FRANCE: CHANEL, LACROIX AND LOUIS FERAUD DISPLAY NEW AUTUMN-WINTER FASHIONS IN PARIS.

Record ID: 648661

  • Title: FRANCE: CHANEL, LACROIX AND LOUIS FERAUD DISPLAY NEW AUTUMN-WINTER FASHIONS IN PARIS.
  • Date: 12th July 2000
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (JULY 11, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) -CHANEL - 1. MODELS IN SHORT SLEEVED, KNEE-LENGTH DRESSES WITH THICK BELTS AND PLASTIC BOOTS 2. PINK QUILTED CHANEL SUIT WITH FLOWER PATTERNS OVER HALTER TOP 3. RED SPARKLY DRESS WITH KNEE-HIGH BOOTS, PURPLE BOA OVER SHOULDER, TAILORED JACKET AND PINK GLOVES 4. TAILORED JACKET OVER PENCIL LINE FLOOR LENGTH BLUE SKIRT 5. WHITE HALTER TOP, LONG STRAIGHT SKIRT AND LARGE GOLD BELT 6. SOFT BLUE KNEE-LENGTH SKIRT WITH PARTIAL BELT 7. SERIES OF LITTLE BLACK DRESSES WITH SEXY LEATHER BOOTS 8. SHORT SLEEVED BALCK DRESS WTIH LARGE PUFFY SKIRT 9. MODELS ON CAT WALK AT THE END OF THE SHOW 10. LAGERFELD WITH BRIDE AT THE END OF THE SHOW PARIS, FRANCE (JULY 11, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) - CHRISTIAN LACROIX - 11. SLEEVELESS RUFFLED ORANGE MINK COAT OVER SHORT FLESH-COLOURED JERSEY DRESS WITH BLOND FUR SLEEVES 12. BLACK SATIN CREPE JACKET WITH RED AND BLUE AND VERY WIDE BLACK CREPE PANTS 13. MULTICOLOUR PARKA AND BOMBER JACKET, PATCHWORK FROCK OCAT WITH COROLLA COLLAR. MATCHING COATED SILK SEQUIN DRESS 14. RED TEXTURED AND OPENWORK FELTED WOOL BOMBER JACKET WITH MUTTON SLEEVES AND LEATHER PANTS 15. MID-LENGTH BLACK ORGANZA DRESS WITH GRAPHIC SLEEVES, EMBROIDERED ALL OVER IN SPANGLED RIBBONS, AS WELL AS THE KICK PLEAT EDGED IN RED SATIN 16. KNEE-LENGTH BLACK DRESS WITH LARGE YELLOW COLLAR 17. LONG OPTICAL BLACK AND WHITE SATIN DRESS WITH TOPSY-TURVY WIDE AND NARROW STRIPES. THE RED BUSTIER IS COVERED IN BLACK VELVET AND HORSE HAIR 18. GRAND DRESS IWTH LONG RHINESTONE AND GOLD EMBROIDERED PAINTED CORSET WITH BIG-PLEATED SKIRT OF MULTICOLOR QUILTED PATCHWORK 19. CHRISTIAN LACROIX ACCOMPANYING GRAND WEDDING DRESS IN WHITE TULLE WITH JEWELED BUSTIER AND LITTLE BALLOON SLEEVES PARIS, FRANCE (JULY 11, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) - LOUIS FERAUD - 20. BOLERO WITH DOUBLE COLLAR EMBROIDERED IN KALEIDOSCIPE OF BLACK AND WHITE SPANGLES OVER SHORT DRESS WITH COLLARET OF PLEATED MUSLIN 21. COAT OF BLACK AND GREY STRIPED MINK OVER DRESS OF PRINTED MUSLIN RIBBED IWTH BLACK, RED AND WHITE 22. AUDIENCE 23. BLACK LONG-SLEEVED SWEATER WITH WITH AND BLACK TROUSERS 24. KNEE-LENGTH DRESS WITH SUBSTANTIAL FRONT SLIT IN BLACK AND GREY 25. TULLE SPENCER EMBROIDERED WITH PINK AND BLACK PEARLS, COLLARET OF PLEATED TULLE WITH SYMMETRIC SKIRT WITH PINK AND BLACK TRAIN ENCRUSTED WITH PEACH AND SKY BLUE LAME 26. LONG DRESS OF WHITE SILK ENCRUSTED WITH PRINTED MULTICOLOURED KALEIDOSCOPIC PATTERNS 27. DESIGNER YVAN MISPELAERE WITH MODELS Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVA83YTJQ1Z4Q7Q57AX4120KBYP6
  • Story Text: Highlights of Tuesday's series of Haute Couture
    Fall-Winter 2000 Collections set the fashion world fluttering
    with excitement, especially Christian Lacroix's breath-taking
    series of sumptuous gowns and Karl Lagerfeld's faithfulness to
    the effortless elegance Chanel.



    Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld bathed his Fall-Winter
    2000 Haute Couture collection with a refined, effortless
    elegance. Much of the collection carried references to
    highlights from the legendary label like the classic Chanel
    tailored suits worn by Jackie Kennedy and film star Romy
    Schneider at the height of their fame. There were also
    candy-coloured outfits which harked back to Chanel's
    insouciant 1960s.

    At a local swimming pool, models paraded on a sunken
    podium surrounded by a precarious floating catwalk of
    see-through perspex to a soundtrack of easy-listening tunes,
    such as Burt Bacharachs 'The Look of Love.'
    Chanel's take this season on the quintessential little
    black dress featured outsized feathered tulle ruffs at the
    shoulder and neck, or layers of billowing black chiffon.

    Modern touches came in the way of acid-coloured metallic
    cummerbunds slung low over the hips and towering zip-up
    plastic boots, some featuring the labels instantly
    recognisable two-tone heels and toes.

    But, in a turnabout characteristic of the fickle world of
    fashion, the pony-tailed Lagerfeld -- known in fashion circles
    as 'the Emperor' -- left out the logos which flooded his
    ready-to-wear collection just four months ago. The only items
    featuring the houses interlocking Cs were
    the black T-shirts worn by lifeguards posted around the pool,
    just in case one of the models, or elegant guests, toppled
    into the water.

    Jaded fashion afficionados, who normally reserve their
    applause for one or two show-stoppers, were privy to a
    virtuoso haute couture collection later on Tuesday (July
    11),when
    Christian Lacroix presented a collection in which each gown
    told a different story - sending the crowd into a frenzy of
    appluase.

    In a magical sort of fairytale atmosphere, a Snow Queen
    stepped out in a rhinestone, black lurex and turquoise mink
    bolero with oversize fox collar and cuffs over a turquoise
    organza sheath dress. Two-tone biker jackets were reworked
    into a patchwork frock coat and patterns clashed in a riot of
    silk, sequins, dyed fur and luxurious embroidery.

    The show was a rebuke to those who consider the
    loss-making couture industry as nothing more than expensive
    advertising for the cosmetics and accessories which account
    for the bulk of the fashion industry's revenues.

    Yvan Mispelaere, designing his first Haute Couture
    collection for Feraud, named The Parisian as his muse. In a
    house-issued press release, Mispalaere explained the time has
    come to resuscitate the myth of the Parisian. Many like to
    think of Feraud as a mark of optimistic luxury, a very French
    style which speaks, both of femininity, and of frivolity.

    The models, made up to look like very young girls,
    promenaded to pop and then French accordian music against a
    simplistic geometric white background. Light fabrics, lots of
    ruffles and basic black and white designs on tights accounted
    for the ultimately naive atmosphere of the show.

    (paris bureau/lh)
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