Chanel Spring 2012 Couture Collections

One hundred fifty shades of blue. Why blue? Karl Lagerfeld is too much of a polymath to nail any one reason for anything he does, but he's a wicked player of word association games. Elvis' "Blue Moon," Miles' Kind of Blue, blue-sky optimism…"Anything but the blues," he said post-show. "I don't have the blues."


Personally, I really like this collection.  There's tons of nods to the 80's and "Dynasty" sleeves but I also like that this collection also nods back to Coco Chanel herself in regards to the elongated proportions and slim silhouettes, which she made famous.

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