Chanel chooses Edinburgh for its next Métiers d'Art show

By

Florent Gilles

Published
Oct 29, 2012

The next Chanel Métiers d'Art catwalk will be held in an undisclosed venue in Edinburgh, Scotland on 4 December. Last year the collection, Paris Bombay, was shown at the Grand Palais in Paris at an invitation-only event. The Métiers d'Art collection gives Chanel a chance to use one pre-collection (for fall-winter) to show off the craft of all its artisan companies grouped under its Paraffection subsidiary. Scottish Barrie Knitwear manufacturer is the latest addition to the Paraffection fold, a move in which Chanel saved nearly 200 jobs in Scotland.

This is the second non-French company "rescued" by Chanel, following its purchase of Italian Roveda, shoe manufacturer for the venerable Parisian house on rue Cambon. The show on 4 December will reveal whether the next Métier d’Art collection will highlight knits and cashmere, signature products of the Scottish manufacturer, which also produces for Hermès.