns Couture Spring/Summer 2011 (this show, titled « This, Madame, is Versailles », was inspired by Sofia Coppola’s « Marie Antoinette »), Thakoon Autumn/Winter 2011-2012 (this collection was based on the similarities between the costumes worn at Versailles and the Masai outfits).

To read about other Le Corbusier-influenced collections, search for the « Le Corbusier » post that I have published on June 22, 2014.

Photo : Giovanni Giannoni

 

Marie Laurencin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The palette of the Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Couture Spring/Summer 2011 Show was based on Marie Laurencin’s watercolors (in 1923, the French artist painted Coco Chanel’s portrait).

Other Marie Laurencin-inspired shows : Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Spring/Summer 2009 (this collection was influenced by a grayish portrait by Marie Laurencin), Christian Lacroix Spring/Summer 2008 (some pieces paid tribute to Marie Laurencin’s oeuvre).

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Orient

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A romantic idea of modern Orient has inspired the Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Resort 2015 Show, presented on The Island, in Dubai, on May 13, 2014.

Another Orient-influenced collection : Chanel High Jewelry Spring/Summer 2011 (« Secrets d’Orient »).

Photo : Giovanni Giannoni

 

 

 

Pâté

Pâté was one of the 500 products that were reimagined as Chanel’s items for the « Chanel Shopping Center » set of the Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Autumn/Winter 2014-2015 Show.

Photo : Stéphane Feugère

 

 

 

Linda Evangelista

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Sam McKnight-styled graphic bobs of the Fendi by Karl Lagerfeld Spring/Summer 2014 Show were based on boyish pictures of Linda Evangelista in the ’80s, and on Japanese bob haircuts, and also referenced The Beatles’ hairstyles, in the ’60s.

Other Linda Evangelista-inspired item and makeup : House of Holland Autumn/Winter 2007-2008 (the 12th look of this show, which started with a slideshow of photographs of supermodels, including Linda Evangelista, was a minidress with a slogan which referenced Linda Evangelista), Rag & Bone Spring/Summer 2011 (for the makeup of this show, Gucci Westman took inspiration from the early « raw, sexy and beautiful » pictures of Linda Evangelista by Peter Lindbergh).

Photo : VOGUE.fr