CHANEL Haute-Couture SS ’23

24th of January, Paris, France – An haute-couture fairy tale opened its pages at Grand Palais Éphémère one more time for Chanel during the Haute-Couture Week in Paris. Virginie Viard wished to revoke again the world of Coco Chanel and dedicated the collection prepared for the 2023 Summer season to her years spent in her flat from rue Cambon 31.

Inspired by the mythical animal sculptures inside Gabrielle Chanel’s apartment at 31, rue Cambon, in Paris, the Spring Summer 2023 Haute Couture collection imagined by Virginie Viard reveals embroideries of exquisite lightness. Models emerge from inside wooden sculptures created by artist Xavier Veilhan.

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For this show, the artist presents a stylised bestiary, freely inspired by the universe of the House and his own. Imagined as a continuation of the creative dialogue initiated in January 2022, this opus constitutes the third part of a triptych.

Behind the Bestiary

From his Parisian studio to the Grand Palais Éphémère, artist Xavier Veilhan muses on the dreamlike animal sculptures that inhabit the CHANEL Spring-Summer 2023 Haute Couture show decor. The bestiary marries his artistic universe with the symbols of Gabrielle Chanel’s apartment at 31, rue Cambon, in Paris.

A Flight of Fantasy

Larger-than-life, an imaginary bird created by the artist Xavier Veilhan alights in the rue Cambon, in Paris, revealing a first look at the CHANEL Spring-Summer 2023 Haute Couture collection imagined by Virginie Viard and embodied by model Vivienne Rohner.

From Gabrielle Chanel’s library to the iconic mirrored staircase, she explores a mythical bestiary that entwines the artist’s dream world with that of CHANEL.

Source: www.chanel.com Article edit: Fashion Magazine 24