Marilyn's Photos - Feb 9 2026 - Spring/Summer Fashion
The Globe and Mail’s Saturday edition alerted me to a fantastic art show. It is the spring and summer women’s clothes collections of Chanel and Dior. So I went online and found the Chanel Show. The Chanel Runway show video is HERE.
And yes, it is a stunning display of artisan skill and exquisite beauty. We mock haute couture fashion today, as representing wealth excess and failure to be practical. In response to that, cynicism, our museums all have clothing collections and displays - historical and present. Below is an aerial view of the seating pattern of the Chanel Show. The large decorative mushrooms indicate a major design theme. There are weeping cherry trees in the background. The information about the shows tells you the “signature” looks - for Chanel it says 21, 28, 37 and 41. I hope this works - if you go HERE you can see them all by number.
A striking note to the Chanel show is the presence of a model who is above the 16 to 25 age range - the lead model is 49, something they showcased in the press. She’s in the photo bottom left. As I researched this, I found out the youngest model for a designer wedding dress was 13 years of age. Oh dear… or perhaps Yuk is the response.
Chanel has ensured it will be the premium creator as it purchased the artisan shops who used to supply them. That explains the feathers, beading, jewels , embroidery and weaving that is present. The most common fabric was mousseline - very light ,see-through silk.
Here’s the Dior Show - the opposite venue style - darkness with the orchid flowers overhead and straight lines for the show walkways. I thought that these dresses might be called bubble dresses.Again, embroidery, feathers, embellishments so striking and artistic.
I was surprised by what looked like almost a hundred models and hundreds - it said 600 people in the Dior Show. The report said the Chanel show had 2,300 attendees.
A walking art show.
I don’t have pictures of dresses - Ii went looking for this picture from years ago on Queen Street West - white paper folded into fans to make a dress.
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