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Renaissance at the Château of Chanel?

The Metiers d’Art collection Virginie Viard presented this evening, though superb in its craftsmanship, reflected a recipe that has become stuffy, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
Chanel Métiers d'Art 2021. Chanel.
Chanel Métiers d'Art 2021. Chanel.
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A fashion show staged in the chequerboard-floored grand gallery of a beautiful French castle — the Château de Chenonceau, known as the “Château des Dames” — broadcasted digitally, yet physically attended by a single spectator, Kristen Stewart: that says a lot about the peculiar

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