The Chanel collection in Dubai combines Western couture with Eastern inspirations. The result: rich and feminine outfits, fantastic and creative. Oriental art is worked in a contemporary, even futuristic way. An immediate challenge to one’s immediate perception arises upon seeing the handling of the fabric: clusters of pearls, tridimensional geometries, making for decomposed lines in tweed and patchwork. The creative director is reinventing the brand’s great classics. With a mixture of materials, cuts, and prints, Lagerfeld gives us his vision of Eastern style.
And Mademoiselle’s mythic suit is taking advantage of this to get on Dubai time. Tweed is present in a light version while the suit is infinitely revisited in trompe-l’oeil three-pieces made of tunics worn with cigarette pants. The tweed suit is embroidered with gold and silver to come together in three pieces: suit, skirt, and jacket. This lax opulence is like an ode to the odalisks in the tales of the Arabian Nights.
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