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Haute Couture Fall 2009: Sally Singer’s Favorite Chanel Look

In the fading light of a Parisian evening, Karl Lagerfeld presented a staggering array of looks that defied the divide between day and night, long and short, modern and historicist. To wit, this deceptively simple wrap dress of black crepe, belted and lined in scarlet, and finished with a slender cap-toed ankle boot.
Photo: E.Grassi

Wednesday July 08, 2009 11:07AM

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Haute Couture Fall 2009: Hamish Bowles’s Favorite Chanel Look

In a Chanel collection that played with idiosyncratic proportions, with panels that flapped like coattails from suit jackets and cocktail frocks alike, and lamp-shade skirts that jutted out like mini-crinnies, this outfit stood out for its sinuous elegance. Karl Lagerfeld veiled the superb sequin embroidery of the tunic in the cinnamon chiffon he used for [...]

Wednesday July 08, 2009 11:07AM

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Haute Couture Fall 2009: Sally Singer’s Favorite Christian Lacroix Look

Christian Lacroix’s bride–stunning in pale aquamarine ziberline, gold lace and flowers-provided a perfect and poignant finale to what will hopefully not be the designer’s final show.
Photo: Marcio Madeira/Courtesy of Style.com

Tuesday July 07, 2009 1:07PM

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Haute Couture Fall 2009: Hamish Bowles’s Favorite Christian Lacroix Look

Christian Lacroix, Look 17
Although Christian Lacroix might have promised not to look back in what may be his last haute couture collection, it was perhaps inevitably poignant and elegaic in tone. In his rigorously edited show he touched on some of the iconic motifs of his brand, and this enchanting ensemble evokes the Arlesienne flavor [...]

Tuesday July 07, 2009 1:07PM