Chanel's enchanted forest show angers environmentalists

Several oaks and poplars cut down to dress Karl Lagerfeld's catwalk at Grand Palais in Paris

The fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has been criticised by environmentalists after reportedly chopping down several old oak and poplar trees for his Chanel catwalk show.

Campaigners said the grand couturier's attempt to present Chanel's green credentials had badly backfired and revealed the fashion house was "completely divorced from the reality of protecting nature".