Casiraghi kick-started what was, even by the industry’s exacting standards, an epic show, conceptualised by Chanel’s creative director Virginie Viard, together with artist Xavier Veilhan, who conceived the setting’s graphic décor, and au- thor-composer Sebastien Tellier the music.
There is a popular quote by TS Eliot on how it is the journey, not the arrival, that matters. But in the case of Chanel’s Spring/Summer 2022 haute couture show, held on Jan 25 in Paris, the spectacular entrance, made by a black tweed and sequinned Chanel jacket-wearing Charlotte Casiraghi on horseback, ensured this particular beginning was the true moment of consequence.
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