Fashion Wire Daily - A giant golden lion, his burly head standing 45-feet above the audience in Paris' Grand Palais stood sentry over the latest thoroughly chic floral fantasy couture collection from Chanel, staged with customary aplomb in Paris Tuesday, July 6. And while the lion was mammoth, the collection's silhouette was lean and, especially for couture, short, with skirts trimmed four-inches above the knee.