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In a bombed-out theatre temporarily erected in Paris's Grand Palais, Karl Lagerfeld -- creative director of fashion giant Chanel -- revealed his vision of the future on Tuesday (July 2).
With the audience seated in old wooden theatre chairs, Lagerfeld showed off a glittery Haute Couture collection for Autumn/Winter 2013 in which models stalked across a stage and through an audience of fashion regulars and die-hard fans of the global superbrand.
Actress and model Milla Jovovich was among those wowed by the extravagant set built under the soaring iron and glass atrium of the sumptuous Paris monument.
When it came, the collection itself played with proportions. Marked by doubled short skirts and wide low-slung belts, Lagerfeld also added long columned dresses in greys, silvers and blacks and a high dose of gunmetal blue.
Chanel is perhaps the most heavily marketed label in France's pool of fashion brands, with a fiercely loya
