JACKET REQUIRED: Guests dodged
raindrops and hustled inside the historic Rotonda della Besana in Milan, where
black-and-white portraits of celebrities wearing Chanel lined the walls. It was
the latest two-week stop for the French firm’s “The Little Black Jacket”
exhibition, which had already set up shop in cities from Tokyo to Berlin and
will move onward to Dubai later this month.
Vanessa Paradis,
Carole Bouquet, Elizabeth Olsen, Ennio Capasa, Neil Barrett, Anna Zegna, Nino
Cerruti, Osanna Visconti, Federico Marchetti, Marco Zanini, Teresa Maccapani
Missoni, Remo Ruffini and Marta Ferri were among the guests checking out the
113 pictures designer Karl Lagerfeld snapped in collaboration with stylist
Carine Roitfeld.
“Considering it’s
such a cold Milan evening, I’ve never seen so many people turn up to an
exhibition outside fashion week,” Cerruti marveled.
Paradis was among
those photographed for the exhibition and book. She said for her, Chanel was
about “dreams, and class.”
Noting she has a
close professional relationship with Lagerfeld, Paradis said whenever the two
collaborated: “I know in advance that I’m going to enjoy myself… I admire him
and like him very much, we get along well. He’s unique. It’s very precious to
be able to spend time with him.”
Lagerfeld, sporting
his trademark sunglasses, arrived just shy of 11 p.m. with Italian Vogue
editor-in-chief Franca Sozzani, setting off a flurry of flashbulbs and the
usual mob scene.
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