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Chanel
Designer: Karl Lagerfeld

• “One palace, 90 oak trees and more than 3,000 bushes is the kind of decadence that spells only one thing: Chanel haute couture.”  [The Associated Press]
• “Gothic garden party, anyone?” [Daily Front Row]
• “Freed of the obligation to churn trends, Karl Lagerfeld gave a masterclass in relevance at Chanel’s intimate couture show.” [The Daily Telegraph]
• “Traditionally, we look to flowers in bloom, foliage, and the prettiest kinds of dresses for Spring: Karl Lagerfeld does that, too, but we don’t get all the trappings of tradition without Lagerfeld’s eye for edgier nuance and modernized femininity.” [FabSugar]
• “‘It was beautiful, no?’ Karl Lagerfeld said following his haute couture show at the Grand Palais in Paris today. And it certainly was that.” [Grazia Daily]
• “Models looked beautiful, albeit slightly crazed, with blow-out eyeliner, tussled hair and feather and tulle head pieces, which added to the drama of the  moment and only added to the impact of the intricate creations.” [The Independent]
• “The show Tuesday was one of Karl Lagerfeld’s most beautiful collections: subtly realized, superbly inventive in the work of ateliers that can make flat, plastic petals bloom, and, above all, mindful of the reality of dressing Chanel’s many clients.” [International Herald Tribune]
• “You never really know where his imagination will take him, and whether the mood will have a Paris flavor or a German one, or whether it will turn out to be a bit of both. But the pleasure is in seeing how he alone defines Chanel, and fashion, in 2013.” [On The Runway/The New York Times]
• “At the end, there were the twin brides with little one in tow. Don’t say it’s the ‘modern family’. It’s just girls looking great, keeping in sentiment with the rest of the show. Couture’s about atmosphere and beauty, no need to analyse.” [SHOWstudio]
• “The concept of spreading oneself too thin is clearly as alien to Lagerfeld as the notion of gaining one single, solitary kilo. ‘I always feel I can do better,’ he said after the show. ‘The minute you think you did it, you should stop.’ And better he did this time—maybe even the best, in a while at least.” [Style.com]
• “In Lagerfeld’s collection, a streak of German Romanticism brought a touch of shadowed drama to summer’s lightness.” [Vogue.com]
• “A gothic take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream was what Karl Lagerfeld had in mind for his spring/summer 2013 couture show for Chanel this morning. And a dream it certainly was.” [Vogue.com UK]
• “Who needs Shakespeare with Karl Lagerfeld in the wings? The Bard de la Mode enthralled his audience with a masterful Chanel collection, one that hit that high mark of haute, the glorious fusion of lavishness and chic.” [WWD]