spring 2008 coutour

The immutability of the brand

For the 2008 s/s haute coutour, Karl showed again the spirit of Chanel , which is immutability of the brand. He pitched the Chanel image toward lightness, freshness, and the young customer he sees emerging in new markets.

the collection was partly inspired by the spiraling forms and delicate colors of shells,Together, they built toward some breathtaking moments : a fondant-pink suit veiled in cream tulle, a raw-edged midnight-blue chiffon cocktail dress, a black bustier dress with gold glinting from the inside of its looped-up skirts.

from the collection, we can find achromatic scheme colours , we can also find analogous colour scheme( e.g. baby pink, beige ) appeared in the collection which showed the colors of the shells.

Chanel from[BroadbandTV]

The History of Chanel - Iconic Design - Part 1 [BroadbandTV]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpFw4yZ_ubg

The History of Chanel - Iconic Design - Part 2with*Chanel Spring Summer 1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ42zTG11oc

The History of Chanel - Iconic Design - Part 3*Purfum Chanel N'5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9CFx4nJXnkT

he History of Chanel - Iconic Design - Part 4with*Chanel Spring Summer 1988*Chanel Autumn Wimter 1991-92
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnjb6KoNPNk

The History of Chanel - Iconic Design - Part 5with*Chanel Autumn Wimter 1996-97
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qRlke3Bbpc

The History of Chanel - Iconic Design - Part 6with*Chanel Autumn Wimter 2001-02
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDEYIx42Brk

The History of Chanel - Iconic Design - Part 7with*Chanel Autumn Wimter 2002-03
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ZFZcUvF2c

The History of Chanel - Iconic Design - Part 8with*Chanel Spring Summer 2005*Chanel Autumn Wimter 2005-06
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-lHwaQecwc

The History of Chanel - Iconic Design - Part 9with*Chanel Autumn Wimter 2005-06*Chanel Autumn Wimter 2006-07
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aZYJ7W7lqY

The History of Chanel - Iconic Design - Part 10with*Chanel Autumn Wimter 2007-08
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WY0JM5Juug

Coco Chanel
lhttp://www.artandculture.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/artist?id=356

chanel f/w 2009 ready to wear

The collection is called “Chanel Belle Brummelle”
The 18th century English dandy who invented the look for men of dark clothes with the focal point on ties, scarves, collars and cuff.This time Karl achromatic scheme again,together with a pair of complementary colour(pink and green).

class exercise

I used the spilt complementary color scheme to create my boutique mood. They are violet , yellow and green.I would like to use the violet to be my backfound color as you can see that the floor and the shelves are colored by violet. Besides, the merchandise are main yellow and green. overall, the colors project a mysterious and elegant atmosphere which attract the customer to have a look in the shop.

class exercise

Description and explanations:

I use the earth tone colour, for example,grey, brown, black . It is also added white into some of the outlets. As a whole,I want to project a harmony image to the collection. Therfore, a monochromatic colour scheme has been applied.

Chanel s/s ready -to-wear 2009

colour story

For the s/s ready-to- wear2009, Karl Largerfeld used a relatively tight palette of black, white, and gray, achromatic scheme again and used adjacent color ( violet and pink) .The theme"Our House" was inspired by a grayish portrait by Marie Laurencin, who painted Coco Chanel in the twenties. Besides the achromatic scheme colour,Karl used pink and Violet in order to add romance and elegant elements in the collection to represent the theme, represent Chanel.

Chanel s/s couture 2009

colour story

' A white page'
This collection use of pale white colour in most of the outlets.
It is one of Channel label colour , but use of a 'games of lines & shapes' to interest the collection.
Karl used achromatic scheme of colourto represent his idea of "white page", together with the stage design both we can see that dominant white appeared and a little black and grey colour still can be found in the collection. " a white page" , it is the beginning of everthing which inspire Karl

cleared everything away and "started with a clean sheet of paper."