Chanel's little black jacket

As promised I went to the Saatchi gallery today to have a look at Chanel's Little Black Jacket exhibition.  The launch party last night was a star studded event and ever so fashionable!  "The who's who of fashion flocked to the Saatchi gallery in London last night to celebrate the arrival of the hotly anticpated Chanel exibition, The Little Black Jacket."

"CHANEL's photographic exhibition dedicated to Karl Lagerfeld's latest book, 'The Little Black Jacket: CHANEL's classic revisited by Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld', will open at the Saatchi Gallery in London in October.

Following on from Tokyo, New York, Taipei and Hong Kong, this special event underlines the brand's values of creativity, modernity and excellence.

The public will discover the versatility and timelessness of the iconic CHANEL jacket through Karl Lagerfeld's 113 photographs, modelled on a range of friends of the House, with each personality adapting the garment to reflect their own inimitable style - worn as a cape on singer Lily Allen, draped around model Stella Tennant, or even transformed into a vest on model Edie Campbell.

Running simultaneously with the exhibition, window displays in CHANEL's Bond Street, Sloane Street and Brompton Cross boutiques will present a selection of jackets from the latest collections.

'The Little Black Jacket: CHANEL's classic revisited by Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld,'* will be available worldwide in bookshops this autumn."

I had never been to the Saatchi Gallery before and it was such a delight seeing it for the first time.  It is located in Sloane Square which is pretty much heaven on earth!  Full of the rich and glamourous!  The gallery itself is a beautiful building set in spacious stunning grounds.

 

The Chanel exhibition is located upstairs on the first floor and consists of four seperate rooms.  The lighting is dark and classical and each wall has stunning black and white photos of celebrities and models wearing Chanel's famous little black jacket. 

 

 

The exhibition is so simple and yet so effective.  It perfectly reflects Chanel in every way.  Here are a few of my favourite photos.

 

 

To be honest, I'm not the biggest fan of Karl Largerfeld as a person, but there is no denying his magnificent talent and contribution to fashion.  This exhibition is a definite MUST! It is so stunning and inspiring, its free AND I got three huge free posters! Amazing!