New designer Chemena Kamali reboots Chloe with a 1970s-tinged debut at Paris Fashion Week

PARIS (AP) — Chloe revisited its vibrant 1970s essence, infused with late Karl Lagerfeld’s indelible influence, while propelling the brand into a new era for the debut show of its new designer Chemena Kamali on Thursday at Paris Fashion Week.

Despite Lagerfeld’s lasting presence in the brand aesthetic, Kamali is the latest in a swathe of female designers  including Gabriela Hearst, Clare Waight Keller and Phoebe Philo at the helm of the storied Maison.

This is apt for the house credited with inventing ready-to-wear in the 1950s post-war period that liberated women from the constraints of formality.