Pristine Pre-Fall 2012 Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Metallic Gold Detailed Suit w Gripoix Buttons z-archive-whites 2016 in Oxfordshire

2016 in Oxfordshire

Barbara Hulanicki and her husband started out their company as a mail-order business

There is a seam just under the hips that has a curve to it and this is then edged in a tiny ruffle of chiffon

The second tier that the zipper runs into at the back then snaps into place along its edge and then snaps to close down the side

sequined and the finsihed with rhinestones

Pristine Pre-Fall 2012 Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Metallic Gold Detailed Suit w Gripoix Buttons z-archive-whites 2016 in OxfordshireThis little Chanel suit is stunning. It is from the Pre Fall 2012 collection and a version in a different colourway walked the runway for Look 32. The collection was a "salute to the work of the craftspeople who make Chanel happen, including the recently passed Franois Lesage (hence the name, Mtiers d'Art), was definitely a feat of creative excess, from the jaw dropping set, which turned a curved space under the dome of the Grand Palais into a corner