First Chanel Restrospective Opens In Paris After COVID-19 Setback

The fashion-focused museum, which is reopening its doors on Oct. 1 after two years of renovations, is now pressing ahead although the number of tourists visiting Paris remains muted.

Fashion exhibits have become increasingly popular in recent years, with LVMH LVMH ‘s Christian Dior for instance taking a recent retrospective from Paris to London and Shanghai.

The Chanel exhibit aims to shine a light on how Gabrielle Chanel, better known as Coco, revolutionised styles at the turn of the last century, with clothes that women would feel comfortable wearing.

“We found that her work, bearing in mind she was above all a designer who dedicated her whole life to Haute Couture, was less well known than her life,” said Miren Arzalluz, director of the Palais Galliera and one of the exhibit curators.