MANIFESTO

#61

ART NOW

LAST YEAR IN MARIENBAD

2022.10.04

Text by Lucrezia Sgualdino.

Chanel’s spring/summer 2023 collection represents the artistic revolution of Gabrielle Coco Chanel. A sophisticated and timeless allure, a free and discreet feminine freedom inspired by the film Last Year in Marienbad.

Virginie Viard is inspired by the Maison’s past by choosing Kristen Stewart as the face of the collection. Indeed, the actress represents the idea of Gabrielle Chanel in Viard’s mind. Grace and elegance, beauty and sophistication. She, as a representation of the woman, feels the clothes she wears, finds herself in the values of the brand giving them a modern vision. In fact, this collection is also herself. The show opens with a small short film shot by the duo Inez & Vinoodh featuring Stewart herself as the protagonist coming out of Le Champo, an iconic art-house cinema in the Latin Quarter of Paris after the performance of Last Year in Marienmad, a 1961 film directed by Alain Resnais. She wears a jersey top, embellished with an oversized bow and a long skirt in pleated and embroidered tulle. From here we begin to savor the entire défilé. 

“The film we have seen, those that possess us and those we invent for ourselves, Marienbad, the Nouvelle Vague, the allure according to Gabrielle Chanel, Karl, the night, feathers, sequins, heels: I like it when things get mixed up.”

– Virginie Viard

The color palette is classic, between black and white there are pastel and dusty shades. Tweed is as always the master, with large patch pockets, frayed or hand-finished; we find blazers, skirts or entire suits, with various weft threads inside or embellished with sequins. The evening world is emphasized by bows and ribbons of all kinds, boas and feathers applied to garments, embroidery details and rhinestones. Velvet, silk and jersey give movement to silhouettes adorned with gold and silver highlights, in a perfect combination of sophistication and modernity. The world presented embodies an almost fantastic and surreal vision, telling the story of a woman going through her life with innate charm. 

RIVE DROITE

SAINT LAURENT BY
VANESSA BEECROFT

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Saint Laurent invites Vanessa Beecroft to photograph the Spring 23 collection: a selection of 14 polaroids is on display at Rive Droite stores in Paris and Los Angeles. 

COLLECTION

Gucci Après-Ski

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The Maison presents the new Gucci Après-Ski collection, a selection of garments designed for a luxurious and refined high-altitude season told through a retro campaign inspired by the relaxed atmosphere of winter holidays.

JACQUEMUS

"LE RAPHIA"

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Under a relentless rain of raffia, that breaks in like a summer storm, Jacquemus presents its new Spring Summer 2023 collection, titled “Le Raphia”. The natural fiber becomes the undisputed star moving from its raw essence to being extremely luxurious.

CELINE

Age of Indieness

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Age of Indieness spotlights an aesthetic raised from the indie-sleaze era of the 1990s and early 2000s, Celine’s Winter 2023 collection, designed by Hedi Slimane, walk the catwalk at the Wiltern Theatre in the heart of Los Angeles.

Fashion

Chanel
Métiers d’Art

2022.12.09

The Chanel Métiers d’Art 2022/23 collection, presented under the artistic direction of Virginie Viard, parades at the Palais de Justice in Dakar, capital of Senegal. The show is unique in terms of creativity, and a tribute to the savoir-faire of the place.