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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Jess Cartner-Morley

Chanel’s Monte Carlo cruise show pays homage to racing and casinos

Tiny handbag fashioned to look like slot machine
The collection included tiny handbags fashioned to look like slot machines and packs of playing cards. Photograph: Sébastien Nogier/EPA

The jet-set catwalk show is back, with its sunny backdrops and international front row. But the new world order is complicating the seating plan.

At Chanel’s first fashion show outside France since the pandemic, the Monte Carlo beachfront played catwalk to a pageant of supermodels dressed in light-hearted tribute to grand prix glitz. The 67 models wore racing-driver jumpsuits tailored in pastel tweeds and gold lamé, and helmets emblazoned with No 5.

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