Cruise 2002 Chanel by Karl Lagerfel Cashmere Knit Dress w Silk Chiffon Ribbon Skirt designer-andre-courreges Skirt: 47" from empire waist

Skirt: 47" from empire waist to hem

This combination button and wrapped skirt is made of a polished cotton in the perfect khaki

It is bold and dramatic and it still feels perfectly on point with so many designers focusing on the eighties right now

I love how the black velvet is set in on sharp angular lines to contrast that more fluid feel of the red

It really is a beautiful little dress and I suspect that at one point it had a designer label but that is lost to time and it now only has the label "Nazareth" which I suspect was a shop name and secondary label back in its day

Cruise 2002 Chanel by Karl Lagerfel Cashmere Knit Dress w Silk Chiffon Ribbon Skirt designer-andre-courreges Skirt: 47" from empire waistThe Chanel Cruise collections have an interesting history. Gabrielle Chanel actually sailed and her love of the sport led to her inception of a 'cruise' collection in the 1920s. She was not the first to come up with this concept but hers were among the first to show a complete collection in a fully fledged show. They eventually fell off in popularity and it was not until Karl Lagerfeld took over Chanel that the cruise collections started again. The