The Parisian haute couture calendar was brought forward this year to accommodate the forthcoming Olympic Games. However, amidst the flurry of high-fashion presentations, the absence of Alaïa, Fendi and Valentino has been duly noted. Also notable is that Chanel showed haute couture without its former artistic director, Virginie Viard, who made an...
25 Jun 2024
Awkward! Chanel held its haute couture show on Tuesday just three weeks after the very abrupt departure of creative director Virginie Viard after almost 30 years with the brand. Viard worked alongside the legendary Karl Lagerfeld for years before taking over at the helm after his death in 2019. She oversaw record sales of nearly 20 billion...
A notable vacancy has emerged at Chanel as artistic director Virginie Viard announces her departure. The news, first reported by Business of Fashion on Wednesday evening, marks a significant shift for the iconic fashion house. In an email statement, Chanel confirmed, "Chanel confirms the departure of Virginie Viard after a rich collaboration of...
6 Jun 2024
Experimental and collective. Designed by Virginie Viard, Chanel's haute couture collection unveiled on Tuesday was presented in a show in which the "collective" around her participated: Xavier Veilhan, Sébastien Tellier, Charlotte Casiraghi, Pharrell Williams and Vivienne Rohner. Copyright CHANEL As Friends of the fashion house, this group of...
6 Jul 2022
In this video, French fashion house Chanel has presented its Cruise 2021/22 show, designed by Virginie Viard and filmed at the Carrières de Lumières village in the south of France. Watch the video below. Video: Chanel via YouTube Photo credit: Chanel, Facebook
6 May 2021
Chanel’s creative director Virginie Viard took inspiration from what she calls the “idea of cool Parisian chic” mixed with the ambience of ski holidays for the French fashion house’s autumn/winter 2021 ready-to-wear show. Showcased against the backdrop of Castel, a legendary Parisian club, Chanel highlighted a contrast between volumes and...
9 Mar 2021
In this video, a behind-the-scenes of the Chanel Cruise 2020/21 campaign is shown. Ambassador Lily-Rose Depp gives her opinions on the collection and she discusses her relationship with the artistic director of Chanel, Virginie Viard. Watch the video below. Video: Chanel via YouTube Photo credit: Chanel, Facebook
24 Nov 2020
Chanel artistic director Virginie Viard took inspiration from Karl Lagerfeld for her autumn/winter 2020-21 haute couture collection with a “punk princess” vibe filled with ornate embellishments. While Viard’s spring-summer 2020 Chanel haute couture collection was influenced by the simplicity and rigour of the abbey at Aubazine, where Gabrielle...
7 Jul 2020
This week Virginie Viard's Chanel presented it's AW20/21 collection in Paris. On the contrary to the typical Lagerfeld-styled, over the top set for the runway show, Viard presented a minimalistic scene for the show. Watch the full runway show below. Video source: Chanel, via Youtube.
4 Mar 2020
Chanel designer Virginie Viard Tuesday signalled she may put an end to the brand's themed Paris fashion week spectaculars, a year after the death of her legendary predecessor Karl Lagerfeld. The German showman spent millions turning the vast Grand Palais into his playground, building a Chanel space rocket, a near life-sized ocean liner, the...
3 Mar 2020
Exactly one year ago the news came out that designer Karl Lagerfeld had died. At that time he was the creative director of Chanel, Fendi and his own brand: Karl Lagerfeld. One of the big questions on 19 February 2019 was: what to do next? Who will take the artistic lead over the brands and how do you follow someone like Kaiser Karl? After a...
19 Feb 2020
Virginie Viard, artistic director of Chanel, continues to make its mark and offers a couture collection Spring-Summer 2020 ascetic spirit. In a setting inspired by a cloister garden, the parade has chained the fresh air and silhouettes punctuated great white collars. A sober and rigorous pace befitting the times. Source: Chanel, YouTube
22 Jan 2020
