Chanel Reveals Its Métiers d’Art Collection from Paris
The show was revealed on the Maison’s website yesterday
The pre-fall collections are rolling in with promises of everything from coats to dresses, suits to separates. The mood is leaning toward optimism with a good dose of going-out clothes, but watch this space for updates on the best looks from all the major houses, big and small.
Chanel invited Parisian showgoers to Le19M, designed by architect Rudy Ricciotti. The newly opened building houses workshops for the maison’s artisans. Among them, embroiderers Lesage and Atelier Montex, goldsmith Goossens, the hatter Maison Michel, the feather worker Lemarié, the pleater Lognon, and the shoemaker Massaro. In other words, Virginie Viard is truly showcasing the craftsmanship and team effort that goes into creating each collection and show. Even the invite reflects this ethos. “I asked Dimitri Chamblas to choreograph the film that will be presented before the show. The invitation box includes a collection of texts by the rappers Claude MC Solaar and Abd al Malik, and writers such as Sarah Chiche, Anne Berest and Nina Bouraoui, recounting their vision of the Maisons d’art residing at le19M,” Viard explains.
“There’s also a series of postcards taken from the animated films created by REMEMBERS. I wanted each model, drawn by a different illustrator, to represent one of the Maisons d’art and evolve in a little story inspired by a Chanel icon. I wanted to illustrate each House as best as possible, but with a twist.” As for the clothes, the look is a touch ’80s sophisticate through the Chanel lens. “Very metropolitan yet sophisticated, with tweed jackets with sweatshirt sleeves, graffiti-style embroidery in colored beads by Lesage, voluminous purple or royal blue knit Bermuda short-outfits, and casual coats worn open,” Viard says. “Many of the embroideries are inspired by the structure of the building itself, such as those by Montex, which are very graphic and in silver sequins.”
Written By Kerry Pieri for Harper’s Bazaar US
Images courtesy of Chanel