The throngs of style-setters who packed into the Grand Palais earlier today for Chanel’s fall/winter 2016 runway spectacular got a few major surprises in the front row: an enviably chic mommy-and-me moment courtesy of Jada and Willow Smith; Pharrell, who made a checkered tweed peacoat thrown over jeans and a T-shirt look natural; and, to everyone else's delight, that they were sitting right next to them!
Willow Smith and Karl Lagerfeld.
Okay, maybe not right next to them, but the entire crowd was seated in the same row—styled like a '50s French salon to mirror the collection harkening back to the Coco days—as the fashionable celebs in Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld’s attempt at establishing a fashion democracy. While this isn’t the first time a designer has chosen this seating arrangement to show a collection, it does seem like this is Lagerfeld’s timely commentary on how undemocratic the fashion system has become (an argument many have blamed for the departure of Raf Simons and Alber Elbaz from Dior and Lanvin, respectively). With his characteristically A-list attendance, seating everyone equally is his double C-minted way of combatting the issue.
Jada Pinkett-Smith and Willow Smith
Pharrell Williams and wife Helen Lasichanh
All the better for star gazing (where can we get Willow’s electric blue eyeliner? Will she be the new face of Chanel?) and getting an up-close-and-personal look at the clothes we’ll eventually want to wear (we’re calling throwback bowler hats as fall’s dark horse trend). If establishing a more egalitarian show format will save fashion and get us closer to it, we’re totally on board.
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Photos: Chanel, Getty
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