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Tutu skirt takes centre stage in Paris as Chanel channels ballet trend
Designer for haute couture show wanted to 'bring together the power and finesse of bodies and clothes’
Days after the tutu worn by Sarah Jessica Parker in the title sequence of Sex and the City sold for $52,000 (£41,000) in Los Angeles – outstripping the estimate of $8,000-$12,000 expected by auction house Julien’s – Chanel has confirmed ballet as fashion’s new obsession. Chanel’s unassuming designer Virginie Viard did not embrace the look herself, taking her bow wearing a simple black sweater and trousers, but said that she wanted “to bring together the power and finesse of bodies and clothes” that ballet represents. Photograph: Stéphane Cardinale/Corbis/Getty ImagesChanel flexed its muscles in the US last year with a Met Gala celebrating former designer Karl Lagerfeld in New York, a catwalk show at Paramount studios in LA, and a high profile in Hollywood thanks to house ambassador Margot Robbie, who wore Chanel for much of her on-screen role as Barbie, and for the publicity tour.
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