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Fashion United
08-07-2025
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- Fashion United
Chanel autumn/winter 2025: a winter of elegance and comfort
Paris – Chanel presented a glamorous and understated Haute Couture collection at the Grand Palais in Paris on Tuesday. This is the last collection designed by its in-house creative studio before the highly anticipated debut of new artistic director Matthieu Blazy. For the autumn/winter 2025 season, the French fashion house reinvents winter classics and reinterprets its emblematic tweed. This time, it takes on a woven look in dresses of varying lengths. It also features in long coats, and low-waisted skirt and trouser suits, embellished with sequins, feathers and pearls. Lighter dresses and skirts, generally in silk or chiffon and often ruffled, also form part of this new wardrobe. The collection plays with layering, with long skirts open over shorter skirts or wide belts with pockets. Chanel Autumn/Winter 2025, Haute Couture. Credits: ©Launchmetrics/spotlight. All of this is presented in black, beige and white, matched with round-toe, knee-high boots. This new wardrobe was presented in the Salon d'Honneur, decorated with wide draped curtains and comfortable beige sofas in the style of last century's haute couture salons. It was not shown in the nave of the Grand Palais, as is usually the case, as the latter houses a monumental installation by Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto. Guests included actresses Marion Cotillard and Carole Bouquet, as well as pop stars Lorde and Gracie Abrams. Chanel Autumn/Winter 2025, Haute Couture. Credits: ©Launchmetrics/spotlight. The next collection, presented in October during Paris Fashion Week, will be signed by Blazy, who was appointed in December, six months after the abrupt departure of Virginie Viard. The discreet and highly respected French-Belgian, former artistic director of Bottega Veneta, will have the difficult task of turning the page after Karl Lagerfeld. Lagerfeld reigned over the house for more than three decades until his death in 2019, leaving the reins to his right-hand woman, Viard. Chanel Autumn/Winter 2025, Haute Couture. Credits: ©Launchmetrics/spotlight. Chanel Autumn/Winter 2025, Haute Couture. Credits: ©Launchmetrics/spotlight. This article was translated to English using an AI tool. FashionUnited uses AI language tools to speed up translating (news) articles and proofread the translations to improve the end result. This saves our human journalists time they can spend doing research and writing original articles. Articles translated with the help of AI are checked and edited by a human desk editor prior to going online. If you have questions or comments about this process email us at info@
Euronews
31-03-2025
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- Euronews
Shelter: Helsinki Biennial 2025 unveils artist line-up
ADVERTISEMENT Helsinki Biennial 2025 has revealed its artist roster, featuring 37 international artists and collectives set to exhibit in diverse locations across the city. Curated by Blanca de la Torre and Kati Kivinen, this third edition of the Helsinki Biennial, titled 'Shelter: Below and Beyond, Becoming and Belonging', will also, however, centre on non-human protagonists. Among the list of participants are big names such as Olafur Eliasson , known for his innovative explorations of nature and perception, along with Maria Thereza Alves and Yayoi Kusama. The relatively untouched Vallisaari Island is among the biennial's locations. © HAM Helsinki Biennial, Kirsi Halkola. Highlights will include new commissions such as Pia Sirén's 'Under Cover' (2025) on Vallisaari Island – an installation that uses synthetic recycled materials to create a fictional landscape, blurring the line between the urban and the natural. Also on the island, Sara Bjarland's 'Stranding' (2025), a playful yet poignant bronze sculpture inspired by inflatable swimming toys, will highlight the growing issue of plastic waste. Ernesto Neto's 'Vallisaari Bird' (2025) meanwhile encourages visitors to pause and see through the eyes of a bird. On the mainland, those visiting Esplanade Park (a first-time Helsinki Biennial venue), will take in Kalle Hamm and Dzamil Kamanger's 'Bug Rugs' (2025) sculptures, which draw inspiration from traditional Finnish and Kurdish rug designs to blend cultural and environmental storytelling. Close by, Geraldine Javier will present a new version of 'Earth, Water, Air, Fire, Void' (2025), a community-driven installation featuring tree-protecting talismans, plants, and recycled materials developed through workshops with local schoolchildren and residents. Sara Bjarland, 'Suspended Matter', 2023. Installation with found sun shades. © Sara Bjarland 'As curators deeply concerned with the current ecological emergency, we are continually researching and exploring strategies to engage with contemporary art as a tool for addressing the climate and ecological crisis. The Helsinki Biennial is the outcome of this work, and we are so proud to share the full list of artists from across the world whose work engages so thoughtfully with these important themes,' the curators said when announcing the participating artists. The 2025 biennial will have a focus on artists from across the broader Nordic region, Latin America, and Asia, with a particular aim to include the perspectives of Indigenous representatives. Among the Sámi artists participating, for example, Carola Grahn's 'Notes on Hide: Panorama Series' (2025) will explore human estrangement from nature, using textile works to comment on colonialism and environmental destruction. Ernesto Neto, 'chantdance', 2023. Photo by Wanchai Phutthawarin. Courtesy of Thailand Biennale Chiang Rai 2023 '[T]he stories and worldviews of Indigenous representatives, including their animist knowledge, come to the fore, offering understanding that fosters a more sustainable and holistic relationship with the environment and all its inhabitants,' de la Torre and Kati Kivinen said in a statement. But, it's not all about the human artists. Slated to open on 8 June, the Biennial draws inspiration from Vallisaari's relatively untouched ecosystem, inviting artists to explore "shelter" as a nurturing space – psychological, social, or ecological – where all forms of life, human and non-human, can thrive. Works will foreground non-human actors like plants, animals, and minerals, shifting the focus away from human perspectives to inspire a deeper, more sustainable relationship with the environment. Esplanade Park will be a biennial location for the first time. Photographer Lauri Rotko / Helsinki Partners Discover the full list of participating artists here .
