With Virginie Viard having stepped down and no replacement announced yet, this season’s couture collection was put together by the in-house studio team, who paid tribute to the Palais Garnier, an opera house in Paris, which played host to the show.
“Playing a key role ever since its creation, in both the history of fashion and the house, this hotspot of performance and elegance, where everything is about glances, gazes and putting oneself on display, is today hosting the Chanel runway show,” said the brand. “Sophisticated, luxurious, theatrical, the collection reveals itself in the outside corridors surrounding the auditorium, transformed for the occasion into red velvet opera boxes.”