Free women of Chanel parade in the lights of the Grand Palais

After several years of renovation, return to the Grand Palais and its grand ship, where Karl Lagerfeld’s most spectacular shows took place, to unveil this spring-summer 2025 Chanel collection. A luxurious setting for a fashion show as a new home stage. henceforth it is his creative studio, which has been successfully operating since the departure of Virginia Viard in June as the house’s artistic director for the next five years. Death of the Kaiser of Fashion. The announcement of a possible new designer to follow them still keeps the fashion world in suspense.

Light box

In a teaser video for the collection, model Nigina Sharipova pushed open the doors of Gabriel Chanel’s main entrance, recently named after the founder and house of Chanel, a major patron who supported the restoration and development project of the Grand Palais. The very fine decor of the parade is set with grandeur. In the center is a monumental birdcage, which pays homage to the cage containing several birds that the dressmaker in her workshop gave to the designer. Under Barry White’s voice, the first glances are slightly off. Culottes with front cut and petite jacket with tweed braid and large Peter Pan collar, pilot suit with silk file, feather collar, jackets and shorts in pastel tweed; the collection is dedicated to Gabrielle Chanel and free women. , getting rid of the burdened society’s gaze on them.

Wind of freedom

Feathers, chiffon, sequins and fringes on the bottom of the jeans… It’s a great return of joy and movement at Chanel. The evening is elegant, decorated with muslin, couture, when jeans are decorated with rhinestones and pearls, disco too, edged with pearls or feathers, sparkling like silver braid and two-tone platform shoes that play with the light. For day and night, Chanel beauties accessorize with fun or more practical options, alternating between feather-rimmed glasses, lace-up booties, bejeweled cage or backpacks, and messenger bags with pockets.

From singer Angel to Charlotte Casiraghi, including Charlotte Le Bon, Naomi Campbell, Jenny and of course Vanessa Paradis, all the most famous fans were on hand to welcome the set. It is also for the latter that Riley Keough, the granddaughter of Elvis, nodded during the finale, repeating her famous swing in a 1991 advertising campaign signed by Jean-Paul Goode. Eternal Coco, whose spirit hovers under a glass roof. , would not deny this audacity.