The five pieces you’ll be wearing next summer, courtesy of Chanel

There’s a narrative developing around Chanel that pitches Virginie Viard, who took the Creative Director job three years ago, against Karl Lagerfeld, who ran the house for almost 40 years. Viard inevitably comes off worst. Karl is not an easy act to follow and middle-aged female designers often get a harder time than other male designers whose shows are equally polarising. Sure, she can be patchy. But so could Karl.