CHANEL 20C: Kōki, Makes Her Runway Debut at Cruise 2020 | US

Kōki, made her runway debut at CHANEL Cruise 2019/20, known as 20C. Presented at the Grand Palais in Paris on May 3, 2019, the collection also marked Virginie Viard’s first collection as Artistic Director of Fashion.

A railway-station set gave both moments a vivid setting: one career beginning and a new chapter for the House.

Related items for customers in United States

Kōki,’s CHANEL 20C runway debut

She walked in a white jacket and a checked top detailed with red and white camellias. Her own posts show the finale and the excitement around the experience.

Left: Kōki,’s 20C runway post. Right: a separate CHANEL makeup experience from the same year, not the 20C runway itself.

Virginie Viard sets CHANEL Cruise 2020 in motion

The official film lets colored tweed jackets, relaxed pants, white mini suits and fluid dresses move through the station. Amanda Sanchez appears with Caroline de Maigret, Soo Joo Park, Tami Williams and Ola Rudnicka.

Loic Prigent’s backstage film moves from the runway image to the work just before it. Camellias and accessories cover the fitting tables while the final styling takes shape.

Twenty-five years supporting CHANEL
Meet Amanda Sanchez

Amanda Sanchez has helped the atelier test the line and movement of clothes as a fitting model. Read the story behind a role that is usually hidden from the runway.

Read about Amanda Sanchez

Backstage makeup and first reactions to CHANEL 20C

The makeup film shows how the runway mood was finished, while ambassadors and friends of the House respond to Viard’s first Cruise collection.

Why Elie Fahed’s CHANEL 20C film stands out

Directed for Haya Magazine, the film gives the collection a separate rhythm through light, footsteps and music. It is stylish without becoming busy, and it makes the clothes feel connected to real movement.

Elie Fahed is a remarkably stylish fashion-film director.

He can turn a glance, a pause and a shift in music into a complete scene without explaining the clothes away. His channel is worth exploring beyond this film.

Watch more and subscribe

Travel, a new creative direction and a first runway walk meet in the same collection. That overlap gives CHANEL 20C its lasting sense of departure.