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Photographers lined the catwalk, snapping the
models as they twirled and posed, swinging their purses and
smiling for cameras.
Lending an air of intimacy to the event, the show was held in a
fully-packed, darkened tent – a smaller, temporary structure
while the French luxury label’s preferred venue, the soaring
glass-and-steel Grand Palais, undergoes renovations in
preparation for the 2024 Olympics.
Paris Fashion Week, which ends Tuesday, is the last leg of a
month of fashion industry events that has seen the return of
celebrity-packed parties and runway shows in New York, London
and Milan, following months of pandemic disruptions.
Chanel creative director Virginie Viard gave the house’s
signature tweed jacket and skirt combo a youthful spin,
loosening the skirts with side slits, adding colorful stripes,
baring midriffs and toying with hemlines.
At the end of the label's spring-summer 2022 ready-to-wear
presentation, Viard exchanged high-fives with the grinning
models before exiting at a side door.
Guests streamed outside, greeted by driving rain and
umbrella-choked crowds of onlookers.
(Reporting by Mimosa Spencer)
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