Chanel goes to the opera in a gleaming but designer-less couture collection
The show must go on, with aplomb
By Thomas Adamson
Published - Jun 25, 2024, 10:19 AM ET
Last Updated - Jun 25, 2024, 10:19 AM EDT
PARIS (AP) — The show must go on, with aplomb. Chanel’s latest couture display Tuesday was a finely executed collection channeling theatricality.
Few Parisian fashion houses can fill the Paris Opera and gain applause from Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and other luminaries without even having a designer. It's a testament to Chanel’s enduring power and its world-renowned atelier following Virginie Viard's abrupt exit on June 5.
Here are some highlights of the fall couture displays: