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With France under COVID-19 restrictions, the
label, like others, shared a video online on Tuesday of its show
to fashionistas at a time when traditional catwalk
presentations, usually packed with editors, buyers and
influencers, are not possible.
Actresses including Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard and
Lily-Rose Depp, all Chanel ambassadors, watched from spaced out
chairs as models walked down the steps of Paris' Grand Palais in
an array of delicate floral designs onto a catwalk filled with
petals and fairy lights.
Floral patterns adorned designer Virginie Viard's creations -
embroidered on lace tops or stitched onto dresses. Viard also
put ruffles on skirts, boleros and shirts and teamed buttoned
waistcoats with trousers alongside Chanel's traditional tweed
suits. Models also wore floral crowns on their heads.
"I knew we couldn't organise a big show, that we would have to
invent something else, so I came up with the idea of a small
cortege that would come down the stairs of the Grand Palais and
pass beneath arches of flowers. Like a family celebration, a
wedding," Viard said in show notes.
"I love big family reunions, when the generations all come
together. It's so warm. There’s this spirit at Chanel today.
Because Chanel is also like a family."
The collection, in mainly pastel colours and black, featured an
array of dreamy organza and tulle dresses as well as sparkling
evening gowns.
Models walked off the catwalk to sit on chairs, each adorned
with a flower.
The show closed with the traditional Chanel bride arriving on a
horse and dressed in a 1920s-style long buttoned satin dress
embroidered with sparkling butterflies.
(Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; editing by Emelia
Sithole-Matarise)
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