- Title: Chanel embraces tech chic at Paris Fashion Week
- Date: 4th October 2016
- Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (OCTOBER 4, 2016) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** SINGER, USHER, ARRIVING AT CHANEL SHOW EXTERIOR OF VENUE USHER WALKING PAST SERVERS VARIOUS OF MODEL, LILY-ROSE DEPP, BEFORE SHOW FORMER FRENCH FIRST LADY AND FORMER MODEL, CARLA BRUNI-SARKOZY, ARRIVING GUESTS ARRIVING BRUNI-SARKOZY SEATED ON FRONT ROW (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER FRENCH FIRST LADY AND FORMER MODEL, CARLA BRUNI-SARKOZY, SAYING: "It's very nice because it's the pleasure of watching the clothes without being... With no stress it's only pleasure." SINGER, COURTNEY LOVE, AND HER DAUGHTER, FRANCES BEAN COBAIN, ARRIVING VARIOUS OF LOVE AND COBAIN SITTING ON FRONT ROW (SOUNDBITE) (English) COURTNEY LOVE AND KURT COBAIN'S DAUGHTER AND ARTIST, FRANCES BEAN COBAIN, SAYING: "I think it's representative of how we're all connected at this point and there's no real way to decipher reality from digital reality and I think he's explaining that in a really interesting way." SERVER
- Embargoed: 19th October 2016 14:32
- Keywords: Chanel Paris fashion week Courtney Love Usher Carla Bruni Karl Lagerfeld
- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- City: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Fashion
- Reuters ID: LVA00152LB6U1
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- Story Text: PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS NUDITY IN SHOT 17
The grande dame of Paris Fashion Week embraced tech chic on Tuesday (October 4) as Chanel unveiled its latest collection among the humming "servers" of its very own data centre.
But the appeal went an awful lot wider than computer geeks with a front row including Usher, Lily-Rose Depp, Courtney Love and former French first lady and model Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.
The flashing lights and brightly coloured cables of Creative Director Karl Lagerfeld's set switched on Love's daughter Frances Bean Cobain who said that the real world and the online world were becoming increasingly indistinguishable.
A pair of Star Wars-esque stormtroopers opened the show - their classic Chanel suits paired awkwardly with knee-high space boots.
The collection itself included much that has become familiar to Chanel-lovers but with a playful twist.
The sideways baseball cap in a whole host of colours was ubiquitous with classic Chanel tweeds given an urban edge in the form of hoods.
At times the palette was thoroughly digital with an explosion of neons bursting out of silky dresses and double-breasted jackets, with frequent side ponytails giving a slightly retro vibe.
"It's not a retrospective, it's a vision of today's world. We all depend on it. Imagine your life without your phone," Lagerfeld told journalists after the show.
"The next step is artificial intelligence and robots," he added. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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