Chanel--Fashion Manifesto

claireshaeffer

VFG Member
As you probably know, the Chanel exhibition in London has been extend a few more weeks.

I have finally finished my YouTube videos of the exhibition--I think there are 6; I can only count to five. The garments in the early years were all new to meet since my couture research is post WW II. I thought the evening gowns were particularly interesting. Many had interesting backs which would be seen when dancing; this was a completely new concept to me and definitely "why didn't I think of that" design.

Construction wise--the cocktail suits had bound or fabric buttonholes while the day suits had thread buttonholes. When you looked closely at many of the day suits, you could see that they were made by hand.

All-in-all, it was a very good exhibition, I didn't like the plexi-glass but it's a necessity and I generally don't like double-stacked garments. I used my telephoto lens and some photos are ok.

Here are the early day dresses:
 
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