The good folks at Chanel have surely been living in their own world and for the Fall 2010 collection Karl and the gang were in rare form. In the midst of a global recession and luxury labels closing shop (R.I.P. Phi), Karl Lagerfeld thought it appropriate to import an authentic iceberg from Scandinavia and have it hand carved by 35 ice sculptors and plant it in Paris' Grand Palais hotel (see above). And on top of that, what does he send down the melting runway? Enough fur to decimate the worlds entire beaver, fox, and mink population (see below). Luckily, for mammals everywhere, Karl opted for faux fur (::vomits::) instead of the real thing.
Aside from the dramatics of the setting and Lagerfeld's unwavering commitment to this theme, I was largely unimpressed and mildly disgusted by the actual clothes. Honestly, who's buying furry pants that aren't made of actual fur and cost hundreds or thousands of dollars? And to add insult to injury, it's not even flattering. Karl Lagerfeld could send a scrawny bitch covered in feces down the Chanel runway, and so long as the runway is constructed out of tons of actual dung from some exotic/exclusive region of a wasteland the fashion industry will quite possibly continue to swoon at the Kaiser's feet.
Now for the 6 looks that I actually liked; 6 out of a collection of 77!
Big production shows like this really make me miss Alexander McQueen.
Like that tweed skirt and jacket, and that white & black turtleneck dress with the shoulders
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