Paris: Chanel Fall 2009, plus Barbie and Goyard


It really isn’t Paris fashion week proper until the Chanel show. Held in the stunning, light-bathed Grand Palais (it’s so beautiful it makes me use phrases like “light-bathed”!) and with Katie Mossypants in the audience, bien sur, the show was classic Karl.
Witness new takes on the classic suit and surprising soft, slim dresses. But the big news was stiff ruffles on cuffs and necks, or jutting up from the bodice—a fresh, costumey touch that I’m seeing a lot of this week. It was all in Chanel standard-issue black and white, with groupings of a bit-too-baby pink and minty green. Later than day wandering on the Rue du Faubourg St. Honoré I pass the Chanel store and notice that the light in there looks identical to the light in the Palais. Coincidence?
Want more Chanel? Check out our slideshow below and tell us what you think:
CHANEL | ALL FALL 2009