Three years ago today Karl Lagerfeld died in Paris,
The entire fashion circle mourns,
February 19, 2019 is like a huge rift,
Like a watershed, it draws the end of an era.
Fashion is always non-stop,
The new season and the next series are always catching up,
But today we're going to stop in our haste to remember Karl,
Nostalgic for his humor and the words,
Remembering his talent and grand vision,
Remembering his endless creativity and timeless designs,
Remembering the fashion he brought us,
Or no reason is needed
Just miss him.
The girls were spinning their hair around the catwalk, and the photographers were shouting their names with flashes, and it was hard not to think about it when watching the show, and if Karl came out with a folding fan at the end, how classic it would be.
It's a tribute that will make you feel helpless.
For young fashion lovers, delving into the chanel archives of the past is a must-have course. In the static photos, the models who are now either reclusive or enshrined are all beautiful and beautiful, and the low fidelity and graininess will not affect their beauty at all.
The moving images in those videos are a more magical new world, a performance far from today's fashion shows. Although memories can be flashbacks occasionally, time is difficult to replicate.
After arriving at Chanel in 1983, Karl Lagerfeld quickly modernized the brand's established design language, and proportions, elements, materials and stories began to become playful in his hands.
By the late 1980s and early 1990s, Karl had redefined the new Chanel with invention and re-creation.
Chanel couture show in January 1984
Karl和Inès de La Fressange
In October 1994, Karl was backstage at Chanel's Spring/Summer 2015 show
In the 1910s and 1920s, when Ms. Chanel was vacationing in the French seaside town of Deauville, she observed that women's dress was changing dramatically with the characters, scenes and lifestyles, so she designed a series of simple sports dresses, knitted sweaters, sailor shorts, beach pajamas, etc., and embellished with pearl and camellia accessories, which made women's wardrobes more complete.
Karl Lagerfeld scrutinized the brand's collection and set the spring/summer '91 runway as "city surfing.".
He pairs cycling shorts with a loose shirt and oversized candy-colored beaded accessories with a colorful camellia headband that frames the tight, sexy curves and gives the girls the vibrancy of being in the sun and sand.
And the waveboard with the arms has the light reflected by the blue sequin jacket, that is, the sea and the sky.
The summer heat continued, with Karl Lagerfeld bringing a set of swimsuit looks to the show in spring and summer '93, supermodel Helena Christensen appearing in white high-waisted briefs like a boy's style, and her confident and healthy appearance on the catwalk was like carrying eternal sunshine.
Karl, on the other hand, went on to leave behind witty and cunning quotes, "Women steal everything from men, so why not steal them along with their underwear?" ”（Women have stolen everything else from men, why not their underwear?）
That was the era when every collection would be legendary, with baglets, metal waist chains, bikinis, and all sorts of exaggerated accessories, all of which became myths placed in the C position of the medieval store.
It was also the time when every show produced a superstar, karl's show collected all the girls he loved most, the first year of the birth of the supermodel.
There is no doubt that Karl is a particular storyteller, and many of Chanel's iconic works are related to the personal experiences of the founders, who always keep the essence of the brand alive when he is infinitely creative. Because Ms. Chanel stood in her apartment at the Ritz Paris in a chiffon dress in the 1937 Chanel 5 advertisement, Karl revived the black chiffon dress.
In the Spring/Summer '95 collection, the Mini Tweed Set was redesigned to narrow the shoulders, shorten and reveal the waist, and these precisely cut tops spawned the mid-90s buzz.
The tweed suit was inspired by menswear by Ms. Chanel in the 1920s, and during Karl's 36 years as Chanel's director, he made new tweed suits every season, weaving new tweeds from different materials each season.
Chanel's Spring/Summer 1998 collection
Of course, the Chanel of the 90s naturally cannot fail to mention those logo fanaticism, the double C logo and the five letters came alive under Karl's pen, transformed into various items, and carried the banner of high consumerism.
These designs are bold, unbridled, and each piece seems to be shouting loudly, and they were rolling in with a huge wave of fashion at the time, and they still have a lingering sound today.
Chanel's Autumn/Winter 1992 Haute Couture Show ended
Karl was a creative man, not only the most prolific fashion designer of his time, but also many other fields. He is often devoted to creative design, and can draw dolls or Coke packaging with a big hand, each of which is an absolute hit.
At the same time, he also has a status second only to that of fashion designers, and as a passionate photographer, this side of him is rarely mentioned.
Chanel Spring/Summer 1990 Campaign
In addition to taking Chanel's large and small Campaign photographs during his lifetime, Karl also recorded many celebrity portraits and artistic close-ups with his lens.
Nicole Kidman 1995
Air but schu chtern 1997
Body Parts series 1998
"What I love about photos is that they capture a moment that's gone and can't be reproduced."
Kim和Kanye by Karl Lagerfeld 2016
As Karl says, his photographs not only reflect fashion, but as time passes, the moment becomes eternal, and the images he captures are incorporated into the chronicles of fashion.
Every '90s supermodel has walked into his frame.
Linda Evangelista for Chanel in 2012
Waiting for the beauty to be late, waiting for the tenjin supermodel to be slowly replaced by the Internet celebrity model, we have become more and more cherishing the ancient archives, and we are more and more fond of reminiscing about the past era.
And in a rare moment, Karl, as a photographer, occasionally becomes the person in his own frame, and then he not only lives in our hearts forever, but also lives on the cover of old magazines.
Taking you to the soft waves on the beach and taking you to the most distant light of the Milky Way, Chanel's runway is a dreamer and a dreamer, always satisfying the craziest imagination of the viewers.
Chanel Spring 2019
The sleeping demon who dominates these dreams is, of course, Karl Lagerfeld.
He can carry dozens of tons of solid ice, can transport the Eiffel Tower like a fake bag, can let people cross to the casino, the airport, and can also let the model pass through the steep cliffs and waterfalls of the Verdun Grand Canyon in southern France, so that Chanel's runway becomes a beautiful peach blossom garden.
Chanel Fall 2015 Haute Couture
Chanel Spring 2015
Chanel Spring 2018
Chanel Spring 2016
Chanel Fall 2017
Chanel Fall 2010
If you ask everyone what you miss most about Chanel in karl' period, I believe that nine times out of ten will answer, "Those grand and spectacular settings." The most anticipated immersive experience for fashion lovers around the world is the finale of Paris Fashion Week.
And the Grand Palace is like Chanel's metacosm.
Chanel Fall 2013
Karl has made so many beautiful memories for us. I still remember his last show, when the Grand Palace was transformed into a ski resort in the Alps, and the blue sky and snow mountains and wooden houses all looked so peaceful and serene.
Chanel Fall 2019
Both the audience and the closing models had been fooled many times by Karl's stolen scenery, and this time they were fooled by their red hot and blurry eyes, and the snowflakes in the tears appeared more realistic than ever.
The invitation, where he was already standing with Ms. Chanel, "The Beat Goes On," was Karl's handwriting.
He embraced this era in a way he never before, he brought us grace with tireless enthusiasm, and he left us countless precious treasures with a grand vision.
Then he left, but it was as if he had never really left.