Photos: Chanel -- Paris Fashion Week Spring 2012

 

Karl Lagerfeld showed his Spring 2012 collection for French fashion house Chanel during Paris Fashion Week. The runway was transformed into an undersea kingdom and the show featured a performance by Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine.

 
 
 
 
Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine performs at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
 

Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine performs at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.

Photograph by: Pascal Le Segretain, Getty Images

 
Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine performs at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
Models walk the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
Models walk the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
A model walks the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
Models walk the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
Models walk the runway at the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
Karl Lagerfeld acknowledges the applause of the audience with models and Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine after the Chanel Spring 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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