Haute couture has come to epitomize the pinnacle of glamour, to the extent that it can be easy to forget that the mythical creations seen on the world's red carpets once begun life as something as ordinary as a piece of fabric in the hands of a talented tailor. Karl Lagerfeld used the Chanel Fall/Winter 2016 couture presentation to celebrate the house's 'petites mains', meaning the talented team of artisans that beaver away in the brand's tailoring and dressmaking workshops on Paris's rue Cambon. “I thought that was a modern idea to make them participate,” explains Lagerfeld.

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Karl Lagerfeld’s Chanel couture show pays tribute to the house’s ‘petites mains’