Chanel Haute Couture FW11/12*

"Circa. 5 July 2011

Grand Palais, Paris.

per Karl Lagerfield."

Featuring amazing fabrications and techniques I am too amateur to identify. The colour palette was predominantly black, white and grey with a splash of fuchsia and royal deep blue. Simply true to Chanel.  And might I dare say, markedly better than the Dior Haute Couture FW11/12.

To set the scene, let us turn back time to 1897 when construction began for the Grand Palais. Built in the style of architecture as taught by the École des Beaux-Arts. It reflects the movement's taste for ornate decoration through its stone facades, the formality of its floor planning and a glass vault.

Extracted below are my favourites among the favourites, although I adored every look in the collection!

Shu Pei

Chinese supermodel. love the outfit. LOVE her. 

From the runway, straight to the likes of Anna Wintour. 

Outfit worn by Wintour as she was presented a Chevalier of the Order, France's highest decoration from President Nicolas Sarkozy.