Chanel meets Bombay in new collection
Like first-time visitors to India, guests at Chanel’s “Metiers d’art” show Tuesday emerged with acute cases of sensory overload.
Between the clothes — sophisticated Parisian takes on Indian staples, smothered in accessories — and the set — endless dinner tables heaped with a banquet fit for a Maharaja — you simply didn’t know where to look.
Silk saris and tweed jackets don’t sound like the ingredients of a fashion match made in heaven, but Karl Lagerfeld’s Paris chic looked perfectly at home in his dreamy take on India.
The designer looked beyond the admittedly glaring differences between the two aesthetics — Parisiennes’ obsession with black compared with Indians’ enthusiastic embrace of the entire color wheel, for one — and tapped into something both cultures share: Elegance.
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Though the bottlecap necklaces were a thing in the past, these up-and-coming accessories are sure to be a hit with little ladies age 3 and up. But girls of all ages can take a basic headband, hair tie, wristband, pendant or hair clip and snap in



