“The Return” by: Karl Lagerfeld

“The Return” premiered yesterday in Dallas as an introduction to the Chanel 2013/14 Métiers d’Art Fashion Show. The short film centers around Coco Chanel in 1953, when she began her incredible return to center stage. The designer reopens her Haute Couture house after fifteen years of absence. The collection is welcomed by the French press with an icy silence. Only the American media supports the looks that define the rebirth of Chanel’s style. The mood of the film retraces this determining period, that shaped the legend of the designer of rue Cambon forever. The short film Click “continue reading” to watch “The Return.”

The film features Geraldine Chaplin in the role of Gabrielle Chanel, Rupert Everett, Anna Mouglalis, Lady Amanda Harlech, Arielle Dombasle, the model Kati Nescher, as well as Vincent Darré and Sam McKnight. This new film is imagined, written and directed by Karl Lagerfeld.