Answer: The use of paper as art in this week's Chanel couture show in Paris.
It was not quite the ancient art of origami, and although just as beautiful, it was not a work by the brilliant Yulia Brodskaya. It was the collaborative efforts of Karl Lagerfeld and Japanese hairdresser Kamo that produced one of the most creative, brilliant and blindingly beautiful Chanel shows since I can remember. According to a review of the show on Style.com, "Key to the show's success was the involvement of Kamo, a Japanese hairdresser and Lagerfeld discovery whose team scored and scissored out—while sitting on the floor of a Chanel backroom—the incredible constructs of paper roses, camellias, leaf fronds, and feathers that adorned each girl."
Not only did I love the use of paper in the show, I loved the use of several shades of white. It is not often to see a designer use shades of ivory, eggshell, and very bright whites in the same collection. Lagerfeld was not only able to pull this off through his use of minimalist, architectural looks (much like the paper itself), but also because he made it less predictable than white on white on white by mixing the shades, and adding details using contrasting materials. This added a touch of the unexpected, a touch of the new, a touch of true style.
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