Bruno Pavlovsky, president of fashion at Chanel, who toured the exhibition with Virginie Viard, the house’s artistic director.
A number of Chanel ambassadors including Vanessa Paradis and Caroline de Maigret were also spotted wafting through the corridors at the preview on Wednesday. “What struck me - and I’m no fashion historian - is how consistent Mademoiselle Chanel’s style is… her audacious way of breaking codes and proposing a style that became timeless.
There are many dresses that we could find in our collections today, that would be absolutely spot-on,” added Pavlovsky.Complemented by loans from museums and private collectors from around the world, including Vogue’s Hamish Bowles, and the V&A, which loaned an evening ensemble that.
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