The boutique drew the attention of the Parisian fashion elite who popularized her wide-brimmed Chanel Modes hats. The first Chanel shop was established in 1910 in Paris on rue Cambon by the young milliner Gabrielle Chanel (1883–1971), who had picked up the nickname “Coco” while working as a club singer. Today vintage Chanel handbags, jackets and evening dresses are among the most sought-after clothing and accessories for fashion lovers all over the world. In the years following the opening of her modest millinery shop, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel became a pivotal designer of both fashionable casual wear and Paris haute couture as well as an icon and arbiter of 20th-century style with her bob haircut and pearls. And despite producing eight collections a year for Chanel, as well as four to five for Fendi, Lagerfeld never faltered in proposing new ideas each time he put pencil to paper.įind vintage Karl Lagerfeld Chanel day dresses, jackets, shoes and more on 1stDibs. From Watteau (Spring/Summer 1985 couture) and Serge Roche (Spring/Summer 1990 ready-to-wear) to hip-hop fly girls (Fall/Winter 1991 ready-to-wear), surfers (Spring/Summer 2003 ready-to-wear) and ancient Egypt (Pre-Fall 2019), Lagerfeld used each season’s inspiration to conceive Chanel’s signatures anew. Lagerfeld’s collections for the brand displayed his knack for synthesizing old and new, high and low.
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During the late ’60s and ’70s, he refashioned Chloé to reflect the free spirit of the day and, beginning in 1965, joined forces with the Fendi family, taking it from sleepy furrier to fashion’s haute-est stratum.īecause of his track record for reviving and reimagining brands that had grown stagnant, in 1984 Lagerfeld was handed the reins at Chanel, which had been gathering dust since its founder’s heyday. It was an unprecedented way of working in the days when freelance was still a dirty word.
As such, Lagerfeld lent his vision to everyone from Loewe and Max Mara to Krizia and Charles Jourdan, nimbly moving among a diverse range of styles. He went on to become the designer of Jean Patou, eventually realizing that his seemingly endless ideas could fuel a career as a designer-for-hire. His design for a coat won him the International Wool Secretariat and landed him a job with the celebrated couturier Pierre Balmain. An outsize, instantly recognizable personality - his ponytail powdered like an 18th-century viscount, his eyes perpetually shielded by dark glasses, wearing fistfuls of chunky silver jewels - Lagerfeld was, above all, an avatar of style.īorn in Hamburg (in 1933, ’35, or ’38 by varying accounts), Karl Lagerfeld packed his bags for Paris in 1954.
Vintage Karl Lagerfeld designs for Chanel handbags, evening dresses, coats, jewelry and other clothing and accessories riffed on its iconography - tweed skirt suits, pearls, camellias - accenting a lexicon of Chanel-isms with tastes of the moment.ĭuring his five-decade career as a designer for Chanel, Fendi, Chloé and many others, Lagerfeld was a quintessential chameleon, ever evolving to embody the times. “My life and my job,” the designer once said, “is to forget myself.” From his first collection at Chanel - after joining the brand in the early 1980s - he injected the venerable house with a frisson of modernity. Original buttons, sequins or details could be missing.More than a mere tastemaker, Karl Lagerfeld devoted himself to the continual pursuit of chic. Please note: Vintage pieces (over 20 years of age) may show very light wear that is consistent with their age, but that is not bothersome to the overall condition of the piece.Ī clothing item in Very Good condition could show some light wear, which can include: possible light pulls on fabric, very small marks, small modifications or reparations could have been made to the piece (including replacing original buttons, gentle tears).Īn item in Good condition shows some signs of wear, which can include possible marks on fabric including around collar and / or arms, pulled threads and or light fading or balling on fabric. We continue to consider a clothing item in Excellent condition even if it has been altered or has missing/damaged internal tags. Remember that all items proposed for sale are still pre-owned and by choosing a rare and unique piece from Re-SEE you are contributing positively to the environment.Ī clothing item in Excellent condition shows no signs of wear.
However some marks (as listed below) may remain, please carefully view the photos and read description of each product. When necessary, items are professionally dry cleaned or repaired.
At Re-SEE we are picky about the condition of our pieces.
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