For my first Chanel show in years, I was rather pleasant by how visually inoffensive this collection was.
I think sometimes it was chic, sometimes it was interesting, sometimes it was well styled.
I didn’t liked the shoes and as usual the dresses were frumpy (the closing look is horrible) but I think the strength of this collection was that she focused on separates.
Tbh, it felt like an elevated Act1 collection and I can’t be mad because those are the best collections at Chanel.
This is the first collection where I saw a lot of pieces that i love. I think the jumpsuit was good and so was the coated denim jacket with the tweed lining, the knitwear set with the birds, the rust coloured shiny knitted set, the solid black stuff, the tweed vareuse with the huge slit in the middle…
This time, while the pieces themselves were badly designed, I think the prints in the flou section were cute. The bags and other accessories were also kinda good..
Chanel is one of those shows where there are a lot of clients and for some reasons I forgot about it. We were a lot! I was probably the only one not wearing Virginie’s designs but nevertheless, this collection will be a success.
Chanel is not a leading brand in fashion anymore. It’s a leading brand solely in luxury. Those women don’t particularly care about the construction of a dress…Their grandmother wasn’t a seamstress after all. They wants Chanel. But it’s different from when Karl was there because Karl offered a fashion statement. With Karl, the runway show was a moment so you wanted a piece that represented that moment….
With Virginie, the pre-orders will be full solely because the clothes were on the runway.
That being said, good collection by her standards, less logos.
For now, Chanel can afford to just be Chanel because the power of luxury is stronger than the power of fashion.
