Chic Little Fall 2001 Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Runway Pastel Pink Dress w Fully Sequin Front osfa He launched his atelier in

He launched his atelier in 1951 and though he was never a designer that was formally made a true Haute Couture atelier

The twin of this Geoffrey Beene dress was showcased in the Met Museum's exhibit 'In America: A Lexicon of Fashiont' and that  dress resides in their permanent collection

washed by hand once or twice and then disposed of when they fell apart

Waist: to 21" flat across the back from seam to seam

These taper down and change to these to very fine beaded curving lines that run down to the waist seam

Chic Little Fall 2001 Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Runway Pastel Pink Dress w Fully Sequin Front osfa He launched his atelier inThe twin of this dress walk the runway for the Fall 2001 Chanel show. The show title was "Coco Pop" and part of the show had references to pop artist Roy Lichtenstein. Stripes were an important part of the collection and I love how that is picked up with the sequins that adorn the front of this jacket. You also have that grid pattern on the rest of the dress that is made from combining little closed rectangles of stripes placed against each other