"COUTURE IS FAMOUSLY not something that is particularly wearable, but this looked like something you could walk, dance, and have a good night in, and I loved that," actor Keira Knightley told Vogue India's head of editorial content, Megha Kapoor, in her post-show reaction to Chanel's haute couture offering in Paris on a midsummer July evening. "I loved the structured shoulders which had a slight curve to them, making them very feminine," she continued. "There's an ease that Virginie has brought to couture. She has the structure, she has the power, but it also has that amazing wearability and ease."What the British actor and Chanel muse succinctly wraps in her reflections is the new direction of couture at Chanel.
Taking off from its usual spot at Grand Palais (where almost every Chanel show has taken place since 2006) creative director Virginie Viard set up camp at the sandy outdoor stadium of the Étrier de Paris. What was once a forest and a royal hunting preserve became the venue for the show and a nod to Gabrielle Chanel's equestrian leanings. To showgoers and fashion purveyors alike, the change in location symbolised a new energy at the house of Chanel.
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Manning up
As far as Dominant Men go, we want to know them, date them and dress like them. ROCHELLE PINTO investigates why some of the most exciting style inspirations for women today are men
One for the road
Across four cities and three days, Trisha Vijay and Raj Thakker planned a wedding along Portugal's rugged coastline.
Brick by brick
After her marriage ended, Manssi Vedhya Karambelkar did not know who she was anymore. She confides in SAACHI GUPTA that building a house over 14 months helped her slowly rebuild herself too.
Men at werk
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Full plate
In searching for a home away from home, Copenhagen-based food designer Priya Mani created an Instagram encyclopaedia that takes her followers through a visual journey of India's culinary legacy.
Miracle drip
NAD+ infusions have become increasingly popular, promising to magically turn back the clock. But are they too good to be true? MATTIE KAHN investigates
BACK TO BASICS
Moved by Perumal Murugan's new book, Students Etched in Memory, actor Avantika Vandanapu chats with the beloved author about how school made one of them and unmade the other.
No bad vibes
Celebrating the quiet vigilantes of Indian weddings—talismans and traditions that protect the happy couple from ill intent.
BODY & BELONGING
Navigating the tyranny of trial rooms and societal pressures, these women are redefining style by embracing their bodies and celebrating individuality, challenging the notion that thinness is the ultimate goal.
World of our own
Art can take many forms: a woman in New York making larger-than-life sculptures out of wool, two lovers in Delhi reconciling their working styles to start a fluid fashion brand and a mother in Copenhagen creating a visual archive of Indian food to ensure her children remember the flavours of home. Vogue India takes you inside their studios, where the magic happens
