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We know this much to be true: Karl Lagerfeld was a stickler for detail. His intricate Chanel designs took center stage during the house's many fashion shows

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From the debut of the first ready-to-wear collection in 1978, Chanel can always be counted on for one of the most major runway spectacles of the season. Here, the runway evolution of the fashion house from the '70s through the Spring 2015 collection.

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A model walks the runway during the Alexandre Vauthier Spring Summer 2019 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 22, 2019 in Paris, France.

This season marks the first time that Donatella Versace has shown both her women’s and men’s collections on the same runway, a decision made by the designer to hero not only inclusivity and equality but to show that women and men are “equally powerful.” Power, she said in a press release following the show, “doesn’t have anything to do with gender, it comes from a different type of confidence, both from their sensual exuberance and their minds.”