Though she became one of the world’s most famous designers, this is the first major Australian museum showcase of her work
Most Australians are likely to be familiar with Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, or at least with the luxury fashion empire that bears her name. But the National Gallery of Victoria’s major summer exhibition for 2021, Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto, aims to throw that familiarity into doubt.
That is exactly what the show did last year when it made its debut at the Palais Galliera in Paris. Fashion Manifesto was the first pandemic-era exhibition for the venerable fashion museum, which had reopened after extensive renovations. It was also the first large-scale retrospective of Chanel’s work in the city she mostly called home.
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