Chanel has just wrapped its cinema-inspired Roman holiday outing at the legendary Cinecittà film studios. Below, all our favorite scenes from inside Studio 5.
1. Chanel is never one to skimp where sets are concerned. Tonight the house offered guests a veritable prop house’s worth of Instagrammable antiquities, from statues of nymphs and satyrs to the monuments themselves.
2. Still, the house can always be counted upon to hearken back to its heritage: Lagerfeld and his team re-created in immaculate detail a Parisian street, complete with Metro; boulangerie; and Karl’s bespoke movie house, Cinema Le Paris—all in the brand’s signature black and white.
3. In keeping with the show’s theme, the evening kicked off with a screening of Lagerfeld’s latest short, Once and Forever, starring ambassador Kristen Stewart as Coco herself, and Geraldine Chaplin.
4. Rooney Mara sat front row, looking soigné in a pale pink gown.
5. Ditch your car service. Those imminently walkable Chanel slingbacks and today’s pointy-toed flats lend themselves to hoofing it—Lagerfeld’s catwalkers emerged from the steps of the faux Metro.
6. If Chanel is more typically associated with the haute, then today’s showing came up strong on a certain Left Bank insouciance. Cases in point: jackets tied around waists and draped over shoulders, models trailing scarves, and an abundance of Bardot beehives and sooty eye makeup.
7. The girls weren’t the only stars of the show, though. Among Chanel’s strapping newsboys (sporting interlocking-C sweaters) were Baptiste Giabiconi, Sébastien Jondeau—plus Brad and Hudson Kroenig, bien sûr.
8. A menswear take on ’60s style in high-necked, billowing white blouses and plenty of beads.
9. Maybe the show’s most covetable accessory? A glossy black camera shoulder bag.
10. Bella Hadid made her Chanel debut alongside Lagerfeld favorites like Lara Stone and Freja Beha Erichsen.
