GABRIELLE CHANEL X FASHION MANIFESTO
CHANEL celebrates the opening of the exhibition
Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto at the Palais Galliera
© Julien T. Hamon / Courtesy of the Palais Galliera
On September 30th 2020, CHANEL celebrated the opening of the exhibition Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto, which will run until March 14th 2021 at the Palais Galliera, the City of Paris Fashion Museum.
Throughout the day, the House ambassadors Vanessa Paradis, Anna Mouglalis, Angèle, Caroline de Maigret, Charlotte Cardin, Gaspard Ulliel and Sébastien Tellier visited the exhibition. The actresses Karidja Touré, Lyna Khoudri and Diane Rouxel, the writer Anne Berest, the singer Clara Luciani as well as the dancer and choreographer Blanca Li were also present.
On the occasion of its reopening after major extension work, which notably saw the creation of a new set of rooms baptised the "Galeries Gabrielle Chanel", the Palais Galliera presents the first Parisian retrospective devoted to the work of Gabrielle Chanel, the visionary designer, who imagined a new allure and revolutionised the world of fashion, accessories, perfumes, beauty and fine jewellery.
This exhibition organised by the Palais Galliera with the support of CHANEL highlights the birth and evolution of Gabrielle Chanel's style, the characteristics of her work, the emergence of her codes and her contribution to the history of fashion. Drawn from the Patrimoine de CHANEL, the Palais Galliera collections and various international museums, this ensemble of more than 350 pieces, dating from 1910 to 1971, throws new light on the lasting influence of the designer who transformed women’s style forever.
CHANEL X Kristen Stewart
Backstage mood
A CHANEL ambassador since 2015, Kristen Stewart is the face of the House’s Spring-Summer 2020 Ready-to-Wear campaign, photographed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino.
In an exclusive interview, the actress expresses her admiration for Virginie Viard, the Artistic Director of CHANEL’s Fashion collections: “There is an originality and a sort of unique thing that she brings to a room she walks into and I feel like her clothes do the same thing. They feel like a gasping breath. There is a sort of radicality going into it, there is something kind of mad about them, but fun and also grounded in the history of Chanel. I am very proud of her and really humbled to wear them.”
In this video, Kristen Stewart also talks about the CHANEL Spring-Summer 2020 Ready-to-Wear collection, which she embodies in a series of zero-gravity shots. The actress evokes the lightness of the collection and highlights the modernity of these silhouettes designed to offer great freedom of movement. "It feels impulsive and sporadic and honest and colourful and vivid", she says. “We really do need to feel light and these clothes make that feel possible.”
Discover the CHANEL Spring-Summer 2020 Ready-to-Wear collection in boutiques from February 24th 2020.
// CHANEL @ COLETTE //
The must-go shop Colette will host from October 30th to November 25th 2017 the iconic Parisian brand Chanel on its 1st floor.
This collaboration will include different happenings around the theme of music, beauty talks, ready-to-Wear pieces, accessories from FW17 and the 17/18 Cruise collections and many surprises, presented in a dreamlike atmosphere …a unique experience not to be miss.
/ by Xavier Bourgeois /
