Karl Lagerfeld has designed an exclusive costume for 'The Dying Swan' as part of the English National Ballet's season of Ballets Russes at Sadler's Wells in London in June 2009.
Elena Glurjidze, Senior Principal of the English National Ballet, who will wear the creation for her performance of 'The Dying Swan' says "we always say that the look is 50% of how you are going to dance, so it is very important to have a beautiful costume".
Chanel has a long association with the ballet: Coco Chanel herself designed costumes for both 'La Train Bleu' in 1924 and 'Apollon Musagete' in 1929. Indeed it was Chanel herself, who in Lagerfeld's words, "helped Diaghilev to stage his ballet again after World War I in 1919".
The tutu was made in Lemarie Ateiler from a variety of different feathers. The costume took 3 women over 100 hours to create. It will have it's debut on stage at Sadler's Wells in London on June 2009 before going to Barcelona for performances in September at the Gran Teatro Liceu.
(From Chanel News)
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