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Thursday 27 December 2007

Chanel in 1962

You don't have to understand French to get the gist of this 1962 Chanel show

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sublime! I've seen a few of those peices either in exhibits or in books, and it's nice to see them on a real person.

Susan B said...

Some of those suits wouldn't look outdated even today. Lovely!

Teresa said...

Isn't it amazing how timeless the Chanel suit is! Lovely.

Anonymous said...

What I found interesting, myself, were the very very swishy dresses. I'm only familiar with "the Chanel Suit". The dresses were a whole different universe...

Marissa Skudlarek said...

Beautiful clothes and video, but I have one slight correction: the announcers say this collection is from "mil neuf cent cinquante neuf," i.e. 1959, not 1962. Though most of the ensembles are pretty timeless!

Anonymous said...

Marissa - absoutley right... the suit made from the Prince of Whales plaid (the bodice on the dress is the bias cut black & while silk gingham) is in the catalog from the 2005 Met exhibit - it's listed as from 1959.

Anonymous said...

I think the most interesting thing about the fashion show is that in that time clothes were designed for women. Not for 14 year olds.
It's pretty easy to make a teenager look good (wrap her in a sack and put a flower in her hair), getting any women any age fantastic is rather a challenge - and one any of us could win in one of these very classic dresses and Chanel suits.
Modern Lagerfeld-Chanel, not so much.