While many things are synonymous with luxury fashion house Chanel, from tweed skirt suits to Coco’s favourite camellia flower, you’d be forgiven if the streets of Manchester didn’t immediately spring to mind. Therefore many of us were left surprised when we discovered the city’s Northern Quarter would provide the backdrop for Chanel’s Métiers d’art collection when it was announced earlier this year.
“For me, Manchester is the city of music,” confides Chanel’s Creative Director, Virginie Viard, “It incites to creation.” And it’s this sense of creativity, vibrancy and musicality that played out on the makeshift catwalk on Manchester’s Thomas Street last night, proving just how harmonious the two worlds could be.
