In serene garden and wooden house, Lagerfeld fetes nature for Chanel

By Pauline Ades-Mevel PARIS (Reuters) – Known for his extravagant runway settings, designer Karl Lagerfeld led fashionistas into a serene garden on Tuesday at the Chanel haute couture catwalk show in Paris. Having, in previous years, turned the Grand Palais into an airport, a supermarket and a brasserie, the designer, who has been at the creative helm of Chanel since 1983, sent models out of a wooden house down a garden path across a neat green lawn. Lagerfeld said the starting point for the line was “the silhouette” and he puffed up sleeves into oval shapes on Chanel's signature tweed jackets paired with pencil-slim skirts.

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In serene garden and wooden house, Lagerfeld fetes nature for Chanel

Chanel channels inspiration from American Westerns for spring campaign

Chanel has revealed a look at its spring/summer 2016 ready-to-wear collection campaign themed around City Western.

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Watch Karl Lagerfeld’s latest short for Chanel starring Kristen Stewart

The 11-minute film by Lagerfeld, the brand's current head designer and creative director, creates a fictional behind-the-scenes universe for a biopic of the legendary couturier. The short also features Jamie Bochert, Amanda Harlech and Baptiste Giabiconi.

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Watch Karl Lagerfeld’s latest short for Chanel starring Kristen Stewart

Chanel launches eyewear online

Chanel is making its eyewear collection available online in the U.S. as of today, as the brand continues to move into e-commerce. The luxury French house also plans to add accessories into the mix and extend the online shopping option to various countries, Women's Wear Daily reports. Despite selling its beauty and fragrance lines online for years, Chanel has yet to make its fashion collections available to e-shoppers.

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