Fashion special: Still crazy about Coco
- Filed under: Alternative Lifestyle, Fashion, Fashion Week, Fendi, Kiss Bloggs, kissfendi
- Date: Mar 22,2008
Ask Karl Lagerfeld to sum up – in only 10 words – the power of Chanel and it’s no great surprise when the great couturier, who, let’s face it, is far from a shrinking violet where his dealings with the media are concerned, comes back with a rather longer answer than that.
Chanel encapsulates the idea of “modernity” first and foremost, he says.
It embodies “a contemporary attitude – whatever the time or the decade”.
Chanel also stands for “luxury” and “the power of the logo”.
The iconic double C branding is surely the most instantly recognisable in fashion history.
Also, for Chanel, read “the power of the handbag – the most famous in the world”.
Lagerfeld speaks here of the 2.55 in particular, named after its date of birth in February 1955, quilted, to keep its shape and echoing the texture of classic British outerwear, originally favoured by jockeys. (Chanel, for her part, favoured jockeys in return, but more of that later.)
Suspended from a gilt shoulder strap, this was the first purse designed for a woman ensuring her hands were free. /independent.co.uk
