A Chanel tote in black croc-embossed lambskin with a photo ID pass for the 2011 FIAC contemporary art show and a runway tag from Chanel’s Paris-Bombay Métiers d’Art show went for €94,500 ($106,610), a record for a Chanel bag at auction said Sophie Dufresne, the communications director of Sotheby’s Paris.
Meanwhile, a Dior Homme jacket from winter 2008, in black wool embellished with a broken glass motif in PVC, which carried a high estimate of €1,000, sold for €35,280 ($39,801).
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Lagerfeld’s estate, plus the occasional sartorial oddity (for example, a stack of Emgès shirt collars showcased under a glass globe on a base with electric lighting). Lagerfeld’s Chanel shows, DJ’d for a steady stream of visitors meandering through the more than 200 lots arranged over three floors, including contemporary furniture from Mr. In between, Michel Gaubert, who for many years compiled the soundtracks for Mr. Dancers performed choreography by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui to Claude Debussy’s “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.” A celebratory yet subdued party featured the composer Thomas Roussel orchestrating “The Frozen Garden,” an original soundtrack composed for the Chanel fall 2011 show held at the Grand Palais. Because of concerns about the Omicron variant, however, it was downsized and took place earlier in the day.Įven so, there was music. In Paris, the next act of the auction series was meant to kick off with a public showing followed by an invitation-only cocktail and after-party at Sotheby’s headquarters on the Rue du Faubourg-Saint Honoré. And at the same time, everyone on the planet recognized those as part of his persona, along with the sunglasses and the slim-cut jackets.” It’s also a way of keeping your fingers free so you can draw. Lagerfeld, the curator continued, “wearing them was a culture of courtesy inherited from the 18th century, where you don’t inflict your age on others.