Chanel Amy-inspired collection The fashion world is reeling following the death of Amy Winehouse this weekend. The 27-year-old singer, who Karl Lagerfeld once described as a "style icon", died at her home on Saturday . Despite her very public struggles with alcohol and drugs, her unique vintage-inspired style captured the attention of the fashion world - as her trademark beehive and thick black eyeliner were copied from the streets to the catwalks, as Vogue expressed.

"She's a style icon," Lagerfeld said as she he unveiled Chanel's Winehouse-inspired Paris-Londres Maison d'Art show in London in 2007. "She's not only a muse; she's a genius. She's one of the greatest voices today."

"We met Amy in Paris, fresh from having won five Grammys," a spokesperson for Fendi told WWD of the time Winehouse sang at the opening of the brand's Avenue Montaigne store in 2008. " That night, everyone discovered that in addition to a genius voice Amy also had an exceptional and very British sense of humour. Having restyled the Fendi dress she was wearing that night, she said with a wink: 'Forgive my ignorance; I don't know anything about fashion...' We are very sad for the loss of such a unique talent that in many ways transcended music, fashion, and culture."

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"It's just always sexy and glamorous, isn't it – they always get it right," says Lily Cole, arriving for Chanel's one-off Paris-Londres Maison d'Art show in London.

Karl Lagerfeld gave his models sumptuous Tudor costumes and Amy Winehouse beehives – which the designer insists fit with the mood of the collection. "I thought it was fun to do this dark Bardot," he tells us (Vogue.co.uk).