Its all about Chanel

A double-breasted tweed jacket opened the 88-look show, with a multicoloured tie and dappled blue tweed.

Truncated bolero jackets, shawls, long 19th-century dandy coats and oversize knee-high boots came in multicolour, as if stroked by a painter?s brush.

?The artist is myself, without wanting to be pretentious,? said Lagerfeld.

There was also some enviable silver looks, with scale-like texture, like on a column or shoulder-less dress with black tulle.

There were perhaps too many styles, and with the myriad colours, the focus seemed at times blurred.

Still, a striped section was great, showcased to ?oohs? and ?ayahs? by user model Gisele Bündchen in beige sock shoes.

It?s not the first time outspoken Lagerfeld has delved into politics. During heated gay marriage debates last year in France, he showcased a lesbian couture wedding.

This time, all the models, including it-girl Cara Delevigne, filed out as a group in a mock feminist protest against the French far right.

Gisele shouted on a loudspeaker and marched next to placards reading messages such as ?Free Freedom?.

Lagerfeld said he thought liberty was increasingly in jeopardy in France with the rise of Marine Le Pen?s anti-immigration, anti-gay marriage party.

?I thought it was a moment to insist a little again, especially in France. (It?s going) backward ... Especially with the party called the Front National,? Lagerfeld told the AP.

?Chanel has a kind of power. People look at it. I think that?s a good thing,? he added.