It wasn’t all bikinis and leg warmers in the collection (though the latter continued. Constructivist inspirations invoke geometric statements through optical illusions imbued with lightness and a resolute modernity. The swimwear was paired with white sneakers with thick rubber soles, which were partially covered with black sparkly leg warmers, a look that immediately called to mind the gym craze of the ’80s, a là the 1985 film “Perfect” - whose dance aerobics scene with John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis has become something of an evergreen meme coursing through social media every now and then. The show itself speaks to the decadence of ‘90s fashion, full of the decade’s iconic style tropes like bucket hats, oversized hair clips and double C Logo branded bikinis. A double-C cutout bikini with sneakers and leg warmers at Chanel’s Cruise 2024 runway show in Los Angeles. The CHANEL Fall-Winter 2022/23 Haute Couture collection by Virginie Viard comes to life in graphic silhouettes nuanced with precious tweeds and sophisticated embellishment. The 21-year-old brunette wore a purple plaid jacket. The show opened with a series of swimsuits, done in black, some with cutouts including a maillot with oversized interlocking double C’s creating a hole in the midriff of the suit. Amelia Gray Hamlin walked the runway on Tuesday at the Chanel Cruise Fashion Show in Los Angeles as her proud mother Lisa Rinna looked on. To WWD, she added: “From John Travolta to Jane Fonda, so many actresses, the body, the gym, aerobics. “Between a tribute to the glamour of great film stars and evoking the world of fun to be had with aerobics, sports and roller skating, between the dream on one hand and what you want to wear on the other, it’s all a question of balance,” said Chanel artistic director Virginie Viard in the collection’s show notes. Christy Turlington walks Chanels Haute Couture Spring 1992 runway in a little black dress draped in gold chains and hardware with an aviary-inspired feathered headpiece. Chanel’s daring 1930s costume for a young Jean Marais in Oedipus Rex resembled bandages, and that idea of wrapping the body was echoed in the draped panels of a bodycon top that Viard paired with. In a stroke of styling genius, Nicole Kidman rewore the pale pink feathered gown from her 2004 Chanel No.5 commercial almost 20 years on. Riley Keough Soars in Striped Illusion Catsuit & Platform Mary Jane Heels at Chanel's Cruise 2024 Show Co-host Dua Lipa opted for archive, floating onto the red carpet in a couture Chanel gown that was previously worn on the runway in 1992 by supermodel Claudia Schiffer.
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