A collection dedicated to Kristen Stewart? Oui oui. Virginie Viard was channelling “the films 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”. The show started with a black and white film projected on the curved floor-to-ceiling walls of Kristen Stewart in Paris, pondering the “accelerated period of growth we’re living in,” and the “highly pressurising” journey to understand identity. “To know who you are is to adopt an animal subject to change - it’s not a fixed emotion.”

K-Stew’s badassery and quiet confidence played out on hot pants, lace-trimmed boxers, mini tweed coat-dresses and classic black tweed suits. “Whether it’s her, or the other women I dress, I need to feel that they like the clothes anyway,” said Viard. “But, of the people around me, she is the closest to Gabrielle Chanel, at least to my idea of her. She understands Chanel, its clothes. And with her, it becomes even more modern. This collection, it’s also her.” Amongst the tom-boy influence, flouncing ostrich feathers, rhinestones and sequins shimmered. Mint green and strawberry ice cream pink coloured a new modern checkered suit complete with arm warmers and resses were slinky in liquid gold or midnight black. It struck the perfect balance between glamourous and tough. So very Kristen, so very Chanel.

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