In the early 90’s, fashion was an important signifier of class and gender. Dapper men put on bespoke three-piece suits while women of a certain elk decorated themselves with enormous cake dresses and wide-brimmed hats topped with some form of floral finish. Feminism was a non-factor in society, certainly not in fashion, until Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel homogenised the female dress-code. Now, we recognise CHANEL from its immaculate jewellery and evocative ready-to-wear, but that’s credit to Karl Lagerfeld, it’s long-serving creative director who’s visionary designs have empowered women, up from his colourful tweed spins down to his shimmery two-toned shoes.
Teaser for “Mademoiselle Privé” in Hong Kong
It doesn’t matter if you love CHANEL as much as our editor-in-chief who visited “Mademoiselle Privé” Seoul in July or just bought the latest CHANEL Gabrielle fragrance for a piece of its namesake, the CHANEL “Mademoiselle Privé” exhibition is making its way to Hong Kong worth a four-hour flight just to attend! Succeeding its pitstops at London in 2015 and Seoul earlier this year, “Mademoiselle Privé” details the minds of CHANEL’s two greatest contributors through an elaborate display of their works in Hong Kong’s landmark PMQ.
Teaser for “Mademoiselle Privé” in Hong Kong
Fashion exhibitions have long been criticised for being superficial, but Alexander McQueen’s “Savage Beauty” in 2011 and Rei Kawakubo’s Comme Des Garçons “The Art Of In-Between” this year have set track records proving otherwise. And if there’s one person we can count on to consistently transform a room into fantasy, it’s Lagerfeld; curating the works and shifting the space, the “Mademoiselle Privé” will see CHANEL emblems including Lagerfeld’s imagination of haute couture, CHANEL N°5 fragrance and exquisite jewellery.
Mademoiselle Privé app
You’ll need to download the Mademoiselle Privé app from December 15th 2017 to book tickets to view the exhibition running at PMQ in Hong Kong from January 13th to February 10th 2018. Make sure you book your tickets in advance and indicate the time slot you’ll be attending. Please take note that the following activities also need to be booked through the Mademoiselle Privé app. A microsite on CHANEL.com has been set up in accompaniment of this exhibition.
- High Jewellery workshop from January 13th to 18th
- Lemarié feather and flower creation workshop from January 19th to 25th
- N°5 workshop from January 26th to February 1st
- Lesage workshop at the CHANEL Prince’s Building boutique from January 13th to 25th
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