About 800 guests gathered at Loewen Cluster, a heritage site in Dempsey Hill, for the annual fashion fiesta that is staged in a different city each year.
Singapore is the first Asian city picked to host Chanel’s cruise showcase – a cruise collection is a range of clothes launched between the two key spring/summer and fall/winter fashion seasons.
About 40 models, including top names such as Cara Delevingne , Stella Tennant, Saskia de Brauw, Shu Pei Qin, Lindsey Wixson, Aymeline Valade and Joan Smalls showed off about 80 outfits.
According to Chanel, Singapore was chosen for the event as it “is the ultimate cruise destination”. “It is summer all year round. The original idea of “going on a cruise” stems from the desire to escape cold winters for a warmer climate and to enjoy an exotic place in the sun,” it added in a statement.
Kicking off the show were designs inspired by cricket, a recreation originating from the 17th century and popular amongst Commonwealth countries and it was no coincidence then that the first set of designs carried the sport’s predominantly white dress code and propped with knee-guards and bats.
The rest of the collection had all the trademarks of Chanel’s black and white as well as navy blue, infused with sequins and pleats, whilst some pieces had a pleasantly surprising full and/or lower back reveals, and others embellished with camellias from the Maison Lemarié.
Pencil skirts, wide-leg trousers, diaphanous dresses, short as well as slender jackets and pleated blouses, made in crepe de chine, cotton, linen and lacquered straw presented an overall light and refined look for the collection all the while maintaining the ultra-feminine silhouette.
