Chanel throws haute couture garden party
By Reuters
30 January 2021 |
2:34 pm
French fashion house Chanel chose an intimate family-like atmosphere for its Spring-Summer 2021 Haute Couture show, with models strutting under flower arches at a socially-distanced presentation with a few famous faces.
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