The official hashtag was #DataCenterChanel. The set was made up of walls of cable units. And the collection was quintessentially Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, which meant a wham bam of nearly 90 looks that, while familiar, never fail to fuel conversation and subtly yet surely influence the way women dress every day.

Watching the show live from the front row at Paris Fashion Week, editor Noelle Loh shares the thoughts that ran through her head as Lagerfeld’s vision of “intimate technology” was unveiled on the runway.