Fashion Culture: The Modernity of Antiquity: Karl Lagerfeld’s Vision of Ancient Greece

Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City

Karl Lagerfeld at MFIT's 2010 Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion Luncheon, Nick Hunt/PatrickMcMullan.com. Associate Professor of German at Williams College Christophe Koné explores Karl Lagerfeld's fascination with Ancient Greece. Using Chanel's "The Modernity of Antiquity" 2017-18 cruise collection as a point of departure, Koné will discuss the recurrence of Greek Antiquity in Lagerfeld's […]