The day I didn't write Chanel, something big happened to it...

Chanel hasn't been written in a while, and the biggest news about it this time was the release of the 2022\23 Early Spring Vacation series last week.

This time Chanel came from Paris to Monte Carlo, in Monaco, with its Côte d'Azur.

Monte Carlo is a world-famous holiday destination where people and nature coexist in harmony, and the sun and sand, yachts and girlfriends, and the famous Formula 1 races fascinate countless tourists around the world. If you had to give Monte Carlo a tag, it would be #The best place to go after the pandemic is over.

For those of us who are at home or in isolation during special periods, such a free place where we can truly release ourselves is really very desirable.

If you want to learn more about the must-punch after the epidemic through Chanel's big show, you must start with Chanel's early spring series, which is released on time every year.

As many people know, the two most important shows in fashion week every year are "Spring/Summer" and "Autumn and Winter", which are designed for different seasons. And this special series of early spring, although the name is "early spring", but many of the ready-to-wear are summer clothes:

The English name of this series is Resort or Cruise, which means vacation. Originally it was specially prepared for aristocratic celebrities, because every winter they would go to the warm south for a winter vacation, but at that time it was selling winter clothes, so it was derived from a summer clothing series that was listed in winter, called resort (cruise).

Being able to fly from "cold winter" to "warm spring" like the celebrities of that year should also be the current hope of most people, and many people must be thinking of regaining "freedom" and looking forward to the days of "warm spring blossoms". The early spring series seems to be "out of date", but in fact, it is the carrier of the "hope" in people's hearts, so the early spring series is more like the embodiment of "beauty". Chanel's early spring collections are always more dreamy and powerful than others.

As early as a decade ago in the early spring of 2008, Lafayette moved the runway to the airport, and the models confidently walked out of the cabin one by one to complete the catwalk, as if to say "I am full of confidence in the future."

In the early spring of 2011, the models came by yacht, and the relaxed and comfortable state made people forget the troubles of the world. This show location is a small French island called Saint-Tropez, known as "one of the most beautiful islands in France", which is the dream of many travelers.

Later, in the early spring of 2012, it was held in Cannes. Obviously, the island is Chanel's first choice for expressing his yearning for freedom and beauty, so it's easy to see why Monte Carlo was chosen for early spring 2023.

A tribute to the past, because it's so beautiful

People always seem to be used to thinking about cherishing after losing, a while ago Weibo had a hot search called #Good Nostalgia for 2019 without the epidemic, and for a while everyone was reminiscing about the days when there was no epidemic. That year, you can go to the stars on weekends, you can travel during vacations, you don't need to wear health codes, you don't have to wear masks; you can go to the sea to see Tokyo Tower on small long holidays, you don't need nucleic acids, you don't need to be isolated... These days, which were normal to "dispensable" at the time, are now "luxuries" in retrospect.

Chanel's big show seems to be a homage to the "ordinary" past, the whole show is relaxed and comfortable, Monte Carlo with a salty sea breeze, the models walk freely on the beach, everything is as good as ever, as if the world has not experienced any disaster.

This reminds me of Chanel's 2012 early spring show in Cannes, also on the blue seashore, where guests sat on beach chairs with umbrellas and drank a little wine facing the sea, with the ease and leisure of copying and pasting with this year's show.

The whole show also deliberately chose the sunset to start, so that the clothes are covered with a soft golden light, making the whole picture more dreamy.

The same dream scene appears in Monte Carlo, where models, some holding camellias, some carrying "flowers" in their hands and wearing them on their bodies, tell stories about "passion" and "romance":

The girls' flying skirts hide Coco Chanel's past with "love" in Monte Carlo, and in the 20s and 30s of the last century, she and the Duke of Westminster compiled their own wonderful past in Monte Carlo. Here, Ms. Chanel also personally oversaw the construction of her private villa, La Pausa, which became a testimony to her love affair with the Duke of Westminster.

Everyone should have noticed Ms. Chanel's beloved Sea Soul stripe shirt pictured above, and this season, while paying tribute to the good past, Chanel also paid tribute to the unruly founder, and there were many stripes and check elements on the runway (the F1 racing flag is also one of the inspiration for the check element).

At the same time, the show also left memories of Karl Lagerfeld, another of Chanel's helmsmen, and Monte Carlo. In the 1970s, Galeries Lafayette and Princess Carloline, the daughter of close friend and brand-inspired muse Grace Kelly, went to monte Carlo to see shows and attend important occasions.

Therefore, we also saw a lot of Princess Carloline's favorite check Tweeted suit on the runway,

And the black diamond check bag she carries most often:

Just as we miss the days before 2019, Virginie also gives us an interpretation of freedom and good times in the language of fashion as she understands it. But the beauty that people yearn for is not only the recollection of the past, but also the courage to look forward to seeing the clouds in the face of haze.

Although the present is gloomy, the future must be expected

Three years of youth, two years of epidemic. Although we miss the past incomparably, the past is always the past, and if we can't go back, we look forward to the future. Many people may still be trapped in their homes today, and it is even difficult to take a walk downstairs in the community. The yearning for freedom in my heart is self-evident, full of energy waiting to be released, so every day there will be various expectations such as "I must go xxx after unsealing" and "I must do xxxxx after unsealing".

Virginie Viard gave us an infinite vision of this hope this time. The main color of the invitation to the big show is the color of the sea, and the big show date 5.5.22 above is also Chanel's lucky number, and choosing to release the early spring series on such a day is also the output of Virginia's spiritual power, firmly believing that freedom is not far away.

The most watched superstar Kwon Ji-yong also flew to Monte Carlo to participate in the early spring show, and the day's show look was also a hopeful azure blue, with fresh and exaggerated flowers on it.

It seems too easy to see the sea, so it is better to drive a locomotive bravely after unsealing, just like Chanel girl, enjoying freedom without restraint.

Or fight a ball game with someone you like and enjoy the joy of being in full swing,

Or play slots with your boyfriend, the chips are always happy and free.

Our hearts have been really depressed in a gloomy environment for too long, which is why we yearn for such a free space as Monte Carlo. In fact, what to do is not important, perhaps for many people in a special period even if they put on a favorite color lipstick, meet with the beloved him, eat a shallow hug is already a sense of happiness is already bursting, isn't it? If you don't want to wear makeup, wear a plain face artifact - baseball cap:

Hat ornaments have always been an important item for Chanel, and Lafayette once said that once a woman puts on a hat, she knows that she is about to do something important. In other words, the existence of the hat is a kind of "preparation" and "expectation", and the early look of the brand's other inspiration muse, Ines la Fressange, should be the best look in women's hearts.

Virginie, who is also a woman, understands women's thoughts, knows what kind of items they need at a certain moment, and knows what they expect in their hearts.

I also have my own little hope, and after regaining my freedom, I must take every day seriously, no longer take the "little beauty" around me for granted, I must sniff the fragrance of the gardenia downstairs, I must cherish every second of meeting my sisters, and I must chase a favorite star like crazy... And, of course, I'm wearing my favorite Chanel dress.

Although Chanel's early spring show has been over for several days, watching the big show video is still exciting and full of expectations. As mentioned earlier, Chanel's early spring is always dreamy and powerful, and I would like to add to this point that even if it is very dream-making, the dreams are real and timely, and do not feel far away. For example, I silently listed Monte Carlo as a must-go place after the epidemic ended, and silently wrote down the few bags full of brand elements on the runway on the weeping list.

About the Chanel 23 early spring series today said this, I hope that the epidemic can be almost over, there are really too many things to do. The question left to you today is, what is the first thing you want to do after the epidemic?

This article was edited by Miss Wendy

Art Editor: Beanie

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