Karl Lagerfeld Brought Chanel Couture to the Casino for Fall 2015


Karl Lagerfeld Brought Chanel Couture to the Casino for Fall 2015 - 7th July 2015

Kristen Stewart, Julianne Moore and Lily-Rose Depp were among the high rollers.

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Kristen Stewart, Julianne Moore, Lara Stone, Baptiste Giabiconi and Lily-Rose Depp at the Chanel roulette table. Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images


Guests never quite know what to expect when they walk into a Chanel fashion show, especially since Karl Lagerfeld has created a feminist rally, a life-size faux supermarket, a fully-functional brasserie and a sprawling art gallery (filled with Chanel-inspired works) as his sets in seasons past. During Couture Week, the designer always raises the stakes — pun intended — and for the French label's fall 2015 couture show on Tuesday, he constructed a bustling casino inside of the Grand Palais.

Instead of perching in the front row, Lagerfeld's celebrity friends and muses — Kristen Stewart, Julianne Moore, Rita Ora, Lily Collins and Lily-Rose Depp, specifically — opened the show, walking into the casino to try their hands at the Chanel-branded gaming tables that stood in the center of the runway, while slot machines lined the rest of the venue's walls. Fun fact: Just as Chanel's Paris-Salzburg show in New York brought Depp into the public eye, another celebrity offspring model — Daniel Day Lewis's son, Gabriel-Kane Day Lewis — made his runway debut Tuesday. We'll be keeping our eyes peeled for him as Fashion Month approaches, for sure.

To a soundtrack that included smooth jams from Barry White, the models — all wearing matching wigs with severe black bobs — walked in looks that meant business: shiny dresses and skirt suits; boxy jackets and blazers; sensible slingback heels and a series of voluminous coats and glittery, textural dresses that were made for the red carpet. Kendall Jenner had the honor of closing the show as the couture bride, wearing a crisp double-breasted white coat, slim trousers and a veil-like shawl that floated behind her. The 19-year-old looked so effortless that we're thinking both traditional and non-conventional brides alike will be adding this to their wedding inspiration boards, stat.

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(Fashionista.com)