With the surprise departure of longtime creative director Virginie Viard, the CHANEL Fall-Winter 2024/25 Haute Couture collection was created by the house’s “Fashion Creation Studio.”

Sophisticated, luxurious, theatrical, the collection mixed the worlds of Haute Couture and opera/ballet, incorporating feathers, tassels, eye-catching cabochons and embroidered flowers, precious braids, lacquered jersey, supple tweeds, silky velvet, illusion tulle and taffeta .

The volumes were diaphanous, the sleeves puffed, and the flounces pleated. The first look was a full-length opera cape complete with a theatrical ruffled collar. It was followed by an array of classic CHANEL tweed suits, along with long coats, voluminous capes and evening gowns.

The House also paid tribute to its historical links with the world of ballet with tutu and Pierrot outfits, nods to the ballets Le Train Bleu (1924) and Apollon Musagète (1928) – for which Gabrielle Chanel created the revolutionary costumes.