Vogue was the only guest at Chanel’s Covid-secure presentation, hosted by creative director Virginie Viard and filmed by Anton Corbijn. Here, the actors take us backstage to reveal their favorite memories of the late Karl Lagerfeld.
Penélope Cruz and Marion Cotillard Go Behind-the-Scenes at Chanel Haute Couture
It was a beautiful day for an outdoor wedding. Beneath a bright-blue winter sky, under the dome of the Grand Palais, Chanel hosted an intimate wedding-themed presentation in the round, complete with arbors of wildflowers, fairy lights and a bride on a white horse. “I knew we couldn’t organize a big show, so I came up with the idea of a small cortege, like a family celebration,” creative director Virginie Viard offered in her notes. Vogue was invited behind the scenes of the production, which this season was closed to the public in keeping with COVID-19 precautions.
Marion Cotillard
Photo: Anton Corbijn / Courtesy of ChanelRestrained though it may have been, the spirit of celebration and renewal extended all the way to the Rue Cambon, where Chanel’s haute couture salons have just emerged from a refresh courtesy of interior designer Jacques Grange, who revisited the space as Gabrielle Chanel herself might have, preserving the landmark mirrored staircase and incorporating Coromandel screens and gilded wheatsheaf tables by Goossens. That space, today’s models and ambassadors, and the presentation itself were captured by the Dutch photographer, filmmaker, and graphic designer Anton Corbijn, who also produced a keepsake photo album to mark the occasion.
This story originally appeared on: Vogue - Author:Tina Isaac-Goizé
