The Chanel Spring Ready-to-Wear immediately set the tone of the collection by setting the fashion show in a barn full of hay, rather than the cliché tented runway (thank you Karl Lagerfeld!) By setting the show there, the audience immediately began to conjure up more rural, more simple ideology. And then the show began.

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The collection was certainly classic Chanel, but being that God that he is, Karl Lagerfeld has once again managed to create an amazingly modernized version of the traditional Chanel brand. The entire collection was very ladylike, but with country-eque undertones.

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There were, of course, many feminine minidresses, and I’m certain that flocks of celebutantes will be gracing the red carpet in these dresses in the near future. While the beginning of the collection was incredibly feminine (almost to a polar degree), Lagerfeld, of course, never puts out a one-note collection.

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The feminine beginning of the collection was juxtaposed with a hardness, almost rock-and-roll (with a little bit of country, of course) set of clothing. Black prints dominated the end of the show, but while most would think that putting two opposite styles together in one show would be a misstep, Lagerfeld has managed to gracefully and effortlessly blend the two beautifully into one collection. Spring 2010 belongs to Chanel.

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