Thigh-high gumboots, plastic hats and gloves...what was designer Karl Lagerfeld thinking!
Designer Karl Lagerfeld presented his Spring/Summer 2018 Chanel show at the Paris Fashion Week.
While models strode the runway in extravagant outfits, the highlight of the show was the rainwear!
Take a look.
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A model presents creations by German designer Karl Lagerfeld as part of his Spring/Summer 2018 women's ready-to-wear collection show for fashion house Chanel at the Grand Palais during Paris Fashion Week.
All photographs: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
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The focus of the collection was not the clothes. It were the plastic hats, hoods and gloves that the models were wearing.
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Watch this model walk the ramp in a plastic hood and matching gloves.
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However, it were the knee-length boots that made the audience sit up and take note.
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Chanel debuted new rain boots and we think that's going to be the biggest trend of 2017.
![Chanel Fashion Show](//im.rediff.com/getahead/2017/oct/06chanel6.jpg?w=670&h=900)
A model dressed in blue separates, flaunts her trendy plastic hat.
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Presenting Chanel's new version of the LBD (little black dress).
![Chanel Fashion Show](//im.rediff.com/getahead/2017/oct/06chanel8.jpg?w=670&h=900)
The boots came in all sizes and shapes. We clearly see a trend here in the making.
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The mind-blowing ramp had an artificial waterfall in the background.
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Karl Lagerfeld appears with model Hudson Kroenig at the end of the show.