Chanel Catwalk – The Complete Collections

Gathering together for the first time every Chanel haute couture collection, Chanel Catwalk charts the development of one of the world’s most famous fashion brands through classic and rarely seen collections.

Gathering every Chanel collection ever created by Karl Lagerfeld in a single volume, this edition has been fully updated to include Lagerfeld’s final collections for the house and those of his right-hand and successor, Virginie Viard, this revised edition includes twenty-eight new collections.This definitive publication features a concise history of Karl Lagerfeld and Virginie Viard’s time at Chanel as well as brief biographical profiles of each designer. The collections (from Haute Couture and Ready-to-Wear to Cruise and Metier d’arts) are organized chronologically. Each one is introduced by a short text unveiling its influences and highlights and illustrated with carefully curated catwalk images, showcasing hundreds of spectacular clothes, details, accessories, beauty looks and set designs – and of course the top fashion models who wore them on the runway. A rich reference section, including an extensive index, concludes the book.