CHANEL TALK
2022/23 MÉTIERS D'ART
CHANEL – DAKAR SHOW

"It's first and foremost a story of encounters," says Bruno Pavlovsky, President of CHANEL SAS and of 𝘭𝘦19M, about the presentation of the Métiers d'art 2022/23 CHANEL – Dakar collection.

On December 7th, 2022, the day after the show, the House organised a talk in Dakar’s former Palais de Justice, in Senegal, in front of an audience made up of pupils and students, artists and local and international guests. This discussion also brought together the ambassador of the House, Pharrell Williams, the architect and scenographer Mamy Tall, as well as several artists that collaborated with Virginie Viard on the artistic programme surrounding the show: choreographers Dimitri Chamblas and Germaine Acogny, founder of the École des Sables, and musician and rapper NIX.
Together, they discussed the artistic creation in Senegal and the transmission of savoir-faire.
Bruno Pavlovsky also evoked CHANEL's approach and its first fashion show in West Africa, with a collection imagined by Virginie Viard which aims to pay tribute to the virtuosity of the CHANEL Maisons d’art.
It was also an opportunity to announce the first international exhibition of 𝘭𝘢 Galerie 𝘥𝘶 19M in Dakar, which will be held from January 12th to March 31st and designed by the scenographer Mamy Tall, at the heart of IFAN (Théodore Monod-Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire). The general public will be able to discover a series of initiatives in collaboration with Senegalese artists, craftsmen and cultural institutions.
The choice of Dakar to present the 2022/23 Métiers d’art CHANEL – Dakar collection is the result of meetings over the past three years between Virginie Viard and choreographers, directors, musicians and writers, all together with friends of the House, who are the plural inspiration behind this journey.