Luxury makes world go round, says Karl Lagerfeld

Lily Allen and Kanye West joined the likes of fashion designers Haider Ackermann, Riccardo Tisci and Alexander Wang in modelling 113 varations on the jacket — kitted out as geisha, vamp, nun or punk rocker.

Yoko Ono, dancing in a vintage black top hat, gets her own series of six shots.

A former French Vogue editor, who teamed up with Lagerfeld for the project, poses as Gabrielle Chanel.

And US Vogue’s priestess of style Anna Wintour, snapped from the back, is instantly recognisable from her trademark bob.

One half of the house’s iconic suit, the tweed jacket, was designed by Coco Chanel to “fit like a second skin”.

To get a perfect fit, Chanel would get her clients to cross their arms when measuring them up. A brass chain was positioned at the bottom hem, concealed by the lining, to ensure “it always hung just so,” says the house.

Lagerfeld separated it from its skirt, pairing it in the 1980s with jeans, with dresses, swimsuits, even knickers — updating the cut with slimmer sleeves and narrower shoulders.

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