![]() Near-couture levels craftsmanship was evident in some of these more lavish dresses meta design references were carried down to handbags mimicking golden spools of thread (slide 88). The palette evolved though the show to include a rainbow of pretty pinks, ochre yellow, and a neon peach hue before melting into ornate lace and ruffled dresses. ![]() Skirts hit to the knee, punctuated by fanciful riding boots in outfit-matching fabrics. The show opened with house classic tweed skirt suits in hot pink, denim, and chalk-striped black patterns. Guests sat in delicate gold chairs, everyone with a front row view. A total 93 looks walked the runway, which was stripped down and pared back from the wild sets of seasons past to mimic a couture fashion show (though, to be clear, this was the ready-to-wear collection). The clothes, too, weren't terribly surprising. Karl Lagerfeld at the helm, the usual Grand Palais location, and Kendall on the runway. Following Sunday's Balenciaga reveal and Monday's "surprise, it's couture!" Saint Laurent show (potentially Hedi's last), the Tuesday Chanel show felt welcomingly calm. You can also see what we’re up to by signing up here.Ĭhanel showed its fall 2016 collection in Paris today, signaling a near end to fashion month. The archives will remain available here for new stories, head over to Vox.com, where our staff is covering consumer culture for The Goods by Vox. Thank you to everyone who read our work over the years. She has a good sense for how young women want to wear Chanel for everyday, unpretentiously and with a lot of ease.Racked is no longer publishing. But that collection’s brooding romance was replaced here with a vibe brighter and more upbeat, as is Viard’s inclination. ![]() A memorable Metiers d’Art destination show took him and his team to Linlithgow Palace. Viard’s former boss Karl Lagerfeld made more than passing reference to Scotland in his own work. I’m fascinated by this ever-contemporary gesture,” she said in her press statement. “There’s nothing sexier than wearing the clothes of the person you love. ![]() Viard conjured that weekend getaway spirit with colorful thick-ribbed tights and rubber Wellies or thigh-high waders stamped with the famous interlocking double Cs. In photos taken at his lodge in Lochmore and on the terrace at his Eaton Hall country house she wears his borrowed clothes and rubber boots. Because we were in the countryside, she used it on multi-pocket hunting jackets and coats that incorporated downy-looking fleece and for slightly oversized men’s jackets of the sort Chanel lifted from her lover the Duke of Westminster. Virginie Viard picked up that thread for fall and tweed was at the heart of her new collection. The region was ground well-trod by Gabrielle Chanel company lore has it that on her walks in the local countryside she gathered flowers and greenery as references for the colors she wanted from the fabric makers there. The Grand Palais Éphémère was completely done up in tweed for today’s Chanel show: an earthy light brown for the seats, black with shots of pop colors on the walls, and a pale green for the runway, which was designed to represent Scotland’s River Tweed.
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