Art & Fashion — Karl Lagerfeld — Egyptian-themed collection
“An ancient Egyptian temple at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art provided the setting for Chanel’s latest catwalk show, when the French fashion house debuted a collection featuring glittering tweeds, golden garments and bold jewels. The catwalk looped The Met’s Temple of Dendur — an Ancient Egyptian monument completed in 10BC — to create an appropriate setting for the debut of Chanel’s 2018/19 Métiers d’art collection earlier this week. With a taste for elaborate shows, creative director Karl Lagerfeld chose the decorative sandstone temple to provide the backdrop for the presentation, as well as inform the Egyptian-style aesthetic of the pieces. “Egyptian civilisation has always fascinated me: I get inspired by an idea, which I make a reality..”
