‘We begin again’: Chanel returns with first major live shows of pandemic

Fashion industry is hoping Paris haute couture shows signify long-awaited return of normality

“Today, we begin again,” says Bruno Pavlovsky, Chanel’s president of fashion, as the Palais Galliera museum in Paris is being prepared to host 240 guests split between two sittings at the label’s first major live catwalk shows since the beginning of the pandemic.

Every fashion week kicks off a new season, but it is hoped the haute couture shows being staged in Paris signify a more significant shift: the return of normality.