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Balenciaga, Dior and Chanel Made Couture Feel Emotional Again
The first major couture conversation of the week was not only about construction. It was about feeling, memory, and how new creative chapters are landing.

The first major couture conversation of the week was not only about construction. It was about feeling, memory, and how new creative chapters are landing.

Chanel’s Métiers d’Art show, traditionally a December highlight, stunned in 2025 by staging in a New York subway station – transforming everyday transit into high-fashion theater. Virginie Viard’s collection celebrated the house’s artisan ateliers while nodding to urban energy and American icons. Models navigated platforms in tweed suits reimagined with metallic threads, pearl-embellished denim, and…