Next season, Chanel is literally going to space – Karl Lagerfeld even thought of the rocket. After his Data Center collection for Spring\/Summer 2017, the idea of a Chanel woman in space lit up the creative director\u2019s imagination. Within the decor of N\u00b05\u2019s launch center at the heart of the Grand Palais, at the foot of an immense 37-meter tall rocket, close to 90 models presented absolute chic when it comes to thinking what one would wear in space. \u201cThis is a journey to the sky, at the heart of the constellations, following that of astronaut Thomas Pesquet,\u201d explains Karl Lagerfeld.<\/p>\n
With futuristic and retro touches, the iconic Chanel suit is reinvented to accommodate the helmet that\u2019s indispensable to a zero-gravity jaunt. With a subtle, highly technical trompe-l\u2019oeil effect, its square-shouldered sleeves look like they\u2019re coming straight out of a layered vest. The wrists are covered with silver fingerless gloves; the most striking feature is a rigid ring like the one on astronauts\u2019 outfits, reproduced here as the piece\u2019s collar. As if ready to take in a helmet when coming back from space, it gives a touch of modernity to this most classic of classics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Next season, Chanel is literally going to space – Karl Lagerfeld even thought of the rocket. After his Data Center collection for Spring\/Summer 2017, the idea of a Chanel woman in space lit up the creative director\u2019s imagination. Within the decor of N\u00b05\u2019s launch center at the heart of the Grand Palais, at the foot…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,6],"tags":[56,18923],"class_list":["post-15793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion-accessories","category-ready-to-wear","tag-chanel","tag-fw17"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n