As always one of my personal highlights in the Paris fashion week schedule is the big Chanel showcase at Grand Palais, Lagerfeld has gone for some interesting themes in the past few years, some fabulous (AW14’s Chanel Supermarket and AW08 winter wonderland carousel), some questionable (last year’s SS15 collection and feminist march, though he probably did this with the best intentions).
The first show after the passing of Oscar De La Renta was always going to be closely watched and the media buzz surrounding this particular collection felt very much like when Sarah Burton took over at McQueen back in 2001. De La Renta’s successor, Peter Copping, held the burden of carrying the label through this tough period and to deliver a collection within mere months before New York Fashion Week.
