CHANEL — Métiers d’Art Hangzhou

As the day faded into dusk, the sun’s final trace dissolved into the lake, and stillness settled. Then: the sound of drums. Light emerged not from the sky but from within the landscape itself. In this moment, reality gave way to a dream—like stepping into the otherworld of Miyazaki’s Spirited Away, just as night falls over the sleepy onsen town. The runway became a theater embedded in the scenery—a bridge between the seen and the imagined.

This atmosphere was inspired by the Coromandel screens that adorn Coco Chanel’s apartment in Paris—lacquered folding screens depicting imaginary landscapes and scenes from daily life in Hangzhou. These panels, though flat, held immense dimensionality.

CHANEL Métiers d’Art Show 2024
Hangzhou, China

Photographs & Words by
Stefan Dotter

Production
WHITELIES STUDIO

All clothing and accessories by
CHANEL