For international customers, CHANEL 2017 Cruise (17C) is a destination collection in the fullest sense: Karl Lagerfeld staged the show on Havana’s Paseo del Prado on 3 May 2016, allowing the city to become part of the presentation.
Tweed jackets and dresses remain central, while berets, vintage-car prints and vivid colour give the collection its Cuban setting. The result is travel mood filtered through recognisable CHANEL codes.
CHANEL 17C Havana Cruise｜Jackets, Dresses and the Cuba Runway Story
Paseo del Prado, between older and newer parts of Havana, became the route for the show. Guests arrived in vintage convertibles while residents watched from the street and balconies.
That open-air environment matters: architecture, cars, trees and the crowd form part of the visual rhythm. The first film places the collection inside that wider scene.
CHANEL 17C Tweed Jackets & Dresses｜Havana Colour and House Codes
Berets, camellia-trimmed Panama hats and prints based on 1950s Havana cars give 17C its most immediate destination references.
Peach pink, bright orange and blue-green tones sit beside black, white and tweed. Even at its most colourful, the collection remains anchored by the CHANEL silhouette.
17C works because the travel reference never becomes costume.
Karl Lagerfeld brings Havana into the palette and accessories, then returns the clothes to jackets, dresses and proportions that remain recognisably CHANEL.
CHANEL 17C Jackets｜Cruise Styling That Moves Between Tailoring and Ease
Black Spencer jackets with wide cuffed trousers sit beside lace and organza midi dresses, macramé and long frayed-tweed looks.
Brogues, sandals, flats and T-shirts take formality out of the embellished pieces. The collection moves easily between polished tailoring and resort dressing.
The full runway film is the clearest way to follow that movement from jackets and dresses to accessories and the finale.
17C Collection Jackets, Coats, Suits, Dresses, Sweaters & More
These two cotton-knit dresses reflect the softer colour story of 17C and show how the collection translates from runway styling to an individual piece.
CHANEL 17C Hats & Shoes｜Small Details from the Havana Cruise
Pearl berets, flower-trimmed hats and black-and-white spectator shoes extend the travel story through accessories.
The final film gives those smaller details more space than the full runway view.
The Pale Pink Runway Jacket Seen at the End Is Now Available!
A pale pink 100% silk CHANEL 17C runway jacket with an open front, COCO-logo silver cuff buttons, camellia-pattern lining and a chain at the hem.
View the 17C Pale Pink JacketCHANEL Cruise 2017 Finale｜17C Ends with Havana in Motion
Models and musicians finished in a celebratory procession rather than a conventional closing walk, allowing the energy of the street to carry into the finale.
Tweed jackets with T-shirts and flats, pearls with berets, classic-car prints beside precise tailoring: the mix captures Karl Lagerfeld’s ability to make CHANEL Cruise feel both polished and free.
CHANEL 2017 Cruise (17C)
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