Chanel recreated an entire airport in Paris for lavish fashion show
Putting LAX and JFK to shame, the most posh airport in the world opened up at Paris' Grand Palais on Tuesday.
For Chanel's aviation-themed show at Paris Fashion Week, Karl Lagerfeld pulled out all the stops, recreating an entire airport complete with check-in desks for Chanel Airlines, an electronic passenger information board, rows of lounge chairs, and baggage carts emblazoned with the Chanel logo. The runway show took place in Terminal No. 5 (a nod to the brand's famed perfume), and Lagerfeld told The Associated Press, as he drank mineral water delivered on a silver platter, that the inspiration was "travel, long-distance travel to every destination."
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It was interesting timing, as French union activists involved in a labor dispute ripped the suit jackets and shirts off of two Air France executives earlier in the day in another part of Paris. Lagerfeld said the thought of changing the show because of the protests never crossed his mind. "These shows are planned six months in advance," he told AP. "[Chanel's] an oracle of the times, but it takes months and months and months. Not 24 hours."
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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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