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Tim’s Take | Chanel Spring/Summer 2017

Tim Blanks talks to Karl Lagerfeld to decode the creative thinking behind Chanel's latest collection. Watch now.

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Tim Blanks

05 October 2016

PARIS, France — In the second season of Tim's Take, BoF editor-at-large Tim Blanks talks to fashion's top designers to decode the creative thinking behind their latest collections. Blanks speaks to Karl Lagerfeld about his Spring/Summer 2017 show, where the designer's celebration of all things digital was the collection's raison d'être.

To read Tim Blanks’ review of Chanel's Spring/Summer 2017 collection, click here.

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