75 foot tall at Chanel Haute Couture spring 2008
23rd January, 2008 - By Helen LeePosted in Haute Couture, Special, Video
Was the focus on the Chanel Haute Couture spring 2008 show at the Grand Palais yesterday the models, the clothes or the 75 foot replica of a Chanel coat?
No doubt it was the 75 foot coat.
Made from wood and painted to look like concrete, the Chanel coat featured the iconic Chanel braid trim and it was where the models got change and paraded out of through a open flap in the jacket. According to Cathy Horyn’s blog for the New York Time, the coat also revolved around slowly during the show, with the Chanel double C emblem was engraved on to all the buttons on what looked like a giant Chanel wedding cake.
What will Karl Lagerfeld think of next. Catch a video of the show created by the Telegraph below…
January 24th, 2008 at 3:20 am
i have no words. this is PURE BRILLIANCE period. it sure is gonna make a lasting impression. 10 years from now we will still remember that huge chanel jacket from the 08 spring haute couture collection.
January 24th, 2008 at 9:43 am
i would have LOVED to see this in person. karl = genius.
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:09 am
[...] Genius. Though not surprising when you factor in the fact that just last month Chanel’s Haute Couture collection featured a replica giant Chanel tweed jacket? [...]