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...Conversely, it’s the utterly surreal that underpins the decadence of Chanel SS24....
...The devotion to craft and tradition is akin to its Métiers d’Art patronage, where it supports and showcases fashion’s artisans....
...He describes his approach to designing jewellery as akin to the art-making he has long practised....
...There is a mythos surrounding the 73-year-old editrix that inspires deference akin to that given to royalty....
...Ever since Karl Lagerfeld took the reins of Chanel in 1983, designers have been splicing up emblems and signifiers to cross-pollinate history into fresh fashion, anchoring ideas in a storied past to increase...
...That sense of handiwork has always given such jewellery pieces a special value: it is akin to haute couture, allied to art....
...For others, such as Hussein Chalayan, it has represented an intellectual challenge, more akin to Tarkovsky, director of 1972 sci fi film Solaris....
...But to this nose the dominant note is more akin to the custardy frangipane of a Galette du Roi....
...If it’s tricky to pin down, say, a signature Givenchy garment — akin to Dior’s Bar jacket, or Chanel’s tweed suits — the name resonates through the renown of its perfume and beauty products, and its dressing...
...If haute couture has traditionally been seen as fashion’s escapist fantasy, this is another interpretation entirely — certainly one more akin to fine art....
...CHRISTINA OHLY EVANS 12a Akin Olugbade Street, Victoria Island, Lagos (alaralagos.com)....
...For those in New York who felt excluded either by the staff or the prices of traditional department stores, Century 21 was akin to Valhalla....
...Chanel’s was tiny and pink, the Legally Blonde take on the trend....
...A lady of a certain age strolled along the rue Saint-Honoré in Paris wearing slim navy blue slacks and carrying a matching quilted Chanel handbag....
...The woolly button-up largely remained a garment for men until Gabrielle Chanel took it on....
...Chanel There was a one-minute silence before the start of the Chanel show, a moment to reflect on the 36 years of service Karl Lagerfeld devoted to the fashion house....
...Fashion is frequently akin to costume....
...The Bicycle Thieves years, as portrayed in Vittorio De Sica’s 1948 film, were evolving into something more akin to Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita of 1960....
...“They are more akin to large paintings that can also be highly customised,” he says....
...Recent visitors included Martha Stewart, Sigourney Weaver, David Koch and philanthropist/former Chanel president Arie Kopelman....
...After so many setpieces, possessing a Chanel show ticket has become something akin to owning a freedom pass at Alton Towers: a fully realised first-class experience which is less about the fashion and all...
...The collection mixes high and low: I was shown a scarlet butterfly-shaped Asprey box (£800), inscribed with the initials DD, containing a butterfly brooch (guide price £25,000) and a Chanel paste camellia...
...“I discovered two doors over from the shop is the house Coco Chanel bought, on South Street. These ladies did live in London.”...
...This exhibition is akin to taking a bath in the stuff. ‘Horst: Photographer of Style’, Victoria and Albert Museum, September 6 to January 4 2015 Photographs: Condé Nast/Horst Estate...
...“This is valuable for brands such as LVMH or Chanel.”...
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