WWD: Chanel RTW Spring 2012

Fashion serves many purposes, one being a nonnarcotic mood-elevator. Arriving for Chanel at what could at this point be called Karl Lagerfeld's Grand Palais, one experienced individual and communal glee to the point of giddiness. It happened the moment you took in Lagerfeld's under-the-sea-scape, a wondrous, stylized environment enclosed in undulating walls and populated by giant sculptural sea life. Stingray, sea horse, shark, anemone, coral branches — all were curvaceous and in various white finishes, matte, glossy, sparkly. The effect was part Disney, part Cocteau, all magical. For the full review and images: http://bit.ly/ozDb2x