Chanel showed its first Cruise collection in the streets of Havana,Cuba.The fashion show was held in the streets of Havana's Paseo del Prado. Among the "front-row" attendees were: Gisele Bündchen , Anna Wintour , actors Vin Diesel,Tilda Swinton and Vanessa Paradis. They were seated along with Fidel Castro's grandson,Tony.
The Resort show 2017 was dubbed "Coco Cuba" ,the collection was inspired by Cuba and its colorful culture.
Residents not lucky enough to score an invite to the Karl Lagerfeld soiree watched from their balconies.Before the show, guests were given a tour of the city which included stops at Ernest Hemingway's house and an exhibit of Lagerfeld's photography at the cigar Factoria Havana.
The audience took in the open-air show seated on park benches as the Latin beats ricocheted off the handsome buildings, capturing the essence of lively, steamy Havana, where music leaks from open windows at night and dancing can spontaneously erupt on sidewalks.
The collection riffed lightly on Cuban-isms: The neat vertical pleats of guayaberas — typical men’s shirts — were incorporated into Chanel jackets; beach-y colors and slogans were splashed across nubby tweeds and souvenir T-shirts, and the vivid paint jobs on bulbous Fifties cars were echoed on sequined dresses. One of the latter, in teal, hugged the curves of Lindsey Wixson — a wiz at sashaying down a runway — like a fender does a tire on a vintage Chevy.
They were later driven to show in rainbow-hued vintage convertibles by drivers that wore guayaberas, a woven shirt native to the Caribbean island.
Lagerfeld's swanky affair comes on the heels of Monday's arrival of the first U.S. cruise ship to dock in Havana in nearly 40 years.
Carnival Cruise Line’s Adonia became the first U.S. cruise ship in Havana since President Jimmy Carter eliminated restrictions on U.S. travel to Cuba in the late 1970s.
Travel limits were lifted on Dec. 17, 2014 after President Obama ordered restoration of full diplomatic relations ending years of cold war hostility with Cuba and Castro's regime.
Carnival Cruise Line’s Adonia became the first U.S. cruise ship in Havana since President Jimmy Carter eliminated restrictions on U.S. travel to Cuba in the late 1970s.
Travel limits were lifted on Dec. 17, 2014 after President Obama ordered restoration of full diplomatic relations ending years of cold war hostility with Cuba and Castro's regime.
See all the looks from the collection below :
