Chanel Haute Couture Spring 09

It was like an army of Anna Wintours at this season's Chanel Haute Couture show. Lagerfeld, who recently styled a show after a pop singer, and Chanel, a house who knows how to style in homage to icons (pre-Lagerfeld), has sent down the runway a legion of Wintours a la that eponymous bob. We wonder if Wintour, who wore one such Chanel incarnation at this year's Met Gala, was somewhat peeved at the honor. Was it not a little creepy? Perhaps not to her.

Otherwise, you know, it terms of the clothes, the palate was black, white, with some nearly purple greys and a scattering of pink tones. Folds of fabric adorned many of the looks and served as an occasion to cinch in waists and otherwise shape the body. A couple of garments featured the same futuristic tailoring at the shoulder we saw on Wintour's frock at the Met Gala. The details of each piece were enough to inform an entire ready-to-wear collection and were so diverse that it's a challenge to pull them into one qualifying theme. Such is the marvel of couture; the details, no matter how varied, simply are the collection.