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Eye On Design: ABC Dress By Karl Lagerfeld for Chloé

abc dress by karl lagerfeld photo by gail worley
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In 1963, Gaby Aghion (House of Chloe) hired the young, then-unknown Karl Lagerfeld to join her team of stylists. Together they established Chloe’s unique position between haute couture and the everyday accessibility of ready-to-wear, a niche that she called “pret-a-porter de luxe.”
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Eye On Design: Silk Macrame Dress By Gabriela Hearst for Chloé

silk macrame chloe maxi dress photo by gail worley
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Chloé’s recent creative directors have been Natasha Ramsey and Gabriela Hearst (20202023). Both women reflect on the cycles of fashion, returning to past styles in ways that explore the richness of the brand’s heritage, as well as the ethics of reuse.

Hearst has renewed Chloé’s bohemian seventies spirit, bringing back maxi dresses, ponchos, and earthy colors, and reviving the environmentalist ethos of that decade.
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Eye On Design: Black and Gold Evening Ensemble By Karl Lagerfeld for Chloé

Black and Gold Evening Ensemble By Karl Lagerfeld Photo By Gail Worley
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Chloe is a French fashion house founded in 1952 by the Jewish Egyptian immigrant Gaby Aghion, who had a vision to offer luxury ready-to-wear. Karl Lagerfeld began designing for Chloe in 1966, and his creations from the 1970s were extremely influential.
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