What the hell has he done?

Does anyone else think that Karl Lagerfeld has finally bitten off more than he can chew? I mean would you look at what he has just sent down the runway at Chanel's Pre-Fall 2009 collection, it looks as though the guy just stole the ugly print from the carpet of my grandmother's nursing home and combined it with some of the matching drapes and then called it a day! This is NOT Chanel! This is not elegance, class, style or innovation, which are all the descriptions that I'd normally use to characterize the Chanel empire. This collection which was the first of Lagerfeld's directorial debut is a clear indication of Lagerfeld's inability to design and direct for more than one house let alone THREE! To be quite frank, I think the poor man is just starting to run out of ideas and is now resorting to trancsending Coco's life into the clothes rather than her initial concept and aesthetic. Because if Lagerfeld managed to find an inkling of time to take a step back, he would realize that Coco's life (especially her love life to which this collection was influenced by) was a lot more colorful than the muted tones that she used in her original simplistic work. Fine some of you may say that he has to design for today's fashion and be innovative, but there is definitely no innovation in a brown and orange (urgh!) wool dress (see below). To be realistic, I was wearing the exact same thing in the winter of 95'. When I was 4 yrs old!

(Don't get me started on what's wrong here!)

(This I have a copy of from the days of Power Rangers and Lego)

(Is this a joke?)
Images: Chanel Pre-Fall 2009 from Style.com

I was going to try and be objective about the pro's and con's of this collection but really, I can't find any from the former! But please tell me whether you agree or not cause I'd be very interested to get someone else's opinion on the matter!

Love Always xoxo
S.A.A.