Sumary of Chanel will travel to Dakar with its Métiers d’art collection:
- Hernandez Sebastian Hernandez Sebastian Chanel returns to long-distance travel and heads to Africa.
- The choice of Senegal also allows the brand to set foot in Africa, considered an interesting emerging market for luxury.
- As always, through this show, Chanel pays homage to the feather and glove makers, embroiderers, embellishers, shoemakers, and other fields that make up their craft trades.
- By choosing Dakar, the house intends to make the knowledge of its craftsmanship resonate with the artistic and cultural energy of the city, explains Chanel in a press release.
- Design of the last Chanel Métiers dart show – © PixelFormula After the last Métiers dart show signed by Karl Lagerfeld in 2018, Virginie Viard chose Paris and the Grand Palais the following year.
- Chanel has presented this collection dedicated to craftsmanship in the past in Tokyo, New York, Shanghai and Edinburgh, among other destinations.