Kristen Stewart was the only guest at Chanel's Métiers D'Art show
Kristen Stewart was the only guest at Chanel's Métiers D'Art show, which took place on Tuesday, 1 December at Château de Chenonceau in France's Loire Valley.
The long-time Chanel ambassador was chosen as the only attendee at the event after French Covid-19 measures meant that just one VIP guest was permitted. WWD reports that the brand had initially planned on inviting 200 guests.
Instead, Stewart sat solo on the front row for the duration of the show, before offering creative director Virginie Viard standing ovation at the finale.
"We could have had a large number of guests in the Château de Chenonceau,” said Chanel president of fashion Bruno Pavlovsky. “That was the first objective: to come back to the experience and the emotion of these shows. We have no choice this time so we’ll do it differently. We can do many things now, but they will never replace that emotion.”
The 16th-century castle served as a majestic setting for Viard's first Chanel show outside London. The collection paid homage to its former residents, including Diane de Poitiers and Catherine de’ Medici - the latter of whom had a monogram that intertwined two Cs, just like that of Chanel. The influence of these two women manifested itself in the form of neck ruffles, pearl embroidery and velvet gowns.
"Showing at the Château de Chenonceau, at the 'Château des Dames', was an obvious choice," said Viard in a press release. "It was designed and lived in by women, including Diane de Poitiers and Catherine de’ Medici. It is a castle on a human scale."
Stewart has made no secret of her appreciation of Viard's work. In February 2020, she praised the designer for creating clothes that really allow women to live in them.
"Not to get serious, but we really do need to feel light," said Stewart in an exclusive interview. "We really need to feel like we can run right now as women. And these clothes make that feel possible... the tone of this is levity. I could run around the block in them. You're meant to do something in them, not just sit and look pretty. Those clothes are meant to be worn. To feel like that is not typical in clothing as beautiful as hers."
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