Evening dress with faux necklace Front of evening dress

After the death of Coco Chanel in 1971, the house of Chanel fell into a decline, which lasted until Karl Lagerfeld's appointment as director in 1983. This dress from Lagerfeld's first couture collection for Chanel, cites the history and symbolism of the Chanel style by alluding to Mlle. Chanel's personal preference for decorating a black dress with a wealth of costume jewelry – trompe-l'oeil jewelry, in this case.