Signe Chanel

The staff are on tenterhooks, waiting to see Karl Lagerfeld's sketches for the new haute couture collection. As they finally arrive and are shown to the three lead seamstresses, the workroom buzzes with excitement. This is the signal for work to begin on the Winter collection.

It is when fittings start that the headaches begin. Massaro the bootmaker scurries back and forth between the House of Chanel and his workshop until he gets the shape of the shoes and heels just right. Once the first set of toiles are approved, the work of fabric selection can begin.