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Chanel’s optimistic Paris Fashion Week runway show, where Blackpink’s Jennie, Spencer star Kristen Stewart and Johnny Depp’s daughter Lily-Rose Depp all wanted to be seen

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Was Chanel’s spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear collection, presented at Paris Fashion Week on October 5, all about optimism? Photo: EPA-EFE
Was Chanel’s spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear collection, presented at Paris Fashion Week on October 5, all about optimism? Photo: EPA-EFE
Paris Fashion Week

  • Virginie Viard’s spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear presentation took place by the Eiffel Tower, as the Grand Palais was being renovated for the 2024 Paris Olympics
  • Models strutted in swimwear-inspired looks like monochrome bikinis bedecked with accessories, as photographers milled about a red carpet to fit the ‘lens’ theme

Chanel brought Paris Fashion Week to its final day with a runway show that illustrated how designers and the people they dress want to look to the future with optimism.

Models present creations from the spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear collection by French designer Virginie Viard for fashion house Chanel during Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, on October 5. Photo: EPA-EFE
Models present creations from the spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear collection by French designer Virginie Viard for fashion house Chanel during Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, on October 5. Photo: EPA-EFE
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It is said that fashion is a mirror of our times – and the spring/summer collections shown here were sexy, vibrant and joyful despite, or perhaps because of, the coronavirus pandemic.

A model presents a creation for Chanel during the women’s spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear collection fashion show in Paris, as part of Paris Fashion Week, on October 5. Photo: AFP
A model presents a creation for Chanel during the women’s spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear collection fashion show in Paris, as part of Paris Fashion Week, on October 5. Photo: AFP
A model presents a creation for Chanel during the women’s spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear collection fashion show in Paris, as part of Paris Fashion Week, on October 5. Photo: AFP
A model presents a creation for Chanel during the women’s spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear collection fashion show in Paris, as part of Paris Fashion Week, on October 5. Photo: AFP

The runway show was staged before a pared-down audience on Tuesday, October 5, in an annex by the Eiffel Tower, but the location had nothing to do with the pandemic. The normal venue, the Grand Palais, is being renovated for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Lily-Rose Depp attends the Chanel spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear fashion show presented in Paris, on October 5. Photo: Invision/AP
Lily-Rose Depp attends the Chanel spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear fashion show presented in Paris, on October 5. Photo: Invision/AP

American actress Kristen Stewart rocked up late to the Parisian stalwart’s show wearing a pink Chanel skirt suit. French-American model-actress Lily-Rose Depp and Blackpink’s Jennie also showed up for Chanel.