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Chanel F/W 12.13 Paris via Vogue.

“A roomy silhouette allowed for a side-stepping of the size prejudices that Lagerfeld has been accused of recently, while a three-year-old little boy taking to the catwalk, carrying his own miniature Chanel bag, walked neatly into the controversy about under age models that continues to rage within and without the industry. Very sweet but hard to justify in terms of essential – but then, what about Chanel is essential?

As ever with Lagerfeld’s work, not a single detail had been missed, from the Maison Lesage embellished, glittering eyebrows to the Lurex-shot tweeds in petrol green, indigo and purple, incredible emerald, amethyst and sapphire embellishments and petrol green feather-smothered jackets and miniature tweed rucksacks. 

Loose knitwear featured irregular patterns in green, purple, pink and mustard, while heavy grey wool coats were scattered with bright yellow, pink and green jewels and long silk muslin dresses in the same stained glass prints gave a nod to the modern hippy we’ve seen creeping in elsewhere. 

Despite the hardy mood, the Chanel delicacy was very much in evidence too, with pearl-embellished chain belts wound around dresses of frothy lace, silk chiffon pleat-fronted pussy bow blouses and disco chic skirts of pink and green ribboned lamé. Some futuristic, panelled wool coats revealed chiffon ruffles of sleeves from stiff shoulder panels.”