FRANCE: KARL LAGERFELD AND UNGARO REVEAL THEIR 2004-2005 AUTUMN-WINTER READY TO WEAR COLLECTIONS IN PARIS.

Record ID: 648544

  • Title: FRANCE: KARL LAGERFELD AND UNGARO REVEAL THEIR 2004-2005 AUTUMN-WINTER READY TO WEAR COLLECTIONS IN PARIS.
  • Date: 4th March 2004
  • Summary: (EU) PARIS, FRANCE (MARCH 4, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) KARL LAGERFELD 1. KARL LAGERFELD SURROUNDED BY JOURNALISTS AT BACKSTAGE 2. CLOTHES HANGING BACKSTAGE 3. MODELS BACKSTAGE 4. POLAR ENSEMBLES OF SNOW WHITE PANTS AND JACKETS 5. COFFEE TRENCH COAT WITH LEATHER COLLAR AND THIGH-HIGH BOOTS 6. PLUM SLIT-SIDE PANTS AND JACKET WITH FUR TRIMMINGS 7. CHOCOLATE LEATHER JACKET WITH MATCHING PANTS AND SHIRT 8. KNEE-LONG CAPE WITH MATCHING PANTS 9. AUDIENCE WATCHING 10. SLIT-SIDE BLACK PANTS AND JACKET WITH LEATHER TRIMMINGS 11. NAVY BLUE PANTS AND JACKET WITH LEATHER TRIMMINGS 12. PLUM PANTS WITH OFF-THE-SHOULDER DRESS 13. SLEEVELESS BLACK TOP WITH FEATHERS, WORN WITH PLEATED LONG SKIRT 14. ALL THE MODELS ON THE CATWALK 15. KARL LAGERFELD ON CATWALK 16. ALL MODELS AND KARLLAGERFELD ON CATWALK UNGARO 17. GATTO LIPPI AND LILAC SILK CHIFFON JACKET. GREEN AND POWDER SILK JERSEY AND CHIFFON DRAPED LACE DRESS 18. PINK SHEEPSKIN COAT. GREEN AND LILAC SILK AND CHIFFON SKIRT 19. LACE BUSTIER. CRIMSON SILK CHIFFON AND JERSEY DRESS 20. RASPBERRY LACE BUSTIER. RASPBERRY SILK SATIN AND CHIFFON DRESS 21. POWDER SILK CHIFFON TOP. POWDER AND OFF-WHITE LACE BUSTIER. POWDER SILK CHIFFON AND OFF-WHITE LACE SKIRT 22. OFF-WHITE LACE BUSTIER. JERSEY AND SILK CHIFFON EMBROIDERED DRESS 23. LAVENDER SILK CHIFFON EMBROIDERED DRESS 24. POWDER SILK CHIFFON BLOUSE. POWDER AND OFF-WHITE LACE BUSTIER. LAVENDER EMBROIDERED AND POWDER SILK CHIFFON SKIRT 25. LILAC JACKARD AND CHIFFON JACKET. SILK LILAC PANTS 26. AUDIENCE 27. DESIGNER GIAMBATTISTA VALLI ON THE CATWALK 28. ALL MODELS ON THE CATWALK Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVA9E22NRQFLE92MPZGLKPWE3EF5
  • Story Text: Karl Lagerfeld and Ungaro reveal their fashion
    collections in Paris.



    The 2004-2005 autumn-winter ready-to-wear collection
    for Lagerfeld Gallery on Thursday (March 4) was all about
    impeccable cuts, impeccable silhouettes and impeccable
    materials. For Ungaro, the mood was for flowing, ethereal,
    summerlike outfits.

    With temperatures in Paris hovering near zero, it
    seemed fitting that German designer Karl Lagerfeld set his
    Lagerfeld Gallery show on Thursday (4 March) against a
    polar backdrop, complete with whistling wind and fake snow.

    Although spring is still around the corner, fashion
    editors are already plotting trends for next winter.

    Lagerfeld offered up hooded ski jackets and pop-button
    trousers that appeared to be plucked straight from the
    slopes. Lagerfeld, who also designs womenswear for Italian
    furrier Fendi, has no qualms about using animal skins and
    here he took an almost offhand approach, using shaved mink
    to line an olive trench coat or a black eelskin bomber
    jacket. The designer's extravagance is usually associated with
    made-to-measure haute couture, but his obsessive attention
    to detail was evident in a sleeveless black top adorned
    with feathers, worn with a pleated long skirt, or in
    various slit-side pants combined with leather-trimmed
    jackets and heavy belts slung low over the hips.

    Lagerfeld, who last season sent out a T-shirt with the
    slogan "4 Slim People", refrained this time from talking
    about the diet which helped him lose an impressive 42 kg
    (93 pounds). But in a none-too-subtle reminder, guests were handed a
    case of artificial sweetener printed with his trim
    silhouette. At the opposite end of the spectrum, Ungaro designer
    Giambattista Valli sent out wispy chiffon dresses in
    tropical shades that showed a blatant disregard for the
    season. Tweed jackets were embellished with ruffles and corset
    boning that gave them an 18th century feel, especially when
    paired with knickerbocker trousers in sugared almond shades
    of pink and blue.

    The evening dresses, however, were resolutely modern,
    with skirts split to the thigh under figure-hugging corset
    tops. A halterneck dress that dissolved into a cascade of
    chiffon ruffles seemed perfect for clients like singer
    Beyonce Knowles.




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