There was general agreement that Manchester was a surprising choice for a Chanel show. A street catwalk in the northern quarter of the city was braced for a meeting of two very different vibes. Chanel is pearls, Manchester is all grit. Chanel is the mecca of status handbags, Manchester the city described by the historian AJP Taylor as “the only place in England which escapes our characteristic vice of snobbery”.
It was fair to assume that the Oscar-nominated actor Kristen Stewart was not a regular at the Salford Lads Club before this week, when she visited for a Chanel pre-show party.
