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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Adamson

Chanel marks 110 years by recreating its couture salon in a palace as Blazy era approaches

Only Chanel would call its legendary Rue Cambon salon “too small” — then rebuild it, supersized, in a palace.

On Tuesday, as the house marked 110 years of its haute couture — a century and more of Coco Chanel’s revolution in how women dress — it recreated its atelier inside the freshly restored Grand Palais, turning intimacy into spectacle for a nature-drenched show at Paris Couture Week.

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