

When paired with these black biker shorts, it ties in with the gymcore seen in Chanel’s most recent collection.

What makes it more special: it was my mom’s outerwear in the nineties. This satin white jacket lined with pearls head-nods to Coco Chanel’s classic layered pearl necklace. To mark the modern Chanel-Hollywood affair, I decided to wear an outfit during a day out in Beverly Hills reminiscent of the Chanel Cruise 2024 theme, while including classic Chanel motifs.

But taking it back even further, Coco Chanel herself had a brief collaboration with MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer), designing costumes for a few films, including Tonight or Never and Palmy Days. Virginie Viard practically left a tweed-coated Easter Egg about staging a show in Los Angeles, when Chanel’s Spring/Summer 2021 collection’s backdrop spelled out the brand name in capital letters in a similar font to the Hollywood Sign. Karl Lagerfeld debuted a cruise collection inside a hanger of the Santa Monica Airport. No detail was overlooked in order to reconstruct a black and white Paris.Ī minimal, wooden, mechanical structure that mimicked a doll’s house complete with a pathway surrounded by real grass and a pond served as the backdrop for Chanel Spring 2016 Haute Couture.A post shared by CHANEL this is not Chanel’s first dalliance with the city of dreams. Karl Lagerfeld brought Paris to Rome at the legendary Cinecittà Studios to host the Chanel Métiers d’Art Pre-Fall 2016 show. The Grand Palais in Paris was transformed into an airport terminal for Chanel Spring 2016 ready-to-wear, where every jet-setting detail was splashed with double Cs. Guests pulled up a chair to a white, linen-covered table at Brasserie Gabriel at the Chanel Fall 2015 ready-to-wear show. Three hundred flowers were made to decorate the Chanel 2015 Haute Couture runway set that mechanically bloomed. Guests found their plush floor seats at Chanel Resort 2015 in a vast venue decorated with fake palm trees and gold CC-lattice screens, located on a man-made island (of course) in Dubai.Ī chic, feminist protest took place down the Boulevard Chanel runway lined with building façades at the Chanel Spring 2015 ready-to-wear show. Who would have thought grocery shopping could be so much fun? Karl Lagerfeld brought supermarket mania to the Chanel Fall 2014 ready-to-wear show. Seventy-five pieces of Chanel-inspired artwork lined the faux modern art gallery runway for the Chanel Spring 2014 ready-to-wear show. Karl Lagerfeld paid homage to the designer’s astrological sign with a massive lion sculpture at Chanel Fall 2010 Haute Couture. Karl brought the Arctic to Paris with a glacier imported from Sweden that took center stage for Chanel’s Fall 2010 ready-to-wear show. To relive the magical runway experience, feast your eyes on our favorite Chanel runway show set designs ahead of the brand’s Fall 2016 ready-to-wear show.Ī larger-than-life spinning carousel boasting quilted bags, camellia flowers, and perfume bottles at Chanel’s Fall 2008 ready-to-wear show. Among the memorable Chanel runway show set designs: a mock supermarket stocked with Chanel-branded products, clusters of crystal shards splitting through the ground, and a chic airport terminal complete with check-in counters, boarding gates, and luggage carts. Season after season, the creative director defies expectations and transports his audience into a fantasy world via elaborate productions that serve as a backdrop to the collection.

Nothing is off limits when it comes to Karl Lagerfeld staging a Chanel runway show.
