Ancient Greece Set Gets Guests Musing at Chanel Cruise Show

GOING GREEK: The Ancient Greek setting for Chanel’s lunchtime cruise show Wednesday in Paris — inspired by Gabrielle Chanel’s costumes for Jean Cocteau’s 1922 staging of classical tragedy “Antigone” — got Caroline de Maigret musing about the summer ahead. “I have this special thing about Greece because that’s where I go every summer,” said the model and music producer. “I felt already on holiday in a way.” A boat trip, however, is not in the cards. “I’m a cruise girl, in the fashion sense. [Otherwise], I’m not a cruise girl at all. I have a son and a husband that are seasick, so that’s been the drama of my life,” she laughed. As well as being an ambassador for Chanel, most recently appearing in an ad for the house’s new Gabrielle bag, de Maigret has also been working behind the scenes, creating the online CDM Diary style channel in partnership with the brand. “It’s a different way of talking to people,” she said. “It’s interesting to see a collection through a woman who’s actually going to wear the clothes. I am my own billboard.” As guests including Anna Brewster, Ariane Labed, Anne Berest and Laura Smet, filtered out of the Grand Palais venue after the show

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