Chanel’s Fall 2024 Couture Collection Goes To The Opera, Sans Virginie Viard

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Chanel took a trip to the opera for its Fall 2024 couture collection. Held on Tuesday during Paris Fashion Week, the luxury fashion brand’s latest show was its first runway production since creative director Virginie Viard’s exit announcement this month. This collection—which Viard most likely oversaw in her former role—was credited to the fashion house’s Fashion Creation Studio, according to the brand.

Chanel Fall 2024 couture

This season, the haute couture was decidedly sophisticated, with the famed Palais Garnier opera house serving double duty as both the collection’s main inspiration and show venue. Chanel’s six ateliers and 150 designers crafted the line, which paid direct homage to Chanel’s history with the Palais—as well as the Palais’ own high stature in the worlds of dance and the arts. Models including Amelia Gray strolled through the venue’s gilded corridors and famous main staircase, themed as a night at the opera with a set by detector Christophe Honoré.

What do Chanel’s ladies wear to the opera? According to the couture team, dresses in both mini and floor-lengths, evening gowns, and flowing capes, all crafted from luxe velvet, tulle, satin, and lacquered jersey. Similarly to Viard’s past collections, much of the color palette included tones of black, ivory, and pale pink—with tonal pops of color throughout, including purple, fuchsia, burgundy, gold, silver, and pale green. The line consistently nodded to Chanel’s brand signatures, courtesy of a vast lineup of tweed skirt sets and suiting.

Chanel Fall 2024 couture

For a whimsical finish, each model also wore a large black silk bow in her hair—which hinted at both Viard’s feminine approach to design and the elegance of dancing ballerinas. Dance also served as a core inspiration to the collection, as well—particularly as Chanel’s a core patron of the Opéra national de Paris, Ballet de l’Opéra, and the Paris ballet season’s opening gala.

Gabrielle Chanel’s own historic costumes for 1924’s Le Train Bleu and 1928’s Apollon Musagète ballets were nodded to as well through an array of sheer dresses. Tutu-like skirts, ruffled waistlines, puffed sleeves, and eye-catching accents from off-shoulder capes to embroidered flowers appeared to directly hail from the Palais’ own productions. That same drama was key to the finale, where models stood across the Palais’ famous main staircase as a united front—all imbued with the spirit of the stage.

Chanel Fall 2024 couture

Below, discover more looks from Chanel’s Fall 2024 couture collection.

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