German fashion designer wins top award
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The white haired, black clad German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has been awarded the Grand Vermail, the French capital’s highest honour.
The Eiffel Tower reimagined by Karl Lagerfeld on the set of the
CHANEL</a> Couture Fashion Show <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CHANELTower?src=hash">#CHANELTower</a> <a href="https://t.co/OJ5dIkaPlM">pic.twitter.com/OJ5dIkaPlM</a></p>— FashionweekNYC (FashionweekNYC) July 4, 2017
The 83-year-old was handed the award by Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris, after the Chanel new autum-winter collection at the Grand Palais at the foot of a scaled down, re-modeled Eiffel Tower named #ChanelTower.
Karl Lagerfeld awarded with the “Grand Vermeil” Medal by
Anne_Hidalgo</a>, under the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CHANELTower?src=hash">#CHANELTower</a>. <a href="https://t.co/04O8rn4dA5">pic.twitter.com/04O8rn4dA5</a></p>— CHANEL (CHANEL) July 4, 2017
As for the show Lagerfeld stayed true to Cocco Chanel’s classic cuts, dress coats and theatrical sleeves.
See the highlights from Karl Lagerfeld’s AW17 Chanel Couture show https://t.co/0iTGIKCkFX pic.twitter.com/16nxokNwom
— Harper’s Bazaar UK (@BazaarUK) July 4, 2017
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