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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Lauren Cochrane in Paris

Culture and easy elegance grace Chanel’s autumn/winter catwalk

Models showcasing designs from Chanels autummn-winter 2022 collection.
There was a heavy focus on tweed suiting and long coats in different colours. Photograph: Christophe Petit-Tesson/EPA

Chanel’s Paris couture show on Tuesday afternoon opened with its famous tweed jacket – but instead of it being worn by a gamine catwalk model emerging from backstage, it featured in a film projected on to the venue’s walls, worn by the musician Pharrell Williams, who was playing drums.

Chanel catwalk show – model in long tweed coat
The long coats were a hard ask for models on a hot July day. Photograph: Stéphane Cardinale/Corbis/Getty Images
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