Chanel’s show is always a highlight of the bi-annual Paris Couture Week calendar, but this year’s felt particularly poignant. For in among the chaos that has engulfed the French capital over the past week, Virginie Viard’s new collection provided a reminder of the city at its most idyllic.
With the Eiffel Tower providing a postcard-perfect backdrop, models made their way along the cobbled quayside of the Seine in Parisienne-inspired frothy organza dresses, tweed co-ords and intricately floral-embroidered separates – and all the while, a glamorous gaggle of the maison’s muses packed the FROW. Among them, British actor Jenna Coleman, who stood out as a vision in baby pink.
‘We went with a very, very different look for me for this show,’ says Coleman of her pink-and-white striped two-piece from Chanel’s Cruise 2024 collection. Paired with a pink chain belt, classic quilted handbag, white sunglasses and crystal-encrusted slingbacks, it’s a far cry from the more ‘gothic and rock-y’ looks the actor has gravitated towards for Chanel events in recent years, but it feels perfectly of the moment – capturing the ladylike Parisian chic aesthetic with a decidedly more youthful, playful touch.
‘I wanted to wear something really light and fun to match the summer mood,’ explains Coleman. ‘And actually, it was perfect for the show. Chanel is so good at evoking a certain mood and atmosphere, and completely transporting you. I felt like I was in some kind of really chic film watching all these amazing women taking a walk along the Seine, some with their dogs and others carrying baskets. It was incredible.’
Despite being a fashion world regular for the best part of a decade, Coleman never fails to be entranced by the spectacle of it all. ‘I think my first front row experience was at a Christopher Bailey show, and I just hadn’t anticipated the sense of theatre,’ she recalls. ‘You have the buzz and the…
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