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.
A 1970s spirit characterises the 2022/23 Métiers d'art CHANEL – DAKAR collection. The silhouettes riff on a series of tight flared trousers styled with tunic tops, column knit dresses, high-waist trousers, oversized knits and platform shoes. The creations vibrate with a profusion of deep, warm colours, abundant, intricately worked tweeds and geometric embroideries by the Maisons d’art of CHANEL.
Ambassadors and friends of the House at the show
Nana Komatsu, Lyna Khoudri, Karidja Touré and Pharrell Williams share their first impressions on the 2022/23 Métiers d'art CHANEL – DAKAR collection.
Whitney Peak
Caroline
de Maigret
HyunJi Shin
Pharrell
Williams
Lyna Khoudri
Nana Komatsu
A DOCUMENTARY SERIES BY LADJ LY and KOURTRAJMÉ
Directed by the students of the Kourtrajmé film schools, founded by Ladj Ly in Dakar and Montfermeil, this 4-part series documents the story behind the 2022/23 Métiers d’art CHANEL – DAKAR collection and show.
Opening credits of these episodes include a photograph by Malick Bodian - headdresses styled by Jenke Ahmed Tailly.
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
EPISODE 4
Vis lydspor
Listen to the 2022/23 Métiers d'art CHANEL – DAKAR show playlist.
Spirited Heartbeat
A profusion of colour and vivid motifs inspired by the energy of the 1970s are mixed with the emblematic codes of the House – camellias, intertwined pearls, abundant jewelled buttons and dazzling sequins, – reinvented by Virginie Viard in a creative dialogue with the artisans of CHANEL's Maisons d’art.
Images by Malick Bodian with Ibrahim Kamara.
A Story of Creative Encounters
The 2022/23 Métiers d’art CHANEL – DAKAR show is a story of creative encounters established over the past three years.
Interested and involved in the creative effervescence of Dakar, choreographers, directors, musicians and writers, all together with friends of the House, are the plural inspiration behind this journey.
“What I like about dance is that you meet people through energy.”
Dimitri Chamblas
“It’s this dialogue that interests me.”
Germaine Acogny
“Senegal has an incredible energy and a lot of talent. (…) It’s an incredible journey for sure.”
Ladj Ly
Pharrell Williams
Ladj Ly
“We have a culture that is very open to the world, we have been influenced by many things, which I see as a richness, and this generates an overflowing creativity today.”
NIX
“Literature itself is an endless encounter, a journey into another creative universe, and that is exactly what this project feels like.”
Charlotte Casiraghi
Marie NDiaye
Charlotte Casiraghi
Rokhaya Niang
the savoir-faire
of the maisons d’art