Chanel on Tuesday returned to the Grand Palais, where the late Karl Lagerfeld achieved his most legendary triumph, for the first time in four years. Despite the absence of a designer, the designer was able to make his mark at the Paris Fashion Week show, which featured a birdcage theme.
This famous French mansion transformed a renovated Belle Époque building into a giant aviary, with a white birdcage in the center and a collection adorned with feathers and feathers.
Just the day before, British designer Stella McCartney had lamented the “billions of birds killed for the fashion industry” after the animal rights activist’s bird-themed show in Paris.
But Chanel, a favorite of founder Gabrielle Chanel, was full of feathers that celebrated her fascination with birds and flight.
The giant birdcage was also an homage to Chanel’s iconic bird and her black tail feathers, which appeared in a 1992 trapeze ad starring French singer Vanessa Paradis.
This time Elvis Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough sang while sitting on a swing.
Brands want to plant a flag in uncertain times after Gabrielle Chanel’s name is named on the main facade of the Grand Palais as part of a €30 million deal to stage a show at the Paris landmark I thought.
Chanel has been without a creative director since June, after Mr. Lagerfeld died in 2019 and his successor, Virginie Viard, resigned, but Chanel’s studio has changed from its trademark tweed to lace flapper dresses and The spring/summer collection was designed while following some of the label’s standards, right down to the flying jacket.
But it was the feathers that stood out, used in the ruffled collars of crocheted bomber jackets and in 1920s-style gowns inspired by the glamor of French writer Colette’s forays into music hall and cabaret. I was there.
Chanel CEO Bruno Pavlovski told AFP that the company was in no hurry to find a replacement for Mr. Viard, who had been Mr. Lagerfeld’s right-hand man for decades.
He argued that people “shouldn’t have to have a knife to their throat” if they are going to make “the right choices” and said an announcement was likely before the end of the year.
Tom Ford, John Galliano, Simon Porte Jacquemus and French fashion editor Carine Roitfeld are at the top of the list of possible successors, but Pavlovsky is rumored to be will not be selected based on
“It’s time to bounce back,” says Virginie, who has spent the past five years – in fact, the last 30 years by Karl’s side – with great success as profits for Paris’s leading luxury homes dwindle as Chinese buyers close their wallets. He did his job,” he said. .
“The strength of this brand is that it takes time because we have a very solid team,” Pavlovsky told AFP before the show.
Hollywood stars Hilary Swank and Willem Dafoe later joined Italian brand Miu Miu, Prada’s avant-garde sister.
Miuccia Prada, a veteran designer with a Ph.D. in political science, called her show “Truthless Times,” and had models walk through a reproduction of a press hall in a newspaper printing press, with copies of the show notes flying overhead. .
On a day of spectacular shows, perhaps the most memorable one was at the Louvre, where Nicolas Ghesquière for Louis Vuitton created a stunning panorama of color and style, with few looks alike.
The couturier sent models down an extra-long runway that appeared to be made up of Louis Vuitton suitcases and travel trunks.
His shoes and sandals caught the attention of a star-studded front row that included movie stars Zendaya, Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander, and Korean singer Blackpink’s Lisa.
It started with flat men’s style sandals with flared straps and ended with dreamy puffball “cloud” slippers that would also come in handy to brighten up the marble floors of a Hollywood mansion.
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