Exceptional Fall 2014 Chanel Haute Couture by Karl Lagerfeld 'Concrete Baroque' Dress Animal Prints It is a stunningly beautiful

It is a stunningly beautiful piece and it would perhaps make an amazing wedding dress for the bride looking for a non-traditional choice or as an alternative dress in a more extended wedding celebration

The dress is not perfect - there is a sequin missing here and there and at some point the inside hem was redone and it is not the most perfect job ever (I chose to leave it as found to conserve as much length as possible) but it presents well and is still infinitely wearable as either a super short mini or a tunic over a skinny pant

This was the closing look of the Spring 2001 Haute Couture collection and there are countless photos of Yves with Laetitia Casta wearing the twin of this suit

This dress is almost too scandalous to wear

Exceptional Fall 2014 Chanel Haute Couture by Karl Lagerfeld 'Concrete Baroque' Dress Animal Prints It is a stunningly beautifulIn the book Chanel: Catwalk they called this collection "Concrete Baroque" because of the innovative use of concrete within the collection. A material you definitely do not normally associate with Couture. The set was minimal and was inspired by a penthouse owned by the eccentric art collector Carlos de Beistegui in the 1930s. That penthouse featured an outdoor fireplace with a circular mirror set against a concrete wall and Karl incorporated that