Karl Lagerfeld has created a costume for Georgian ballerina
The legendary Parisian couturier Karl Lagerfeld recently introduced an exclusive costume from Chanel for the world ballet star of Helena Glurdzhidze. The creative Chanel house director used 2500 feathers for the creation of a unique model. By the way it will be produced in a single copy.
It’s already known that in the Chanel’s costume Helen, who left the «Russian Ballet» troupe few years ago and moved to the West for work, will dance a ‘dying swan’, which will be held in English National Ballet during ‘Russian Seasons” at the end of June.
According to Glurdzhidze, the costume of ballerina makes 50% of the total impression of the dance, so she was incredibly happy to wear such a valuable and unique dress on stage.
The costume was created in the atelier «Lemarie» by three Lagerfeld’s assistant under his direct control – the work took more than 100 hours. Carl personally presented the costume to his muse in the Chanel’s boutique in Paris. Ballerina showed the couturier an unexpected dance improvisation.
