Chanel’s Métiers d’Art show took place this past week at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in an area of the museum that is dedicated to Ancient Egypt, which explains a lot about the inspiration behind Karl Lagerfeld’s latest collection for Chanel. There was no shortage of golden hues and metallic detailing adorning these bags. Plus, if there’s any shape that is most synonymous with Ancient Egypt, it’s a pyramid, so it’s not shocking that Lagerfeld sent a pyramid-shaped mini-bag down the runway as well.
Lagerfeld used a palette consisting mostly of tones of black, gold and a bit of ivory, with some turquoise and blue hues thrown in too. Many clutches were seen adorned with metallic hardware and jewels, and as an ode to Coco Chanel herself, the Chanel Gabrielle Bag was re-imagined in a metallic tweed for Pre-Fall 2019. See the entire collection below.
[Photos via Vogue Runway]
Stunning pieces!
What a beautiful collection! The gold embellishments are wonderful. I love the small gold Gabrielle bag with black leather ?
I hope they have that blue/turquiose bag in iridescent hardware design on a boy bag
Wow, that’s a lot of gold! The outfits are stunning! Very 1920’s like. The bags themselves are quite stunning, also! I’M in awe of how Karl Lagerfeld does this year after year, with a seemingly endless supply of fresh new collections! What in the world will Chanel do when he is gone? I cannot imagine ANYONE ever taking his place, though it most surely will happen one day!
i love the clothes way more than the handbags, i have never been a fan of cloth handbags (i prefer leather and skins)
Is that a scarab themed bag? Delightful
Is this a joke on the people who would throw money at anything Chanel? They look really gaudy and unappealing
Love the cuff bracelets in photos 2, 3, and 28. Also, the Gabrielle(?) in #15 is quite lovely.
It was a beautiful show. The clothes and bags too.