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Chanel and JW Anderson show their resistance to global luxury downturn
Chanel’s Paris show harked back to brand’s first boutique, while JW Anderson pivots to lifestyle and homewares
Photograph: Stéphane Cardinale/Corbis/Getty ImagesA gold wheatsheaf was placed on each seat – and though not obviously rooted in nature, the shoulder-baring dresses, flat boots and the almost hippyish dropped-waist wedding gown that closed the show certainly had a pastoral simplicity to them, by couture standards. The show began by playing with Chanel’s Chanel-ness: little box jackets and skirt suits – a look described by Vogue in 1964 as “the world’s prettiest uniform” – came updated in beige and black with jewelled buttons. For £25, you can buy a jar of honey from Houghton Hall topped with traditional Norfolk linen made by the artist Max Mosscrop, while a large bag of branded tea is a snip at £30.
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