PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

KEY FABRICS & DETAILS

TO FURTHER MY RANGE I CREATED A SMALL COLLECTION OF DEVELOPED PIECES. I TOOK INSPIRATION FROM CHANEL'S MOST RECENT COLLECTION, THE CRUISE 23/24 SHOW, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE BRANDS RENOWNED 90'S RUNWAY COLLECTIONS INCLUDING SPRING 1992, 1993 AND 1995.

CHANEL SRPING 1995 RUNWAY

CHANEL CRUISE 23/24 RUNWAY

CHANEL COUTURE

SPRING 1993

DUA LIPA AT THE 2023 MET GALA WEARING 1992 ARCHIVE CHANEL BY KARL LAGERFELD.

FOR THE BIKINI DETAIL BANDEAU TOP I SIMPLY PLACED THE TWO TOGETHER THIS WAS INSPIRED BY THE CRUISE 23/24 RUNWAY AND I WANTED TO INCUDE IT BECAUSE I FELT IT VERY MUCH ALIGNED WITH THE FUN, SUMMERY VIBES OF BARBIE AND THE UPCOMING BARBIE MOVIE, AFTER WATCHING THE TRAILER

CHANEL SRPING 1995 RUNWAY

THE ROMPER WAS HUDELY INSPIRED BY A CHANEL COUTURE SPRING 1993 BRIDAL DRESS, FAMOUSLY WORN BY CLAUDIA SCHIFFER. BEING INSPIRED BY THIS VINTAGE GARMENT, I FEEL IT ALIGNS EXTREMELY WELL WITH THE CHANEL STYLE AS WELL AS THE BARBIE RANGE, AND WOULD BE AN EXTREMELY POPULAR PIECE. PAYING HOMEAGE TO THE 1993 DRESS, I DECIDED TO MAKE IT ONLY IN WHITE

ONE SATIN BANDEAU WITH TWEED BIKINI DETAIL AND ONE TWEED BANDEAU WITH SATIN BIKINI DETAIL

DOUBLE TWEED

THIS PIECE WAS INSPIRED BY MANY OF THE VINTAGE CHANEL RUNWAYS, 1994 AND 1995 SPRING IN PARTICULAR. SIMILAR CHAIN BELTS CAN OFTEN BE SEEN IN THEIR CURRENT RUNWAY COLLECTIONS AS WELL.

CHANEL JEWELLERY & BUTTONS

CHANEL SPRING 1994 AND 1995

SPRING RUNWAYS

TAPPING INTO THE REURN OF THE 90S TRENDS

TO CREATE THIS PIECE I CUT OUT IMAGES OF CHANEL BUTTONS AND EARRINGS AND PLACED THEM RANDOMLY ON THIS BELT CAD I FOUND THAT HAD A SIILAR VIBE TO MY INSPIRATION PICTURES. I THOGHT THIS WOULD MAKE A GREAT STATEMENT/JEWELLERY PIECE FOR THE COLLECTION.

YOU CAN SEE HERE THE BELT STYLED PERFECTLY WITH THE TWEED TAILORED BANDEAU MINI DRESS IT CAN ALSO BE PAIRED WITH THE HIGH WAIST TAILORED SHORTS, THE LOW RISE BUTTON DETAIL MINI SHORTS, THE LOW RISE TAILORED MINI SKIRT AND THE TAILORED CIGARETTE TROUSERS.

THIS PIECE WAS INSPIRED BY A TWEED ALESSANDRA RICH DRESS I SAW ON MYTHERESEA.COM WHILST LOOKING FOR INSPIRATION. TO CREATE IT, I BLENDED TOGETHER THIS UTILITY SKIRT AND HALTER NECK TOP. I THINK IT MAKES THE PERFECT MINI DRESS FOR THE BARBIE X CHANEL RANGE.

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(WGSN, 2023)

THIS PIECE WAS INSPIRED BY A 1992 CHANEL BRIDAL DRESS DESIGNED BY KARL LAGERFELD AND RECENTLY WORN TO THE MET GALA BY DUA LIPA. THIS IS THE STATEMENT PIECE OF THE RANGE, AND COMES IN THREE DIFFERENT COLOURS FOR THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF GIRLS - INSPIRED BY THE FILM HAVING SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF BARBIES.