Pristine Pre-Fall 2012 Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Metallic Gold Detailed Suit w Gripoix Buttons z-archive-1940s and why I think someone

and why I think someone deconstructed the interior

the under seam of the bust is 14"

The skirt is very full with lots of fabric but lies quite nice and sleek when you are still

The construction is amazing - the ruffles are overlapped and they wind and curve around the body in a spiral

This would have been designed and created under the eye of Marc Bohan for Dior and has the added distinction of coming directly from the daughter of the Haute Couture client who ordered it from the atelier

Pristine Pre-Fall 2012 Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Metallic Gold Detailed Suit w Gripoix Buttons z-archive-1940s and why I think someoneThis 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