>> After Karl Lagerfeld sent out a Chanel couture collection of muted pastels yesterday, with nothing but flat patent mules on the models' feet, he told Style.com: "I was sick of all those Eiffel Towers, sick of all those violent colors." He later told Cathy Horyn of the collection, she writes: “'There’s no flower design.' This is a little like Eve ignoring the apple, but I guess he didn’t think this was a moment for Chanel flowers. 'I don’t think it’s very modern,' he said." [Style.com, On the Runway]