Of all the dates on the calendar, it feels fitting that the Chloé show fell on leap day, 29 February, whose rarity always makes it feel highly charged. According to astrologists, the Sun and Saturn united in Aquarius that day, creating a potent energy and a profound shift. It certainly did. While it’s too early to say what effects this leap year will have on our lives, we already know it’s going to have a big effect on our wardrobes – the Chloé Effect, to be precise.
Arriving at the Chloé show in Paris to see the first collection designed by its new creative director, Chemena Kamali, the excitement was palpable. Jerry Hall and her daughter Georgia May Jagger arrived arm in arm, as did model Pat Cleveland and her model daughter Anna. They were joined by actresses Kiernan Shipka, Clémence Poésy, Kathryn Newton and Marisa Abela, star of the new Amy Winehouse film Back to Black.
Oh, and Sienna Miller, the original boho girl whose noughties love affair with tiered skirts and Túi xách công sở nữ hàng hiệu cowboy boots spawned a new movement. Hold that thought – for it’s about to happen all over again. Miller’s front-row look, a white slip skirt edged with lace and offset with an oversized black leather jacket, was a taster of what was revealed on the catwalk – a cornucopia of boho ruffles, desirable denim and leather accessories with ‘waiting list’ written all over them.
The collection was titled ‘Intuition’ – the perfect name for a runway groaning with clothes that seemed to intuit what women want to wear. A runway success: Túi xách công sở nữ hàng hiệu Chloé’s creative director Chemena Kamali and the star-studded Paris audience in February Kamali might be new to the job, but there was no sign of ‘first collection nerves’ on the catwalk. That’s likely because, Túi xách công sở nữ hàng hiệu while it was her debut as creative director, it wasn’t her debut at the house. In fact, the 42-year-old German-Parisian worked there as a junior designer in the early 2000s, returning to design under Clare Waight Keller a decade later.
Which explains why the collection was a joyful throwback to Chloé’s heydays – plural, for in its 72-year history, it’s certainly had more than one. There were references to the late Karl Lagerfeld’s tenure in the 1970s, but also nods to Stella McCartney and Phoebe Philo. In 1997, McCartney became head of Chloé aged just 25. When she launched her own label, her former course-mate and best friend, Philo, took over in 2001. Both women imbued Chloé with a sense of humour, staying true to its romantic roots but adding a modern edge.
While the Chloé woman has had many incarnations, it’s this version that’s held in highest esteem by fans. Ask a Chloé acolyte to name their go-to look, túi xách hàng hiệu and it will likely be a white lace blouse tucked into bootcut jeans worn with a brown leather belt and brown boots or sandals.
