Chanel presents Egyptian-themed collection around The Met's Temple of Dendur
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- An ancient Egyptian temple at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art provided the setting for Chanel's latest catwalk show, when the French fashion house debuted a collection featuring glittering tweeds, golden garments and bold jewels.
The catwalk looped The Met's Temple of Dendur - an Ancient Egyptian monument completed in 10BC - to create an appropriate setting for the debut of Chanel's 2018/19 Métiers d'art collection earlier this week.
With a taste for elaborate shows, creative director Karl Lagerfeld chose the decorative sandstone temple to provide the backdrop for the presentation, as well as inform the Egyptian-style aesthetic of the pieces.
"Egyptian civilisation has always fascinated me: I get inspired by an idea, which I make a reality," said Lagerfeld in a project statement.
Floating regal garments, bold geometric prints and lavishly colourful accessories featured throughout the collection, along with plenty of golden garments in sparkling, shimmering and crackled textures.
Beige, white and black tweeds - a Chanel staple - are threaded with mohair, gold and beaded cotton.
"I think the image of this collection is very much down to this refinement which should be seen close up, almost touched, to understand how it is done and to really appreciate the beauty of this work," said Lagerfeld, who also drew on the antiquities for pieces in his first sculptural exhibition.
Other motifs included the Ancient Egyptian scarab beetle, which can be seen a necklace, buttons, belt buckle, earrings and handbags, while the models' makeup resembled the Eye of Horus.
American music producer Pharrell Williams - who is set to collaborate with Chanel - was adorned with the facial marking while modelling baggy gold trousers and a bejewelled jumper.
Other features of this year's garments were intended asa nod to New York, including street-art-style graphics on printed t-shirts, and a patched denim two-piece worn by model Kaia Gerber. "New York, it's an energy and a melting pot of cultures, it's very stimulating," said Lagerfeld.
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I love Egyptians they’re so beautiful so I’m writing this on my Christmas list
The clothes themselves are not Egyptian inspired at all. The jewelry, the tights, shoes, and accessories, being gold, is what makes it Egyptian. But if you hang any of those garments alone on a rack, you're going to think, "typical Chanel"
It's almost like they didnt know what theme they wanted to do, and then said, Quick! Buy some Egyptian accessories!
That what Egyptians wear from 1910 to 1960👌
But not all the clothes gold🤦
Add a white cloth under the expected Chanel suit and call it new.
For a runway to be done around a 2000 years old temple my expectations were incredibly high but even lowering them it still feels lackluster. It's just classic Chanel but make it gold. Can't go wrong with classics but seems weird to claim to make a collection around a culture as rich and ancient as Egypt only to come up with the same things we've seen on Chanel runways for decades only with gold embellishments. And the makeup concept inspired on the eye of horus was cool but ended up looking like "dress like an egyptian Halloween makeup tutorial". There were so many possibilities and sources of inspiration you can draw from Egypt so this does feel disappointing.
Yup. Also, the issues of cultural appropriation, exploitation and elitism are just off the chart with this whole presentation.
I absolutely love it. I would wear all of it.
The black girls looked beautiful😍
And the light skins
And the colored😈
Love watching skin heads try and nit pick people jajajajaja
My woman would absolutely DESTROY
There’s nothing fucking wrong with just black girls standing out and yes i must say black girls SLAYED this one more.
Wow super style !! I love It !!!
Wow, Violet Chachki was right, this is awful.
came here because of her! lol true.
I think it's pretty good and I am an egyptian egypt love to have to much gold in there clothes (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤
I love the eygptians theme on runway shows
The dresses are cool and I adore them.
Perfection!!!!😘♥️♥️♥️
Most of these dresses are pretty good.
one of the perks of being a model is you can go to other countries.These models are lucky enough to go there.I love Egypt and it's my dream to go there.
They aren't in Egypt. They are in front of an appropriated (stolen) temple housed in New York.
Uhm...... no. This is like when Egypt was invaded by the Greeks and Romans haha 😂 they TRIED to be Egyptian but failed Bc ... they weren’t Egyptian...
Stfu afrocentric
Yes they failed
All who invaded egypt and try to be egyptian failed😂
Bec. Egypt is special (｡♡‿♡｡)
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stunning
Sublime!
FAB-U-LUSH!
Ombre metallics are IT!
so was it required to look dead inside? or is that something they just so happen to have in common?
Chanel. It’s woo’s girls into their things. But I must say. They did an amazing job on it!
Me: Chanel posters and other Chanel things.
the song...
Pharrel seems very "excited" lol
😂😂 you saw it too
All of these outfits can be found in marshalls
Also, get access to military clubs on base. Pick of the litter from pups on up
Did Lagerfeld design these??
Needed
I would join a gym
They should Have Lifted the Runway up on the same Level as the Temple to begin with !!! & Did they forget to install a new designer after Karl's passing away ?
Diet Egyptian couture
and so pedestrian...
Good song choice, but the clothes are terribly boring. Nothing innovative. EVERYTHING'S BEEN DONE.
@@richard6088 and the hair and makeup... I mean come on!
I see you're also people of culture
Combine a restaurant with a sports gym
These outfits would fit right in among the people who kick it at Area 51.
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These are meant for those large gladiators, seek them first
Smile
cultural appreciation is something they don't have
Big ups for the tweed dresses, not so much about those pants
Had high hopes for this, but it is atrocious. Not impressed at all, and it's not even flattering.
Oh god no
1suger Daddy 4 the world😮
who else had to watch this muted?
Ok. I dislike the way some of this was presented. I hate the intro song. I also don't like the idea of having the theme pounded into your head with the space. However. The clothes themselves are quite good.
Chanel? Jesus.. I would not wear these..
they ain't black women's they are mix with Arab and Hispanic that black people land Egypt
the set is more egyptian then the clothes; those jackets look terrible with those dresses; and the models look like walking sticks that are dead inside!! lmao 🤣