US model Gigi Hadid presents a creation by Chanel during the Women’s Spring-Summer 2020/2021 Haute Couture collection fashion show at the Grand Palais in Paris, January 21, 2020. — AFP pic
With white sheets hung on washing lines around the spare set of a convent cloister evoking the orphanage where Coco Chanel grew up, this was a thorough spring clean. “It was a very touching and inspiring place. I felt good there,” said Viard of her time communing with Chanel’s spirit. Chanel tweed suits in black and white, dresses and pinafores with bertha collars. All appeared terribly simple, ascetic even, until you looked at the cut and sparkly sophistication of the flower detailing.
A model presents a creation by Chanel during the Women’s Spring-Summer 2020/2021 Haute Couture collection fashion show at the Grand Palais in Paris, January 21, 2020. — AFP pic “The idea of a boarding school, of schoolgirls, of the children’s clothes from long ago, pleased me,” Viard said of her spring summer wardrobe.