India, Jan. 29 -- Marking its 110th anniversary, haute couture house Chanel showcased its Spring Summer 2025 collection at the institutional Paris Haute Couture Week, currently underway in the city of love. This show comes shortly before the house's newly appointed artistic director, Matthieu Blazy, assumes his very central role in shaping the future of Chanel's enduring legacy.

More of a transitory show then, the house chose to reimagine a more pop-coded take on easily their most iconic export to the world, the skirt suits. When you think tweed, you think Chanel. The SS25 line presented a subtle but very intentional update on the silhouette which feels almost patented to the luxury house. Skirt suits in tweed carried strokes of pastel a...