It’s a tradition that was initiated by Chanel at the beginning of the millennium. Each year, one of the towns that was near and dear to Gabrielle serves as the theatre for the Métiers d’Art runway. After Edinburgh, Salzburg, and Rome last year, it’s none other than Paris itself that this year played host to this new...
The 2.55, the brand’s emblematic piece, single-handedly sums up the spirit of Coco Chanel and her obsession with liberating women. The inspiration for the 2.55 came from the way she liked to wear her skirts to the races – hands in her pockets, like a free man. With eyelets, braided leather and brass chains, a...
There’s no better emblem for Coco Chanel’s style. Pearls, whether the sacred originals or faux pretenders, have a special signification to the double C brand. Within the Ritz, the venue for the presentation of the 2017 Métiers d’Art collection, the extra-long pearl necklace appeared like Proust’s madeleine. While these silhouettes were going down the runway within the...
In the beginning it was brown. Yes, Emile-Maurice Hermès chose this shade for his label’s visual vocabulary, notably by using it for the color of the boxes that would enclose newly acquired pieces. But then World War II saw the Nazis occupying Paris. Like many sectors, fashion was slowed to a halt, and even occasionally...
Dior is known for the very special relation they maintain with the art world – by collaborating with six British and American artists, the Monsieur’s brand is pushing the limits of its savoir-faire. This project gave carte blanche to the artists. The objective: transpose their universe into the iconographic vocabulary of the Dior label. Six...
At the heart of the Fall/Winter 2016 collection is a piece that was particularly attention-grabbing – a piece cut like a winter jacket using the most exquisite of leathers. Pash leather is born from the craftsmanship of Tod’s workshops, but also from a special attention to style influenced by the unique philosophy that accompanies the...
The future is complex, or at least it may look that way to novices. No matter though, for Karl Lagerfeld has chosen to bring Chanel into the universe 2.0. In Gabrielle’s modernity, inspiration and influence came from everything around her; Karl’s post-modernity plunges his creations into a different approach… The proof is this two-tone shoe...
