Virginie Viard debuted her newest collection for Chanel earlier this week in Paris. The show took place inside of Paris’s stunning Grand Palais, showcasing a set and collection inspired by Hollywood Glamour. While many fashion houses are scaling back their thinking and assessing whether glitz and glam are a thing of the past, at Chanel, glamour is alive and well. The set, though more simplistic than years past, was evocative of such a time, and it even included massive CHANEL lettering inspired by the Hollywood Sign.
As a whole, the collection possessed a retro vibe meets modern appeal, with cool pink denim and updated takes on classic Chanel tweed. When it came to the bags, they were slightly more elegant than Viard’s past post-Lagerfeld collections, which were absent of the often over-the-top, but wearable art-like designs that Lagerfeld was known for. Micro bags were of the many, including tiny top handle vanity cases, hand-carried micro belt-bags and metal flap bags that seemed part handbag, part jewelry. Other standout pieces were a caged-like metal flap silhouette and a pearl-embellished quilted flap. It’s worth noting that more extreme novelty designs were not seen on the runway this season, nor was the brand’s new Chanel 19, which has been a focus for Chanel the last few seasons. Take a look below at bags from the runway.
[images via Vogue Runway]
The micro bags are kind of cute and I really like the wrist bag in #6. I’m curious about the prices; they should be in the $300-$500 range, but because Chanel wants to be exclusive they’ll probably price them in the $1200-$1600 range.
Can’t wait to see the prices for all these micro items ?
Can’t wait to see the prices for all these micro items ?
i like so much of this collection – bravo chanel bravo!
lets hope its not astromonically priced
I have never like Chanel–neither bags nor ready-to-wear; although it’s a timeless brand, my style is just more modern, and Chanel always felt a bit old-lady to me. With that being said, Virginie is definitely modernizing Chanel (more than Lagerfeld did, in my opinion), and more and more recently, I have been actually coveting some Chanel bags, and this collection is a great example of that! Kudos to Virginie.
I seriously love the totes Chanel does- particularly the Business Affinity Tote. I wish they did more of those. I do like the bucket bag in #5, but I wish it was bigger.
I’m so over this micro trend.
These are adorable but as they are highly decorated, I assume the prices will be quite high. The micros are more like jewelry or an accessory than a bag and I would treat them as such. I would not expect to see any of it under $3000.
a lanyard is not a bag… please stop with the micro trend…
really loving the pearl strap bags, but other than that, i just wish chanel would stop with the trend chasing and go back to more classic, timeless styles!! who even is their audience??
I think it’s Chiara Ferragni. Like, just her.
haha!! i think youre absolutely right.
it is horrible collection…..
…most of these bags won’t hold enough bones for a snack….??
Coin purses on chains — got it
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I think this is such an exquisite collection. There is a lot of the micro trend, but I think it’s well done. I do love the jewelry-and the the literal hand bag. But there is a ton of gorgeous detail-also actual bags that I adore.