Chanel’s President Of Fashion On The House's Latest Exhibition And Life After Karl
Sitting down with Chanel ’s President of Fashion, Bruno Pavlovsky , only a matter of months after the passing of the house’s legendary creative director Karl Lagerfeld and the subsequent appointment of his second-in-command Virginie Viard, could well be a slightly fraught affair. After all, this is one of the world’s most revered - and lucrative - luxury brands, and it has just lost the man who ensured its sustained success throughout his over 30-year reign. In fact, so profound has his impact been on the brand that today Lagerfeld’s name is almost as interwoven with the Chanel narrative as that of Coco herself. But in the sticky Shanghai heat, amidst the opening celebrations surrounding the latest and largest iteration of Chanel’s travelling Mademoiselle Privé exhibition, Pavlovsky is resolutely calm. “Nobody is eternal,” he smiles. “The brand is stronger than that.” The 6000 square feet that comprise Mademoiselle Privé are, in...