To the shock of attendees at the Grand Palais Éphémère, the French fashion household opened its demonstrate Tuesday with the help of Prince Albert of Monaco’s niece Charlotte Casiraghi, who is also a aggressive showjumper.
Donning a sequined Chanel jacket and black helmet, Casiraghi emerged on horseback, trotting down the catwalk accompanied by a stay general performance from musician Sébastien Tellier. With a number of significant-profile guests in attendance, including Margot Robbie, Pharrell Williams and Vogue’s editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, she circled the home right before breaking into canter.
Casiraghi, who is also the granddaughter of Hollywood icon Grace Kelly, was unveiled as a Chanel manufacturer ambassador in 2020, possessing earlier modeled for the likes of Gucci and Saint Laurent. Her mother, Princess Caroline of Hanover, was a close mate of the late Chanel imaginative director Karl Lagerfeld.
The set highlighted a number of “equestrian curves” according to the luxurious label. Credit rating: Gao Jing/Xinhua/Getty Photographs
“I right away feel of the tale of Chanel and Gabrielle Chanel,” Casiraghi extra. “Horses and driving had been extremely critical, if not instrumental, in her vision of the model.”
The event’s hanging set, which was littered with geometric objects and featured what Chanel identified as “equestrian curves,” was made by French artist Xavier Veilhan. In Chanel’s marketing movie, Veilhan claimed that he and resourceful director Virginie Viard desired the styles and outfits to “distinction with the splendor of the rider and horse.”
“It was also a way of aligning the quite potent aesthetics of the horse with people of haute couture, and seeing how refinement and animality can mix,” he said.
Next Casiraghi’s remarkable look, the relaxation of the products submitted out in the Chanel’s Spring-Summer season 2022 Haute Couture assortment. See the total selection in the movie below.
