THE LAST SHOW | KARL LAGERFELD FOR CHANEL FALL WINTER 2019

"Clothes are nothing unless they are worn."
Karl Lagerfeld

An opening of a farewell, the crowd & models were still, taking a moment of silence while respecting and remebering the legendary man himself, through his recorded voice, Karl Lagerfeld.

This actually brought tears to my eyes as you can feel purity, elegance and passion in the air and through his last collection. Imagine what it would have been like to actually be seated at the dome of the Grand Palais.

In his last collection, he brought back what he always had presented, elegance and in retrospect to Gabrielle Chanel, comfortable tweed suits. Opening the show like the traditional Chanel with tweed skirt suits. He had Cara Delevingne marching through with a tweed set of wide-leg pleated trousers and a strong grace of a herringbone coat layered above.

This collection has an abundance of sophistication. A runway full of long beautiful tweed coats, ruffled organza blouses tucked in high waisted wide leg pants. Nordic knits and knee-length skirts that were nipped in at the waist. An array of high necklines and wrapped neck scarfs beneath silky hair slides. Yes, there was leather and long trailed capes gathering snow from beneath... this was a winter wonderland of a glistering end to a talented legacy and beginning of a new chapter... Chanel will go on.

All photos in courtesy of Alessandro Lucioni /gorunway