Incredible Cruise 2011 Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Gold Ribbon & Metallic Cord Knit Dress designer-todd-oldham The sleeves are a puffed

The sleeves are a puffed capped and the front and back gather into the yoke across the shoulders

Each sleeve is cut to be incredibly wide and full

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This gives it a lovely matte and soft texture that I am sure he did deliberately to mimic the velvet texture of a rose petal

Under the waist it curves out slightly over the tip of the hips and then ether skirt falls tot he floor under that in a gently widening curve

Incredible Cruise 2011 Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Gold Ribbon & Metallic Cord Knit Dress designer-todd-oldham The sleeves are a puffedThe Chanel Cruise collections have an interesting history. Gabrielle Chanel actually sailed and her love of the sport led to her inception of a 'cruise' collection in the 1920s. She was not the first to come up with this concept but hers were among the first to show a complete collection in a fully fledged show. They eventually fell off in popularity and it was not until Karl Lagerfeld took over Chanel that the cruise collections started again. A one