Pristine Pre-Fall 2012 Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Metallic Gold Detailed Suit w Gripoix Buttons z-archive-whites Barbara Hulanicki and her husband

Barbara Hulanicki and her husband started out their company as a mail-order business

heavy cream silk with a hand paint design of grapes and flowers running over its surface in a soft

75" turned under

sequined and the finsihed with rhinestones

There is a seam just under the hips that has a curve to it and this is then edged in a tiny ruffle of chiffon

Pristine Pre-Fall 2012 Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Metallic Gold Detailed Suit w Gripoix Buttons z-archive-whites Barbara Hulanicki and her husbandThis little Chanel suit is stunning. It is from the Pre Fall 2012 collection and a version in a different colourway walked the runway for Look 32. The collection was a "salute to the work of the craftspeople who make Chanel happen, including the recently passed Franois Lesage (hence the name, Mtiers d'Art), was definitely a feat of creative excess, from the jaw dropping set, which turned a curved space under the dome of the Grand Palais into a corner