The show dedicated to Chanel's most high-end craftsmanship is staged in a fairytale castle. With a romantic-rock vision and a touch of Renaissance elegance

&ldquo;Walking at the Ch&acirc;teau de Chenonceau, at the&ldquo; castle of women &rdquo;, was an obvious choice for Virginie Viard , the Creative Director of Maison Chanel. &quot;It is a castle designed and lived in by women, including Diana de Poitiers and Catherine de &#39;Medici. And the emblem of Caterina de&#39; Medici was a monogram composed of two intertwined C&#39;s, just like that of Chanel&quot;, confides Viard. &quot;We don&#39;t know if Coco was directly inspired by her, but it&#39;s very likely because she admired women of the Renaissance so much. Her taste for lace ruffs and the aesthetics of some of her jewelry come from there. After all, this place is part of the history of Chanel. &quot; In 1936, Gabrielle Chanel wrote an article about women of that era:&quot; I have always been struck by a strange feeling of sympathy and admiration towards women who lived in the era from Francis I to Louis XIII, perhaps because I find them all grandiose, with a magnificent simplicity and a majesty imbued with onerous duties. &quot;In the large gallery where the show took place, the black and white checkered pattern on the floor is reminiscent of a life-size game of checkers and appears on sequin miniskirts, as well as on a long skirt in geometric tweed with patchwork fringes worn with a black and white jacquard sweater. A long black velvet coat - &quot;which has a&quot; The bride dresses in black &quot;look, because after the death of King Henry II of France, Catherine de &#39;Medici wore only black&quot; - opens to reveal a light tweed body-dress. The warm tones of a tweed cape echo the famous castle tapestries, while the flowers of the two gardens, one created by Diane de Poitiers and the other by Caterina de &#39;Medici, located at sides of the castle, inspired the floral embroidery on the wide lapel of a jacket.

For this M&eacute;tiers d&#39;art 2020/21 collection, CHANEL artisans live up to expectations more than ever: a long black lace dress made up of lattices studded with studs, made by Lemari&eacute;; the upper part of a damask dress embroidered entirely by Lesage; the two-tone sparkling silver sandals with plateau and the tapered black boots with cuffs and high heels made by Massaro. &ldquo;And a big black hat from Maison Michel , for a look that is very Milady! I also asked Atelier Montex to make embroideries from the castle that recalled a children&#39;s toy with rhinestones. Because I like that everything is confused, all the different eras, between the Renaissance and romanticism, between rock and something very feminine, it&#39;s all very Chanel. &quot;An enthusiastic Virginie Viard tells us. The aura of esotericism, the presence of the Renaissance noblewoman and the contemporary icon of the house, Kristen Stewart , made the show a fairytale moment, even if admired digitally, the physicality seemed to touch at every vault of the top models, first of all the Italian Vittoria Ceretti.The key looks are completed by chains and pearls, which become belts, microbags hung around the neck like precious necklaces.

"Le Chateau des Dames" shows the Chanel Métiers D'Art collection

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