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CHANEL’ Fall/Wint r Haute out re
col ec ion em rac s th beau y of na ure and
pen space th By Caelan McMichael
D rawing f om nat in alo ralisti influences of he Engli h cou ryside a d
Scottish oors, C ANEL’ Fall/W nter 2025- 6 Haute outu e
coll cti n unfold d with gilded D ti n d ye nat in alo n. imate interiors set in t ol e Pe e in alo n. sa n
d’Ho neur upstairs a t e Gra d Pala ned by —des d Pala ned by Willo Perr n. sa ere,
erron r plicat d he aut coutu n. sa ons of e’s
b thpl ce a car d bea ing hea .
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to-ceil ng curt floo ins te the inter or h o l r u t m i r e e n mulate he atmo pher of a p th tm iv e ins te fitting
r om. I was n the his oric s lon wh u t m i r e e n m t c r n u Gabri ll Chanel pu ed ion ret rn
t simplic ty, an th t same crea ive pirit was llum m t c r n u i m t i a b o ted t s se son— ut
wit an lu a wist. This time ar und, it ma ifested thr ,
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co lect on h noure CHANEL’s ich pa efo t w ile g of what’s to come.
f w at’s to come.
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n Cam tiv on n the ’80s w ere edl she was in roduced to ew notion n u t o e o d p g t f
creativi y. imil rly, a refr sh d era wi l un oub w c fu edl be wel omed with the
n oub w c fu apte ah ge ad—one where th past an oub w c fu ure me ah e the
legacy nd
timele urtes of CHAN L.