Chanel strikes playful note for spring

Lending an air of intimacy to the event, the show was held in a fully-packed, darkened tent – a smaller, temporary structure while the French luxury label’s preferred venue, the soaring glass-and-steel Grand Palais, undergoes renovations in preparation for the 2024 Olympics.

A model presents a creation by designer Virginie Viard  during Paris Fashion Week in Paris. (REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes)

Paris Fashion Week, which ended Tuesday, is the last leg of a month of fashion industry events that has seen the return of celebrity-packed parties and runway shows in New York, London and Milan, following months of pandemic disruptions.

Chanel creative director Virginie Viard gave the house’s signature tweed jacket and skirt combo a youthful spin, loosening the skirts with side slits, adding colorful stripes, baring midriffs and toying with hemlines.

Models present creations by designer Virginie Viard during Paris Fashion Week. (REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes)

At the end of the label’s spring-summer 2022 ready-to-wear presentation, Viard exchanged high-fives with the grinning models before exiting at a side door.

Guests streamed outside, greeted by driving rain and umbrella-choked crowds of onlookers.

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