--- title: Karl Lagerfeld's Last Chanel Show Brings Attendees to Tears description: Karl Lagerfeld's final show for Chanel brought both attendees and models to tears, following his death last month. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 5, 2019 8:46 PM UTC  PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 05: Models walk the runway during the finale of the Chanel show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2019/2020 on March 5, 2019 in Paris, France. (Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images) PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 05: Models walk the runway during the finale of the Chanel show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2019/2020 on March 5, 2019 in Paris, France. (Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images) Victor Boyko—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 5, 2019 8:46 PM UTC Attendees and models alike were moved to tears at the Fall/Winter 2019 RTW Chanel fashion show on Tuesday during Paris Fashion Week. The runway show was the last show created by [Karl Lagerfeld](http://time.com/longform/karl-lagerfeld-photos-fashion/), Chanel’s longtime creative director and a fashion industry legend in his own right, who died in February at the age of 85. The show, which took place in Chanel’s traditional venue, the Grand Palais, was set in a fantastical winter wonderland, complete with luxurious chalets and fresh powdery “snow,” the final of the [dramatic, theatrical shows](http://time.com/5532582/karl-lagerfeld-best-chanel-fashion-shows/) that Lagerfeld was famous for staging for Chanel. Lagerfeld’s favorite models, including Kaia Gerber and Cara Delevigne, who opened the show, walked down the snowy catwalk, while actress Penelope Cruz made a surprise cameo closing out the show in fluffy white look fit for a snow angel, holding a single white rose. The front rows of the show were filled with Lagerfeld’s famous fans and past collaborators, including models Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer and Karen Elson and celebrities like Kristen Stewart and Janelle Monae. Tributes to the late designer were omni-present in the show; the presentation’s notes featured a Lagerfeld illustration of him and Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, while the show reportedly started with a moment of silence for Lagerfeld. After the show began, a recording of Lagerfeld thinking back on his accepting his appointment to Chanel played, including [a memory of the Queen of England complimenting his work](https://www.instagram.com/p/BuoOm5dlsiD/). After the final walk, where models walked to David Bowie’s “Heroes,” _Vogue_ editor-in-chief Anna Wintour led a standing ovation for the show, while models and attendees were seen visibly mourning Lagerfeld at his final show. 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