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By Emily Cronin

Air Chanel took flight Tuesday morning with a couture spectacle that transported viewers to the golden age of travel.

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Show attendees processed down a jetway to enter an extravagant jumbo-jet of a set. There, they found a futuristic bar cart and a double-C carpeted aisle that proved the ideal width for couture viewing.

The clothes delivered on the sense of excitement, taking cues from 1960s flight attendants and the romance of space travel.

Funnel-necked shift dresses and suits, Starship Enterprise-esque colour-blocking and sequin-spangled evening gowns had viewers firmly on Karl Lagerfeld’s flight of fancy.

The touches that set couture apart were present and accounted for, with sheer tights featuring starbursts clustered around the knees among the standout details.

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