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The long shadow of Karl Lagerfeld hung over Chanel's first Paris haute couture collection without the Kaiser.

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Rather than focusing SIHH or Basel, watch brands are releasing new models throughout the year.

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Rather than focusing SIHH or Basel, watch brands are releasing new models throughout the year.

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Look to the relaxed drape of tulle and gossamer silks for the height of summer, when everyone feels languid and only the most ethereal looks will do.

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Photography Patrick Jendrusch

Fashion Direction and Styling Syan Leung

Hair Peter Cheng

Make-up Vanessa Wong

Model Sasha Vil at Sunesse

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After trudging the stands at this year's Salon Internationale d’Haute Horlogerie (better known to you as SIHH) and Baselworld, and following much deliberation thereafter, our team of experts has finally come up with a list of new watches that Prestige readers should be aware of in 2019. Our watch nerds sorted tirelessly through mountains of ticking timepieces that ranged from classic to contemporary, dressy to sporting and simple to ornamental, as well, of course, for men and women. We sincerely hope you’ll find among their final shortlist the very watch you were looking for – a timepiece, in other words, that suits you so perfectly it might well have been made with you alone in mind.

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Our picks from the brands that have attended the 102-year-old fine-watch fair this year.

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Our picks from the brands that have attended the 102-year-old fine-watch fair this year.

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The sandstone Temple of Dendur was where the Godfather of Fashion made his last runway walk. A symbol of the cultic worship of Iris, it's one of the most recognised symbols of ancient Egypt, a monument gifted to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art forty years ago. Its grandiose high columns, ceilings and towering pillars was a fitting setting for Karl Lagerfeld's last appearance. He had always nursed a soft spot for ancient Egypt.

[inline-quote author="Karl Lagerfeld "]"Egyptian civilisation has always fascinated me: I get inspired by an idea, which I make a reality."[/inline-quote]

The civilisation was the inspiration for Chanel's recent Metiers D' Art collection. Established in 2002, the annual showcase celebrates the maison's masterful ateliers and artisans that produce its creations with savoir faire — think goldsmiths, shoe makers, glove makers, and embroiderers. Presented in December, the collection exists outside of your fashion show schedule, and is typically linked to a destination. This year's collection renders its locale as a fitting inspiration for the collection.
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Silhouettes
The collection's distinctive take on Ancient Egypt began with the silhouettes, taking reference from the civilisation's propensity for clear, optical lines; distinctly geometrical, yet slender. There were hints of wraparound skirts with almost asymmetrical hemlines for coats and dresses. The show opened with the maison's signature tweeds, gold-flecked and cut to rise higher like the shendyt worn by men of the Old Kingdom. Suits were worn over long, floaty dresses, like the kalasiri, the long linen dresses that were the uniform of the Egyptian woman. Plastron collars adorned the necks, reminiscent of the Usekh collars and necklaces worn by the Egyptian elite.

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Symbolism
Lagerfeld was inspired by ancient Egypt's sacred symbol: The scarab beetle. Appearing as earrings, minaudières, buttons, and necklaces, these were created by the House of Goossens using a mould created by founder and famed jeweller Robert Goossens, who was also part of Gabrielle Chanel’s bohemian circle of friends. In ancient Egypt, yellow represented all that was eternal and indestructible, often closely associated with nebu, an Egyptian word for gold. A revered metal reserved for nobility and the elite, its association to ancient Egypt began with the excavation of King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922. The rich metallic colour dominated the collection, in variations of shades that included ones burnished, shimmering, bronzed and even cracked. Modern boaters with a folded back brim dressed the models' heads as they strutted out in knee high gold boots worn over legs flawlessly airbrushed in gold. Gold jewellery combined historical references, from Art Deco to Antiquity, in net camellias, cuff bracelets, hammered medallions and bejewelled earrings.

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Ancient Egypt meets New York 
Paying tribute to its host city, the collection also referenced New York. “New York, it’s an energy and a melting pot of cultures, it’s very stimulating,” said Lagerfeld. Graffiti artist Cyril Kongo created hieroglyphic-like prints for the collection, with street art printed on leather dresses, aerosol-graffitied trousers and canvas shoppers tagged with spray paint.
Lucia Pica's makeup perfectly complemented the collection. "Fresh and graphic", Pica described wanting to give the looks "a more abstract futuristic feel" with distinct graphic shapes in blue and black eyeliner that began from the inner corner of the eye, extended above the crease, and extended past the lashline. Cleopatra references were avoided, with fresh, lightly made up skin as the accompaniment to the statement eyes. 

The collection will be available in boutiques from late June.

Unless otherwise stated, all photos are credited to Chanel 

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Channel that effortless je ne sais quoi with a masterful mix of wardrobe classics, street staples and elevated basics.

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Photography Joel Low 

Fashion Direction Johnny Khoo

Styling Jacquie Ang 

Hair Sean Ang using Kevin Murphy

Make-up Keith Bryant Lee using Chanel Beauty

Photography Assistant Alfie Pan

Fashion Assistant Jessica Khoo 

Model Dasha G at Mannequin

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By the 1980s, the suit as a women's power uniform was in full swing, fronted today by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton but it was still very much an Anglo-Saxon sartorial trend but it's making its way to Asia.

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Big hair, don't care. We got the beat, we got the power shoulders -- plus the distressed denim, the daring colour, the shoutiest bling and all the very best of '80s excess.

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Photography Cher Him

Fashion Direction Johnny Khoo

Fashion Styling Jacquie Ang

Hair & Make-up Marc Teng at Atelier using Sebastian Professional & Giorgio Armani Beauty

Photography Assistant Zhan Hong 

Fashion Assistant Jessica Khoo 

Model Viktoria Klonina at Ave

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