Combat boots and bowlers: Chanel women dress for ‘not that sweet’ world

By Astrid Wendlandt PARIS (Reuters) – Veteran Chanel designer, Karl Lagerfeld, sent his models down the catwalk on Tuesday ready for a world that is “not that sweet” in black leather combat-style boots with hard and flattened bowler-shaped hats. “Women need to be ready to defend themselves … in a world that is not that sweet,” Lagerfeld, 82, told Reuters after the show. This time round, Lagerfeld, who has been Chanel's artistic director since 1983, made sure that everyone had a front row seat.

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Combat boots and bowlers: Chanel women dress for ‘not that sweet’ world