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Tatler Asia
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Tatler Asia
Explore Chanel's Cruise 2025/26 show through the eyes of Margaret Qualley, Ally and other stars
Margaret Qualley, actress in The Substance (2024) and house ambassador who opened the Chanel spring-summer 2024 haute couture show, found herself mesmerised by the vastness of Lake Como itself. 'What makes this place so timelessly hypnotising is the water and when I open my big wooden windowpanes in the morning to look out at the deep blue lake. A moment like this takes my breath away and reminds me how utterly lucky I am to be able to experience the beauty of nature and fine art,' Qualley said. Achiraya 'Ally' Nitibhon Above Ally attends the Chanel Cruise 2025/26 show () Thai actress and singer Achiraya Nitibhon, more colloquially known as Ally, was named a Chanel brand ambassador in April 2025. For her, the Cruise 2025/26 show location went beyond a showcase of the house's strive for 'timeless elegance, storytelling and the highest level of craftsmanship'. Rather, it is also an opportunity to enjoy new experiences and make new memories with like-minds. 'This is my second Chanel show and every time I have the pleasure of joining, it always feels like a reunion of family and friends. I get to connect with new people from across the world, receive warm welcomes from the Chanel team and I always get inspired by the breath-taking scenes and creations by Chanel. Lake Como has been one of my dream destinations, so I feel like I'm seeing a painting come to life and diving into the beauty of the destination and the Cruise collection,' Nitibhon said. Ning Chang Above Ning Chang attends the Chanel Cruise 2025/26 show () For Taiwanese film producer and actress Ning Chang—who has been a Chanel house ambassador since 2021—the beauty of Lake Como lies in the impact that the setting has had on cinematic history. 'Movies are a medium that capture moments and so is Lake Como. To me, it feels like a massive roll of film that is constantly unspooling. Over the years, countless famous figures have come here, so many stories have unfolded and the scenery remains uniquely breathtaking. It's no wonder it has become such a perfect film set," Chang said. "I feel really lucky to be part of this story, where every moment is like a timeless link between the past and the future.' Fala Chen Above Fala Chen attends the Chanel Cruise 2025/25 show () Shortly after her highly anticipated appearance at the 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards, actress and friend of the house Fala Chen sat at the front row of the Chanel Cruise 2025/26 show. Along with the collection itself, Chen also found herself hypnotised by an unique attribute of Lake Como: how light interacts with the vast body of water. 'It's the luminosity of this place and the openness of the lake that seem to invite even more light into every corner. Obviously, a filmmaker is hypersensitive to light and the nuance it brings to the image and the mood. One tends to see the subject differently when the backdrop is different and Lake Como is a temperamental one that constantly changes. So, while the movement is exactly the same, it all depends on nature, in a way,' Chen said. Nana Komatsu Above Nana Komatsu attends the Chanel Cruise 2025/26 show () Japanese actress and model Nana Komatsu, who recently starred in the Chanel spring-summer 2025 eyewear campaign, found herself transported into a dreamy universe while exploring the Chanel Cruise 2025/26 show's Villa d'Este location. 'When I arrived at Villa d'Este, I was immediately inspired by everything I saw: the soft colours of the flowers in the garden, the shimmering blue of the lake and the pastel tones of the room that made me feel at home. Standing on the balcony, looking at the lake and hearing the birds sing, it felt like being caught between a dream and reality,' Komatsu said. 'Walking through the grand gardens and along the lakeside, I truly felt the spirit of la dolce vita .' Ananya Panday Above Ananya Panday attends the Chanel Cruise 2025/26 show () Ananya Panday, while a mainstay in the Bollywood world, is relatively new to the Chanel universe. Similar to Nitibhon, the Indian actress was named a house ambassador shortly before the Chanel Cruise 2025/26 show. For Panday, she finds each Chanel show fascinating for its ability to reveal a new side to the house's late founder Gabrielle Chanel. 'Every Chanel show is tied to the life of Gabrielle Chanel in some way and we almost get to go back to the state of mind she may have been in then. As a great supporter of the arts, Gabrielle Chanel was friends with iconic artists who shaped culture and the Italian filmmaker Luchino Visconti was one of them. I think it's amazing to come back to the same space where all of this transpired. As a young actress, I wouldn't mind a lesson in elegance from Gabrielle Chanel myself,' Panday said.
South China Morning Post
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Fala Chen's Chanel 2025-26 cruise collection adventure at cinematic Lake Como: the Marvel star hung out with Sofia Coppola and Lupita Nyong'o – and did a photo shoot by the lake
Just three hours after attending the Hong Kong Film Awards clad in a shimmery dress from Chanel, actress Fala Chen jumped on a flight to Italy. A close friend of the French maison, Chen was headed to Lake Como for the unveiling of Chanel's 2025-26 cruise collection Fala Chen was staying at historic Villa d'Este for Chanel's cruise 2025-26 show at Lake Como. Photo: Handout The actress, who starred in Hollywood blockbuster Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) – and more recently, in the psychological thrillers Peg O' My Heart (2024), a Hong Kong production, and the upcoming The Ballad of a Small Player , set in Macau – stayed at the magnificent Villa d'Este, the legendary hotel and former royal residence where the show was held. Advertisement Here are some highlights from a whirlwind 48 hours in Lake Como for the Chinese-American star. Cinematic Como Fala Chen (second from right) with (from left) French-Romanian actress Anamaria Vartolomei, Indian actress Ananya Panday, Singaporean actress Tasha Low and Thai actress Achiraya Nitibhon, at Villa d'Este by Lake Como the day before Chanel's 2025-26 cruise show. Photo: Greg Williams 'This felt very different from previous visits to Lake Como because even though it has always felt like a holiday place for me, this time I felt like I would love to shoot a film here; it would be a really beautiful backdrop for some mysterious story, like a film noir. Yesterday we did a photo shoot in black and white by the lake, and even though everything is in bloom and colourful right now, with the trees and lots of flowers, it's actually very beautiful in black and white because there are so many shades of light – shimmery and misty in the morning. Chanel held a dinner at Villa Erba on the shores of Lake Como the night before the cruise show. Photo: Handout 'It's so beautiful, and then in the afternoon the light is so soft. Like any girl, I love soft light because it makes you look beautiful. Yesterday we went to a villa for dinner and the light was just gorgeous, with this golden hue to it.' Dressing the part
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Fala Chen prioritises motherhood over TV return
4 Apr - Despite making her Hong Kong comeback, Fala Chen has no plan to do any TV series for the time being due to her motherly duties. The actress recently appeared at the premiere, "Peg O' My Heart", where she was asked whether she will make a small screen return following her last TVB drama, "Will Power". To that she responded, "It's really difficult to film a drama. I had received an offer for some American and Canadian dramas earlier but I had to turn them down because my second child is just one year old and really needs his mother." Fala said that filming a drama takes a long time that she can't afford to have as a parent of young children. "Although I can take the children with me and hire a teacher to teach the children like Nicole Kidman did, I thought it might be better to wait until the children are older. Filming movies has more flexible schedules, and I hope to return to acting more often," she said. It is noted that the actress' last TV drama was the HBO miniseries, "Irma Vep". (Photo Source: Fala IG)
South China Morning Post
13-03-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Fala Chen's journey from American beauty queen to Hong Kong actress to Hollywood star
This is the 46th instalment in a biweekly series profiling major Hong Kong pop culture figures of recent decades. Advertisement Ten years ago, if you asked the average Hongkonger to describe Fala Chen, they would say she was a pretty face on Hong Kong television station TVB, one who joined the city's entertainment industry after winning a beauty pageant. Interestingly, a career in the limelight was never on the cards for her until she stumbled upon it at university. Fala Chen in a still from Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024). Photo: Warner Bros. Picture Chen was born in 1982 and raised in the Chinese city of Chengdu. Her paternal grandfather Chen Xuan was an opera singer from a Shanghai merchant family, and she learned traditional Chinese dance from the age of four. Advertisement In a 2016 interview, she said that she was 'the worst kid you could ask for' and 'did the opposite of everything my parents asked me to do'. Luckily, she added, her parents allowed her, their only child, to 'discover the world on my own'.
