Karl Lagerfeld’s inaugural designs from the ‘80s and ‘90s have remained the most highly sought after pieces for vintage Chanel hunters. The Chanel Classic Flap was released in 1983 and sold for about $1,000 in the 1980s and now that same bag in excellent condition sells for around $6,000. The vintage Chanel bags from Karl's early time with Chanel sell for multiples of the original retail price on secondary marketplaces like Sotheby's. His earliest Chanel bags from the 80s and 90s are the most popular of all vintage Chanel bags. As a master tastemaker and avatar of style, Karl Lagerfeld would revolutionize fashion for the modern woman up until his fateful passing in 2019. Constantly referring to the design archives of Coco Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld was directly inspired by her iconic creations. As the self-proclaimed “channeler” of Coco, he dedicated himself to keeping her legacy alive with each new collection. With his regular uniform of a black suit, dark shades, a powdered white ponytail, and fingerless leather gloves, Lagerfeld infused the brand with a modern spirit and fresh perspective. Karl Lagerfeld would quickly prove to be the distinctive persona that Chanel desperately needed. Coco Chanel had been gone for 12 years, and the luxury fashion house was struggling to fill the void she had long held.
She has a good sense for how young women want to wear Chanel for everyday, unpretentiously and with a lot of ease.When Karl Lagerfeld was tapped as creative director of Chanel in 1983, it was widely unknown how he would re-imagine the historical legacy of Chanel. But that collection’s brooding romance was replaced here with a vibe brighter and more upbeat, as is Viard’s inclination. A memorable Metiers d’Art destination show took him and his team to Linlithgow Palace. Viard’s former boss Karl Lagerfeld made more than passing reference to Scotland in his own work. I’m fascinated by this ever-contemporary gesture,” she said in her press statement.
“There’s nothing sexier than wearing the clothes of the person you love. Viard conjured that weekend getaway spirit with colorful thick-ribbed tights and rubber Wellies or thigh-high waders stamped with the famous interlocking double Cs. In photos taken at his lodge in Lochmore and on the terrace at his Eaton Hall country house she wears his borrowed clothes and rubber boots. Because we were in the countryside, she used it on multi-pocket hunting jackets and coats that incorporated downy-looking fleece and for slightly oversized men’s jackets of the sort Chanel lifted from her lover the Duke of Westminster.
Virginie Viard picked up that thread for fall and tweed was at the heart of her new collection. The region was ground well-trod by Gabrielle Chanel company lore has it that on her walks in the local countryside she gathered flowers and greenery as references for the colors she wanted from the fabric makers there. The Grand Palais Éphémère was completely done up in tweed for today’s Chanel show: an earthy light brown for the seats, black with shots of pop colors on the walls, and a pale green for the runway, which was designed to represent Scotland’s River Tweed.
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