Chanel collections. The basics of the Chanel style in clothes, photos of the latest collections

spaceport, autumn forest, the ruins of an ancient Greek temple - where Karl Lagerfeld did not invite guests of couture shows (without leaving the walls of the Grand Palais). But this time, in the iconic building, they reproduced ... the Seine embankment with its famous street stalls, where tourists usually buy old books and magazines. Especially for the show, they even created several copies of books from Coco Chanel's personal library as props. And in the center of the podium they built a mini-version of the building of the Institute of France.

Collection

It is amazing how Karl Lagerfeld manages to present new versions of the timeless classic - tweed jackets from season to season. Update of the season: the sleeves are cut to the elbow, and the maestro suggests wearing jackets with high leather gloves. It was this accessory that completed almost every look: with a bustier dress, blouses with puff sleeves, tweed "twos" and velvet dresses. As always elegant down to the smallest detail.

Beauty images

Restrained tweed classics make-up artists diluted with bold aquamarine, blue and deep turquoise shades. Deliberately careless eye makeup, done with cream shadows, has become a leitmotif for no less rowdy hairstyles - a perfectly smooth ponytail combined with bangs from the Elvis era. And if it weren’t for the calm matte tone with peach shadows (the main distinguishing feature of Chanel’s beauty looks), it would have turned out to be an absolute disco.

wedding image

Usually a couture show always closes the model in wedding dress. In the new season, Karl Lagerfeld does not change traditions, but makes adjustments: this time, couture wedding image Chanel is not a snow-white dress at all, but a mint two-piece suit - a jacket with a stand-up collar and a skirt with a high slit, decorated with floral embroidery. The final touch is a veil, and not a classic one to the floor, but a short one, to the shoulders, fixed in the hair with a diadem in the form of a three-dimensional flower.

show final

There is an unspoken sign in the fashion world: the one who goes to the final bow with Karl Lagerfeld becomes the new star of the industry. At the last ready-to-wear show fall-winter 2018/19, it was Luna Biil, today - 18-year-old dark-skinned model from Sudan Adut Akesh. By the way, she already did this Week haute couture in Paris, Givenchy and Dior shows, and journalists dubbed her the new Naomi Campbell.

Also, his godson Hudson Kroenig, this time with his younger brother Jameson.

This is the fourth series in the rubric, in which we observe the formation of the style of the great women of the past and the present!

I love Chanel! True, I still haven’t bought a single bag of this brand :-) Apparently, I’m saving this pleasant moment and choosing the right mood:) But in my wardrobe there are several tweed jackets from Chanel, which, I hope, will be worn by my granddaughters and great-granddaughters!

As usual, first we read about the heroine, and then we look at how I adapted her style to my wardrobe.

Write later to insta about my impressions, your opinion and support is very important to me :-)

History of Coco Chanel

House of Chanel is the most famous name in the fashion world of the 20th century. The epitome of luxury, style and elegance. Could young Gabrielle Chanel have thought that she would achieve such a stunning success? Indeed, at the dawn of her career, the founder of a cult brand could not boast of wealth, power, or belonging to high society.

Coco Chanel changed her attitude to women's clothing, rewrote the rules of high fashion in her own way. And most of her "tricks" formed the basis of the style and are relevant to this day.

Many facts from the biography of Coco Chanel are shrouded in mystery and are already part of fashionable mythology.

Gabrielle Boner Chanel was born in 1883 in the French town of Saumur. Her mother died when the girl was twelve, and her father, in order to somehow make ends meet, was forced to send the children to a Catholic orphanage and was like that. Until adulthood, Gabrielle was raised by nuns.

In fact, nothing is known for certain about the childhood and youth of the young Chanel. At the beginning of the 20th century, few people were interested in the life of the poor, so no documents about Gabriel were preserved. Some sources claim that she was taught the art of sewing by her aunt, with whom she stayed every summer, according to other sources, Gabrielle was engaged in needlework in a shelter with nuns.

When Gabrielle turned eighteen, she moved to the nearby town of Moulin, where she got a job in a lingerie store. In her free time, Chanel worked part-time in a cafe, where she sang the song “Who saw Coco at the Trocadero?” and "Ko Ko Ri Ko". From here, later, the legendary name Coco originates. Many regulars called her that - baby Coco.

During her failed musical career, young Coco meets wealthy textile heir Etienne Balsan. The bourgeois is fascinated by a charismatic girl. Their romance is developing rapidly, and Koko moves to Vacation home Balsana in the status of his kept mistress. It was then that Chanel begins to get involved in the creation of hats, and Etienne encourages this hobby, compensating for all expenses so that her lover does not get bored during his absence.

High society, not without a scratch, accepts young Gabrielle into its ranks. She is well aware of her position and origin, but does not yet have enough funds to feel independent.

Life takes a new turn when, at one of the parties, Chanel meets Etienne's friend, Arthur Capel (friends call him Boy).

Falling head over heels in love with Boy, Gabriel moves from his country mansion to Capel's bachelor pad in Paris, where he begins making hats and trying to sell them. The business is gaining momentum, and a year later, Chanel (not without the financial help of Boy) opens her first tailoring studio with the bold name "Chanel Fashion".

In those days, men ruled the fashion world, dressing women in tight corsets, tons of lace and feathers. Coco Chanel ridicules this approach, stating that "Designers forget that under their dresses is a living woman of flesh and blood." Uncompromising Koko seriously thinks that women's clothing can and should be not only beautiful, but also comfortable.

In 1913, Chanel moved to the resort town of Deauville, where he opened another clothing store. Gabriel starts working on his first collection. Koko understands that emancipation has gone quite far and is looking for a logical way out. Her task is to help women look elegant, regardless of their position.

By the way, Koko herself did not know how to cut, creating her outfits directly on the model, applying and pinning the fabric until it acquired the desired shape.

In 1914 the world was shaken by the First World War. Men go to the front, and wealthy families move away from the center of events to coastal cities. Women are forced to refuse servants and dress themselves. Ironically, it is these unfortunate events that give a powerful impetus to the Chanel case.

Inspired military uniform, Coco discovers new material- jersey - thin knitwear, which is usually used for sewing linings for jackets. Such material drapes well, while being very cheap. What you need in wartime.

Women need simplicity and convenience, and Chanel's house gives them that simple elegance. Koko's outfits are diametrically different from those that women are used to, but they definitely like them. By the end of the war, Coco Chanel clothes turned into a very successful business, personifying the very “luxury of simplicity”.

The glory of Coco Chanel spreads at the speed of light throughout France. Laconic and practical things from Chanel are the dream of any woman.

In 1919, Boy Capel dies in a car accident. Another terrible event in the life of Chanel again gives vent to her work. Coco brings the little black dress to the fashion world. Perhaps if this tragedy had not happened, she would not have experimented with black fabric at all.

First small black dress from Chanel was sewn from a flowing fabric. It was long-sleeved and revolutionary below the knee length. Mrs. Koko thought that it makes no sense to make it shorter, since not every lady can boast of the beauty of this part of the body :-)

Koko could not officially wear mourning, since she was not Capel's wife, but without expecting it herself, she dressed all of France in mourning for the Boy.

In the summer of 1920, Coco meets a Russian emigrant, Prince Dmitry Pavlovich. Their romance does not last long, but leaves an indelible imprint on the activities of the fashion house. At this time, Chanel meets Dmitry's friend, the outstanding perfumer Ernest Bo. The meeting becomes a cult for both. After a year of collaboration, Chanel releases her famous fragrance "No. 5".

Ernest created "a perfume for women that smells like a woman herself." It was the first perfume in the world of 80 components that did not repeat the smell of a single flower, as was previously customary. The designers enclosed the golden liquid in a glass rectangular bottle with a laconic label, which was also a kind of innovation - before that, the bottles had always had a bizarre shape. Their success has outlived its creators - until now, Chanel No. 5 perfumes are the best-selling on the planet.

In the same year, Coco Chanel began to work on the creation of jewelry, boldly mixing gems with artificial ones.

In the mid-20s, Coco begins dating the English Duke of Westminster. Chanel moves in the circles of the English aristocracy, often visiting the UK and Scotland. And among the new acquaintances of Koko even such personalities as Winston Churchill himself appear.

From the Scots, Chanel adopts a love for tweed, which he later embodies in no less iconic clothes, like all his previous ideas. And among the British, Coco is imbued with a love for sweaters and shows women that jewelry can be worn even over a sweater, which no one has done before.

The Chanel collections of that time are full of tweeds, jockey outfits, sports coats and vests. As Coco herself said: "I took English masculinity and made it feminine."

The affair with the duke lasted 14 years and ended by the end of the 30s. By that time, Koko was at the peak of her career. But the world is again overshadowed by the news of the war. In 1939, Chanel was forced to close her factories.

At the same time, Koko is carried away by an employee of the German embassy, ​​Hans Gunther von Dinklage, who, after the liberation of Paris, will play a cruel joke with her. Allegedly for complicity with the Nazis, she is arrested, but released the same evening. According to legend, all charges were dropped from Koko, thanks to her old friend Winston Churchill, who personally asked for her. The only condition that grants her freedom is the immediate departure from France.

Koko leaves her homeland and goes to Switzerland for 10 years. During this time, the fashion world is undergoing drastic changes. Men are back in power. Dior with his New Look and meters of fabric, Balmain with brocade and lace. Everything that Coco despised so much shines on the fashionable Olympus with renewed vigor.

Dior Balmain

1953 Chanel returns to Paris to take revenge. A new generation of fashionistas has matured, who only know about her as a perfume creator.

Chanel's first collection failed miserably. Society has not yet forgiven her after the war. French journalists did not understand the designer's laconic outfits, and headlines flaunt in all newspapers that "Chanel did not offer anything new." But that was her secret - conciseness, elegance and functionality.

It took Mademoiselle Chanel only a year to rehabilitate herself. She has already taken her second post-war collection to be shown across the ocean - to America. Local fashionistas gave her a standing ovation.

It was a new era of tweed suits, little black dresses and massive jewelry. The concept of "Chanel style" has forever taken its place of honor in fashion terminology. This style implied that the suit should be not only elegant, but also comfortable. All the buttons on it were fastened, and did not serve as decoration, there were pockets on the skirt, where businesswoman she could hide her cigarettes, and her shoes were bound to be low-heeled, because you couldn't run far in high heels.

And another year later, in 1955, Chanel gave the fashion world her iconic 2/55 handbag on a chain, thereby freeing the hands of millions of women.

Coco Chanel has died at the age of 88. Until her death, she continued to develop collections of her own brand and collaborate with other companies. She left quietly and alone after a long day at work in her suite at the Ritz.

Koko had no heirs, she never married and had no family. She sacrificed all this for the sake of her dream, going a long way from blatant poverty to abundance and prosperity. The name of Mademoiselle Chanel is forever inscribed in the world history of fashion. She created a true empire, becoming a trendsetter for several generations.

Coco Chanel style in a modern interpretation

Tweed, jersey with piping, quilted handbag, beret, shoes with a dark cape - the standard set for my trip to Paris. Where am I now, by the way, and I am :)

These things are always in my wardrobe, so the preparation for the photo shoot took a couple of minutes. Unlike the fifth heroine, whose style is, to put it mildly, atypical for me!

So, to be continued :-)

Paul Poiret freed women from the corset, but he was proud of the opportunity to breathe deeply and feel relaxed, being dressed in wide men's trousers, shirt and jacket, it was Mademoiselle Coco who allowed us to iconize the typical post-war bow a la garconne. Coco Chanel was the first to wear men's trousers, and then recut them for female figure. During the day she preferred a shortened version, and for evening outings she chose wide and long ones.

Breton

Chanel turned a rough knitted marine sweatshirt into an item of women's wardrobe. She fell in love with the classic Breton in 1917, when she was relaxing on the shores of the French Riviera and admiring sailors in vests. Composing for such a pair in the form of wide black trousers, Chanel released a marine collection, captivating the French bourgeoisie.

Little black dress

To this day perfect wardrobe unthinkable without her "little black dress", which is listed in the archives of the House of Chanel at number 817. The innovation of 1926 met with a flurry of criticism among the public as a mourning orphan dress, but on the pages of French Vogue it was compared with a black Ford car, suggesting that very soon they compare in versatility and popularity. And so it happened. You say: "Little black dress." Everyone hears: "Chanel".

A purse on a chain

“I’m tired of carrying reticules in my hands, and besides, I always lose them,” said 71-year-old Coco Chanel in 1954. - The bag should be on the strap so that the hands remain free. No sooner said than done. A year later, in February 1955, Chanel introduced the world to a rectangular quilted bag on a long chain. The novelty was called "2.55" in accordance with the date of creation of the model.

Two tone shoes

In 1957, Coco Chanel introduced new model shoes - two-tone two tone shoes - shoes made of beige leather with a black toe on a 5-centimeter square heel. Above original model she worked with the famous shoemaker of those years - Monsieur Raymond Massaro. Two tone shoes still pass from collection to collection in various interpretations. The model visually lengthens the leg due to the light base, while making the foot smaller, and regardless of the height of the heel, it is combined with dresses and trousers. “These are indispensable shoes for all occasions. With only four pairs, you can travel the world,” said Mademoiselle Chanel about her favorite shoes.

Tweed suit

Convinced that “nothing ages a woman like a too rich suit,” Chanel dressed her character in tweed. At the beginning of the 20th century, dense woolen fabric with pile was used only for sewing men's coats. However, Chanel made a fitted jacket from tweed and tight skirt just below the knees. This formula of the perfect two-piece suit from Coco has not lost its relevance for more than half a century.

Bijouterie

Chanel was the first to convince women to wear costume jewelry, and with no less dignity than real jewelry masterpieces. In addition - to combine the first and second. “People with good taste wear jewelry. Everyone else has to wear gold, ”she said, again speaking out against established rules and principles.

Coco Chanel and Italian jeweler Fulco di Verdura, 1937; Detail of the Chanel Métiers d'Art 2016/17 show

Fashion house Chanel, like the name of its great founder, is inextricably linked with the brightest and most significant events in the fashion world. Refusal of hard corsets and voluminous things, fashion for men's style in female images, a short black dress - these are the brightest ideas of the incomparable Coco Chanel, who has made more than one revolution in the world of women's fashion.

Today, the Chanel brand is known and appreciated in all countries of the world. Every fashionista dreams of becoming the owner of exclusive dresses and suits, hats, accessories or unsurpassed fragrances from Chanel. Among the fans of exquisite Chanel toilets are celebrities such as: Cameron Diaz, Sarah Jessica Parker, Keira Knightley, Penelope Cruz, Blake Lively, Emma Stone, Jessica Biel, Carole Bouquet, Emma Watson, Julianne Moore and others.

Every year, as part of fashion week, the Chanel fashion house puts on great shows, never ceasing to amaze its fans. unusual ideas and a wide range of stylish and modern looks. Two luxurious collections for the autumn-winter 2017-2018 season, created by the extravagant couturier Karl Lagerfeld, were no exception:

Fashion trends of the pre-fall 2017-2018 collection from Chanel

Karl Lagerfeld chose one of the most fashionable restaurants in Paris, The Ritz, to demonstrate the luxurious looks of the preliminary collection of the autumn-winter season. The choice is not accidental, because it is the luxury and sophistication of the interiors of the Ritz Hotel that are perfectly combined with the images created by the great couturier.

The pre-fall collection of the autumn-winter 2017-2018 season from the Chanel fashion house offers:

1. exquisite classic images;
2. elegant;
3. original breeches;
4. luxury ;
5. stylish male images.

Femininity and elegance have always been main feature images created under the Chanel brand. In the new collection, fashionistas can choose a lot for themselves stylish ideas to create a strict bow in a business style, a sophisticated look in a retro theme or fashionable style with classic and modern touches.

When creating images, Karl Lagerfeld took as a basis the universal colors - white and black, as well as the classic houndstooth plinth.

An alternative to the usual classics with its restrained colors can be stylish look in scarlet or gold tones. No less feminine and elegant looks and a suit of genuine leather and fashionable in the coming year, cropped velvet trousers.

Chanel cocktail dresses

A stylish midi length dress should be in the wardrobe of every fashionista. In the autumn-winter season of 17-18, the Chanel collection includes many beautiful models, which makes it possible to fully evaluate bright photos from a fashion show held in Paris.

Restrained colors are balanced by an abundance of decorative elements, such as:

• ruffles, frills and classic frills;
• embroidery and applications;
• beads and sequins;
• feathers.

Stylish breeches from Chanel

In 2018, Karl Lagerfeld invites fashionistas to pay attention to such an element as breeches. The couturier successfully combines short, fitted models with extravagant prints and sequins and classic jackets, complementing the look. stylish accessories(scarves, clutches and hats with a veil).

Evening dresses of the season autumn-winter 2017-2018

At the Paris Pre-Show, the fashion house Chanel sets the main evening fashion trends for the 2017-2018 season, such as:

• classic colors, including soft nude shades;
• elegant form-fitting silhouettes;
• light transparent maxi length dresses;
• delicate embroidery;
• chic and brilliance achieved using sequins, shiny fabrics, rhinestones and feathers.

Men's images of Chanel

The pre-fall collection includes both women's and men's looks. For stylish men Karl Lagerfeld offers checkered blazers and coats, solid-coloured, unwashed jeans, classic patent-leather pumps with a narrow toe, and short, shiny biker-style jackets. The couturier himself does not change the classics, although he brings extravagant notes to his image.

Chanel ready-to-wear fashion trends 2017-2018

The main ready-to-wear collection from Chanel for the fall-winter 2017-2018 season was presented to the public at the luxurious Parisian Grand Palais. The main theme of the show was space and astronautics. A model rocket was erected in the hall, which occupied the entire space under the dome, and the models were transformed either into mysterious alien fashionistas, or into extravagant astronauts.

From fashion trends proposed by Karl Lagerfeld at the 17-18 READY-TO-WEAR show, it is worth noting:

1. always up-to-date plaid and houndstooth print;
2. bright colors in shades of burgundy and marina;
3. metallic shade fabrics;
4. astronaut prints;
5. star scattering;
6. quilted capes, trousers and jackets;
7. white monolooks for men.

Cell in images from Chanel

For many years checkered natural fabrics made things of the Chanel brand popular and recognizable. Traditional gray color scheme - one-stop solution for always up to date classical style and in 2018, Karl Lagerfeld offers a large selection of dresses, trouser overalls and coats with classic plaid and alternative interpretations of the popular print.

Traditional classic pattern in white and black color scheme, dubbed "crow's foot", is incredibly popular in 2018. It is widely represented in the Chanel collection, and is also found in the models of the new season of other famous designers. See how modern a classic print can be when Karl Lagerfeld himself is working on the creation of a trendy look.

Vibrant colors at the Chanel show

For fashionistas for whom white, black and gray seem too classic and boring, the Chanel collection offers unusual combinations of bright colors:

• deep burgundy;
• bright blue;
• muted blue;
• lilac.

The collection includes dresses and blouses, and jackets, shorts and coats, in which bright colors act either as the main shade or as a soft color accent.

Fashionable "metallic" 2018

Shades of "silver" and "gold" promise to take a leading position, despite their absence in the top ten of the Pantone Color Institute. In 2018, the Chanel collection includes a range of futuristic metallics in silver and green.

A cargo skirt, two scarves together, a log bag and a forest instead of a catwalk: we tell you what and why we will remember the autumn-winter collection of Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel.

Towards the end of the Fashion Week in Paris, all its participants, according to tradition, are waiting for a grand surprise - a Chanel show at the Grand Palais. Six months ago, it was turned into a huge, almost roaring waterfall, and in January - into a lushly flowering garden, where a couture collection was presented. This time, the Champs-Elysées Palace has been remade into an autumn forest with fallen leaves on the floor and bare trees as decorations. Dark, but how effective!

Grand Palais

Chanel FW18-19

In this "interior", the autumn-winter collection of Lagerfeld looked especially organic. traditional costumes from tweed, the designer combines with voluminous down jackets, and long double-breasted coats with dropped draped shoulders - with shiny leather over the knee boots. Despite the predominance of 50 shades of gray, navy, bronze and muted embroidery in uniform autumn foliage, dim images can not be called either: small flashes of coral, pale pink and Prussian blue diluted the restrained range of autumn things.

But all this is very traditional for Chanel. Talking about what the show of the autumn-winter collection was really memorable for, we would like to mention a skirt with huge patch pockets, which we called “cargo”, an unusual but very remarkable log bag and three spectacular stylistic tricks. Let's talk about them!

Cargo skirt

Chanel FW18-19
Undoubtedly, the puffy skirt with patch pockets was the most memorable from the show. Despite all the apparent complexity, it is very easy to combine with things belonging to the most different styles: just try to mentally replace this pink blouse with a white shirt or hypersize hoodie.

two scarves together

Fans of Chanel will definitely not freeze next fall. In addition to thick coats and fluffy fur coats, Karl sewed scarves of various colors, among which there are snoods and ordinary straight ones. It seemed to us that once they even teamed up, so we decided that these were two scarves combined in one outfit.

Chanel FW18-19
However, upon closer examination, it becomes clear that one of them is not a scarf, but the sleeves of a jumper tied over a tweed jacket. Of course, few people will undertake to wear them like that, but the idea of ​​​​combining two scarves seemed very attractive to us. We are waiting for you in the street-style chronicles next fall!

Log bag

Chanel FW18-19
Chanel FW18-19

Nothing out of the ordinary, just a nice log bag that you'll have to hunt for if you decide to buy it. In general, rare bags from Chanel are not only a fashionable investment, but also a financial one: well-preserved items from seasonal collections only gain in price over the years.

different earrings together

Chanel FW18-19

Chanel FW18-19

As they say, this has never happened - and here it is again. Two different earrings together - a somewhat forgotten stylistic device - will have to be remembered next fall.

Contrasting gloves

Chanel FW18-19

Chanel FW18-19

And again, bright, contrasting gloves - something that we have already seen many times. Short gloves and mittens look fresh, which we will see next autumn and winter with sheepskin coats, down jackets and other attributes of the cold season.