Nobody knows what will happen to Karl Lagerfeld’s symphony of books – old, new and played out in various languages and different locations.
But in the first Chanel couture show without the late designer at the helm, a library marked the handover to his long term assistant Virginie Viard.
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A vast circle of books like an ancient library cocooned the Grand Palais, Chanel’s favoured show space. And even if the books way up by the glass dome were fakes, like a stage set, there were enough copies from Karl’s gallery to suggest a background similar to his own studio on the Paris Left Bank.
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