![paris2-6 The Grand Finale](https://cdn-fashionschool.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/paris2-6.jpg)
Chanel lives. Vive Karl Lagerfeld!
Today I saw the most exquisite Haute Couture collection in years.
And flat shoes (maybe a nod to Carla Bruni who towers above her husband, President Sarkozy of France?)
Show opened with Stella Tennant and closed with Kirsten McMenamy.
In between every classic Chanel line and shape now completely modern and embroidered with the lightest touch – from the atelier of François Lesage.
Follow the jump for more pictures.
![paris2-4 Princess Marie Chantal of Greece with her mother Chantal Miller](https://cdn-fashionschool.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/paris2-4.jpg)
![paris2-1 Daphne Guinness](https://cdn-fashionschool.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/paris2-1.jpg)
![paris2-5 Diane Kruger and Mario Testino](https://cdn-fashionschool.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/paris2-5.jpg)
![paris2-3 Ines de la Fressange and Jerry Hall](https://cdn-fashionschool.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/paris2-3.jpg)
![paris2-2 Karl Lagerfeld and the bride Kirsten McMenamy](https://cdn-fashionschool.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/paris2-2.jpg)
![img_3696 Amanda Harlech](https://cdn-fashionschool.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/img_3696.jpg)
Written by: Gladys Perint Palmer
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