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Livered barges carried guests to floating stage on illuminated lake at Hangzhou end-of-year show
For its final show of 2024, Chanel built a black wooden catwalk spanning the West Lake in Hangzhou, China, to parade this season’s tweed suits with the kiss-curl roof of a pagoda sitting atop a crescent moon bridge over glassy water as a dramatic backdrop. He did not confirm rumours that Matthieu Blazy, designer at the insider-favourite Milanese brand of Bottega Veneta, will be appointed from a field of contenders which has included more famous names such as Marc Jacobs and Hedi Slimane. Photograph: Ng Han Guan/APThe Metiers d’Art collection, a showcase for craftsmanship in fashion, spotlights the skills of the embroiderers, feather-workers, glove-makers, goldsmiths and other specialist ateliers, and is held in a different city each December.
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