Chanel Fall 2010: All Faux Fur and Icebergs

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posted by belavrana

3/09/10 Report Comment

Could I fall any deeper in love?

 

posted by LUXETIGERS

3/09/10 Report Comment

This is going to be super unpopular...but I am not buying the fake hype. That is like saying that vinyl is better than leather or a veggie burger is better than Filet Mignon. And that is simply not true.

 

posted by LUXETIGERS

3/09/10 Report Comment

the fake fur hype that is

 

posted by ciarapeter

3/11/10 Report Comment

I'm so glad to see a high-fashion company like Chanel using their influence to promote positive change. And I bet their fauxs will look amazing. Good job Chanel!

 

posted by aflorendo

3/12/10 Report Comment

Awesome progress for the fashion industry! I already love Chanel; this makes me love it even more.

 

posted by Fashionable Earth

3/13/10 Report Comment

Love it ! Triumph for fake fur http://fashionableearth.org/blog/2010/03/11/chanels-triumph-for-fake-fur...

 

posted by d'Alton

7/23/10 Report Comment

Heaven! After seeing the show I had already fallen in love, but my
strong views against real fur compelled me to ignore the pure genius
of Karl Lagerfelds designs. But after discovering that he had actually
used faux fur.... my faith in humanity returned! I love you Chanel.

 

posted by Bootzwalla

8/10/10 Report Comment

Bootzwalla Did it First! Check out the Bootzwalla Originals Collection and Faux Fur Line
http://www.bootzwalla.com/originals/home/
Bootzwalla Body Collection
http://www.slide.com/r/StlqMUpA7T8T74DpbX-BtycPPAsg3e7_?map=2&iid=216172...

 

posted by angelsaware

9/21/10 Report Comment

Thank you for going fur-free!!! Animal welfare is the wave of the future!

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>> For the six days leading up to the Chanel Fall 2010 show, Karl Lagerfeld had the thirty-five person team who sculpted The Ice Hotel in Sweden brought in to carve a 265-ton iceberg, also imported from Sweden, in the middle of the Grand Palais.  The room was chilled to 25 degrees Fahrenheit, and the iceberg was hidden from the audience under a large wooden box that mechanically rose when the show started.

Four models — Brad Kroenig, Baptiste Giabiconi, Abbey Lee Kershaw, and Freja Beha Erichsen (the latter two who are reportedly set to appear in the Chanel Fall 2010 campaign) — in furry yeti suits opened the display, "milling about in a daze" before dispersing, and giving way to a train of models sloshing through water from the melting iceberg; some even left shoes which came loose behind in their wake.

“Global warming is the issue of our times. Fashion has to address it,” Lagerfeld said afterward.  And fur was everywhere — boots, skirts, pants, bags — but all faux.  Karl said he went with faux fur for two reasons: first, Fendi does the best real furs and he doesn't want to compete, and second: “Technical advances are so perfect you can hardly tell fake fur from the real thing. Fake is not chic — we have got a new Chanel tweed to stop copies — but fake fur is.”
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