Chanel Haute Couture S/S 2011 details part II

Ten million beads were used for this collection.*

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* Style.com review by Tim Blanks

Chanel Haute Couture S/S 2011 details part I

Pastels / Pinks / lilac / dove grey / chiffon / beading

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She wore a crown of paper thorns

White-on-white floral tiaras of poppies, moth orchids and roses, garlands of tea roses and feathers, chaplets and coronets of hydrangeas, chrysanthemums and camelias, and diadems of gerberas and enormous peonies.

9 Detail shots from the Chanel Spring 2009 Haute Couture show depicting a selection of the intricate paper headdresses created by the Japanese hairdresser Katsuya Kamo. 65 headdresses were created out of two reams of standard printer paper by Komo and his tiny team of assistants for the show.

My favorite finales? Those which are en-masse

a flock, array, cloud, crowd, division, legion, mob, multitude, outfit, pack, regiment, swarm, throng, unit, aggregated concentration of a bunch, clique, cluster, faction, flooding gaggle, group, herd, horde, lot, mass, masses, muster, pack, posse, rabble, rank and file, scores, set, stream, surge, swarm, troupe, tumult of marching, pacing, fem-bots.

Lanvin SS11

Alexander Wang SS11

Chanel Couture Fall 2010

Roberto Cavalli SS11

Louis Vuitton SS11

Blumarine SS11

Hermes SS11

Dolce & Gabbana SS11

Chanel, Resort 2010, Venice