Simply find the best possible online shopping Horse Couture deals
Shop Horse Couture products and compare prices and listings on popular online marketplaces.
Chanel staged its fall haute couture show in a horse-riding center on the outskirts of Paris, but this, as they say, wasn’t Virginie Viard’s first rodeo.
The designer had vague memories of staging a show at a similar venue when Karl Lagerfeld was creative director of the French luxury house and she was his right hand. And of course, Charlotte Casiraghi opened Chanel’s last couture show in January on horseback.
“I like it when a show harks back to something we’ve already done at Chanel,” Viard, who’s been at the brand for more than 30 years, said during a preview. “I like those resonances.”
Her way of concocting collections is instinctive: no crisp storytelling or specific references here. The mix this season included her second collaboration with Xavier Veilhan on the show set, which again mixed constructivist and equestrian references, and incorporated a film of Chanel ambassador Pharrell Williams playing drums.
Horsey touches wound their way into the collection, too. Midi-length tweed skirt suits were paired with black cowboy boots, and some were topped with matching wide-brimmed hats — a reminder that Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel started her career as a milliner.
There were coats for every occasion, from a…