There’s nothing not to love when it comes to Chanel’s shows. This year, Karl Lagerfeld created  an actual Parisian street – complete with scaffolding, pavements and 25-meter Haussmannian buildings. For Summer 2015, we saw a whirlwind of fresh colours stomping down the makeshift boulevard, cleverly entwined with Chanel’s iconic hues: black, white and navy.

In an all-rules-run-free environment, bursts of orange, pink, violet, green and blue, swathed the formal tweeds, cotton mill and crepe, mixed with flowing silk, lace and organza. Pushing the juxtaposition further, imagine a combination of tennis stripes, “peace & love” guipure lace, graphic pleats, floral prints, paint splashes, and Parisian paving stones-inspired embroidery.                 

Putting forth the concept that confident women personified freedom, Lagerfeld distorted masculine-feminine codes, as men’s tweed suits served as double-breasted jackets, striped flannel debuted with Bertha collars, with the look finished with Bermuda shorts and wrap skirts. Wide-cut trousers got tucked under peplum dresses, bustier mini-dresses with zebra folds, while jackets received 3D inlays. Gold accents on accessories lent a new femininity to the “flirty and intellectual” collection, rounding up Lagerfeld's stance on “happiness and hope”.

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