Naomi Campbell on the Cannes red carpet in a Chanel dress she wore in 1996
A true fashion moment on the Croisette. The Black Venus has chosen to bring to the red carpet of the French Festival a creation by Karl Lagerfeld designed for the Chanel Haute Couture autumn winter 1996 collection.
At the 2024 Cannes Film Festival Naomi Campbell takes inspiration from Naomi Campbell. The Black Venus brought to the Montée des Marches an haute couture dress created by Karl Lagerfeld for the Chanel autumn winter 1996 Haute Couture collection. Worn by the same model on the Parisian catwalk and characterized by a mermaid cut and sequined bands, alternating with rows of transparent black tulle. An amarcord that thrilled lovers of the fashion world, creating a true fashion moment.
In the original 1996 styling Naomi Campbell wore a black slip. On the red carpet of Cannes 2024, stylist to the stars Law Roach - we owe him the incredible looks of Zendaya seen at the Met Gala and during the Dune premiere - created a more sensual look. Another difference is the black pumps on her feet. Round and patent leather on the Chanel '96 catwalk, matte black and pointed on the Croisette.
The choice of dress is not random. The collection created by Lagerfeld , remembered as one of the most important in the history of contemporary fashion, marked a turning point between the 90s and the new millennium. As Anna Wintour wrote, fashion was moving away «courageously and definitively from the simple, minimal and vulnerable looks that characterized so many clothes in the previous five years».
«I have loved Chinese screens since I was eighteen. I almost fainted with joy when I entered a Chinese shop and saw a Coromandel for the first time. The screens were the first thing I bought in my life." The inspiration for the collection came from the design and aesthetics adopted by Coco Chanel to furnish her Parisian home. An avid collector of Chinese screens, especially Coromandel screens - it is believed he owned 32, 8 of which in the apartment at 31 rue Cambon - the precious furnishings inspired in Karl Lagerfeld 's mind two red and gold coats and two black and gold embroidered ones with sequins.
