Thursday, 9 April 2009

Chanel 2006-2007 F/W Haute Couture





Complete Collection
Fashion Show (
Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3)

Color Family of this collection:
Karl Lagerfeld adds blue colors to the collection which suit the mood of winter. Also, he uses different hues of brown colors bring the feeling of environment that you can see in fall. Although black and grey still play an important role in the collection, he likes to add some different colors to it's collection. It can bring out fresh image of Chanel but not changing it.

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Sunday, 5 April 2009

Chanel 2005-2006 F/W Haute Couture




Complete Collection
Fashion Show
(Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3)

Color Family of this collection:
This is the most colorful collection in this decade. Karl Lagerfeld uses some fresh colors in this collection. Although it may not suit the Fall/Winter mood, but it brings a difference from the black, grey and white dresses and outfits.

Other collections:

Friday, 3 April 2009

Chanel 2004-2005 F/W Haute Couture




Complete Collection

Color Family of this collection:

In this collection, Karl Lagerfeld uses achromatic colors and a series of calm colors. All the colors chosen by Karl Lagerfeld to be used in Chanel's collection must not be to sharp, as the image of Chanel is elegant, ease and classical. Even he chooses a gold color, he won't use a strong and sharking gold. Instead, he uses a darker gold with a little shiny under sunshine, and so on for the other colors.

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Wednesday, 25 March 2009

Chanel 2003-2004 F/W Haute Couture

Complete Collection

Color Family of this collection:
The colors used in this collection is all about fall and winter. It is Karl Lagerfeld's practice to use a pure hue after adding white or black, sometimes both. As you can see the blue and brown colors he chose in this collection. But still, these colors only appears in a small part of the collection.

Other collection:
Chanel Autumn/Winter 2003-2004 Ready to Wear

Saturday, 21 March 2009

Chanel 2002-2003 F/W Haute Couture

Complete Collection
Fashion Show

Color Family of this collection:
Karl Lagerfeld chooses the most minimal colors for the collection. The number of outfits in this collection is rarely small, so not a lot of colors have been used. In addition, black color is the majority color used in the collection.

Other collection:
Chanel Autumn/Winter 2002-2003 Ready to Wear

Tuesday, 24 February 2009

Timeline of Chanel

Timeline for the Important events of CHANEL

1913
opens her first fashion boutique in Deauville
1915
Opens a couture house in Biarritz

1916
Introduces jersey. Her first published design appears in Harper's Bazaar accompanied by the caption ‘the charming chemise’

1924
The Chanel Perfume company is set up
1926
Introduces ‘the little black dress’
1934
Sets up a specialist workshop to develop her range of elaborate costune jewelry
1935
Channel is at the height of her successes, employing nearly 4000 workers and selling close to 28000 designs a year all over the world

1939
Outbreak of the Second World War and closure of the Chanel Couture House of the five buildings in the rue.Cambon, only one stays open.

1954
The great ‘comeback’. Chanel returns to open31, rue Cambon at the age of seventy-one. She launches her collection with a jersey suit ‘No.5’.
1955
Awarded the Fashion Oscar to honour ‘ the most influential femaile designer of the twentieth century’

1971
Chanel dies 10January
1975
Launch of the Chanel Beauty Collection of make-up and beayty product

1978
Mass launch of the ‘Chanel Boutique’, offering ready-to-wear clothes and accessories.

1983
Karl Largerfeld becomes Design Consultant in charge of Collections at the House of Chanel.

1986
Chanel receives the De d’Or for the 1986 Autumn/Winter Haute Couture Collection created by Karl Largerfeld

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88 Karl Largerfeld and the House of Chanel win the Special Award for International Fashion presented by the Council of Fashion Designers of America(CFDA)