Chanel previewed their Paris-Bombay pre-autumn/winter 2012-13 collection at the Grand Palais in Paris. Taking inspiration from clothes designed by Coco Chanel in the Fifties and Sixties, Karl Lagerfeld's latest collection heavily references traditional Indian menswear.
Lagerfeld explained his approach to WWD: "It's all about refinement. It's the Paris version of the idea of India. She [Coco Chanel] designed several Indian-inspired outfits — and that was enough. Most of the inspiration is from Indian men's clothes rather than women's clothes."
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After the success of their previous “Millennium Saree”collection, Hermès announces the news of a second capsule collection of sarees. India’s luxury market has recently captured the attention of European and American fashion houses, as the increasingly affluent elite shrug off years of socialist-inspired austerity.
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Hermes is set to debut a limited edition collection of four to five silk sarees in India, with the beautiful sarees going for $1,800 each starting October 2011.
For an additional $500, India’s buyers will also have the option of pairing their sophisticated Hermes saree with a matching blouse.
Hermes previously released a gorgeous line of silk mousseline sarees, which retailed at around £1,200 each (plus £250 for the blouse) at Hermes’ London store on Sloane Street in October 2000. The sarees were elegantly designed by Sunita Kumar — a Kolkata-based designer (who is also the wife of former Indian tennis player Naresh Kumar) who worked alongside Hermes‘ expert in-house designers to create the exquisite collection.
As Hermes targets affluent luxury buyers in lucrative markets such as China and India, the limited edition saree could be the first of many India-specific product launches debuting from the iconic French luxury brand.
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