The Dubai Dream ... Chanel Cruise 2014/15 Collection

As the beacon of the new and contemporary
Middle East, where modern architectural features such as the iconic Burj
Khalifa and the souks emanating with scents of spices and the seducing
glitters of gold, Dubai served as milieu to Karl Lagerfeld’s inspiring 2014/15
Cruise Collection show for Chanel.
“It’s my idea of an idealised East, an East
that is for everybody,” says Lagerfeld on the Cruise collection. “There’s
nothing folkloric. The influences are multiple, from fairy tales to film, from
the paintings of Delacroix to the 1914 creations of Paul Poiret.”
At the front row, Chanel ambassadors
Vanessa Paradis, Tilda Swinton, Anna Mouglalis, Alice Dellal and Zhou Xun were
joined by today’s hottest it girls and trendsetters such as actresses Dakota
Fanning, Freida Pinto, Elisa Sednaoui, Yasmine Hamdanet and Razane Jammal, as
well as the film-makers Labaki and Abdalla Al Kaabi, plus other 1000 guests who
jetted into the pearl of the United Arab Emirates and were all dressed to the nines for the spectacular show.

Chanel’s contemporary oriental princesses treaded haughtily with delicate pearl and strass tiaras slipped into their cascading curly manes “a la Marisa Berenson”, explained Karl Lagerfeld.

The extra-large baggy pants in silk are accompanied with a jacket
embroidered with neoprene camellias by the House of Lemarié, or a tunic hemmed
with Lesage embroidery in powdered sequins, or a pleated blouse embellished
with beads.
The geometric black and white of a kaftan
tunic recalls the patterns so typical of Oriental art. A long dress in black
linen with flared mid-length sleeves is adorned with multi-coloured embroidery
by the Montex Atelier. A tailcoat in tweed softens a bronze sequinned dress.
The collection is ethereal, fluid and
radiant. In a bold chromatic explosion, different floral and geometric prints
come together on outfits of dresses or tunics in silk chiffon worn with cigarette
trousers in cotton voile and knitted gilets in brilliant colours. There are
magical variations around the emblematic Eastern mosaic.

Bejewelled plastrons decorate silk crepe dresses with pure and strict lines for an absolute elegance.
Karl Lagerfeld associates the emblematic
palette of Chanel – white, black and beige – with fuchsia, midnight blue and
carmine red. Lightweight tweed, silk chiffon, linen, gold lamé and cotton
voile, all light and sensual fabrics playing with transparency and layering.
Watches and pieces of fine jewellery
enhance the looks and are combined with costume jewellery, just as Mademoiselle
Chanel herself liked to do.
The silhouette is slender, diaphanous and ultra-contemporary. It couldn’t have been anything else: “Dubai is the world of tomorrow,” assures Karl Lagerfeld.

The silhouette is slender, diaphanous and ultra-contemporary. It couldn’t have been anything else: “Dubai is the world of tomorrow,” assures Karl Lagerfeld.
Accessories, such as the jerry can handbag
in golden quilted leather, the pearl bag, the crescent moon tiaras, the
jewelled sandals with bright soles and the revisited oriental slippers reflect
the humour and constantly renewed creativity of Karl Lagerfeld.
Concluding the beautiful fashion aria of
the evening was a private concert where singer Janelle Monae took the stage,
serenading the guests with her hits such as “Tight Rope” and “Cold War” against
a setting that is truly worthy of the Thousand and One Nights.
Chanel Cruise 2014/15 collection will be
available at Chanel boutiques and select departmental stores worldwide by the
final quarter of the year.
*Photos courtesy of Chanel
Chanel – Ground Floor, Suria KLCC,
Jalan Ampang, 50088 Kuala Lumpur.
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