Paris match

last updated 31 August 2022

The maison of Chanel is an emblem of Paris, and at its A/W 2017 Haute Couture show in July, the brand nodded to another symbol of the city, erecting a huge model of the Eiffel Tower in the centre of its runway space at the Grand Palais. Models strode down a gravel garden path as the signature of the Paris skyline loomed above them. For Chanel’s Haute Couture presentation at its New Bond Street showroom in London last week, the brand presented a miniature version of the Grand Palais set-up. With zoomed in versions of the Eiffel Tower in tiled prints on the walls, and sections of graphic metal plinths, the immersive installation left guests feeling as if they were positioned on the observation desk of the tallest building in Paris. Here Wallpaper* takes a closer look...

Film direction: Constantino Mass. Stylist: Lune Kuipers. Model: Gigi Jeon at Next Model Management. Hair stylist: Yoshitaka Miyazaki. Make-up artist: Crystabel Riley. Music: Opera Chaotique

Jack Moss is the Fashion Features Editor at Wallpaper*, joining the team in 2022. Having previously been the digital features editor at AnOther and digital editor at 10 and 10 Men magazines, he has also contributed to titles including i-D, Dazed, 10 Magazine, Mr Porter’s The Journal and more, while also featuring in Dazed: 32 Years Confused: The Covers, published by Rizzoli. He is particularly interested in the moments when fashion intersects with other creative disciplines – notably art and design – as well as championing a new generation of international talent and reporting from international fashion weeks. Across his career, he has interviewed the fashion industry’s leading figures, including Rick Owens, Pieter Mulier, Jonathan Anderson, Grace Wales Bonner, Christian Lacroix, Kate Moss and Manolo Blahnik.