CHANEL CRUISE 2018/19 REPLICA SHOW IN BANGKOK

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On October 31st, CHANEL’s Cruise 2018/19 collection reached its newest destination: Bangkok.

First presented at Paris’ Grand Palais in May, the second iteration of the collection, designed by Karl Lagerfeld, called for guests to rendez-vous at the prestigious Mandarin Oriental Hotel to mingle and muse about the tender to their destination that was as yet unknown.

Passengers such as CHANEL ambassadors Lily-Rose Depp, Tilda Swinton, Caroline de Maigret, Soo Joo Park, Pharrell Williams and Gaspard Ulliel boarded traditional Thai boats to traverse Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River alongside Hong Kong actress Angela Yuen and Taiwanese singer 9M88.

Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, actresses and models Aokbab and Linn Mashannoud, actors Nittha Jirayungyurn and Anne Thongprasom were among the Thai guests to join them in docking at the disused Sermsuk warehouse, reimagined for the occasion as a playful marina – the Pier No 5.

The joyful collection burst onto the land-locked deck of the whimsical cruise ship La Pausa, light fabrics and fluid silhouettes perfectly at home in the balmy Bangkok breeze. Models in their candy-coloured palette of cottons, silks and the House’s iconic tweeds echoed Gabrielle Chanel herself with their subtle blend of nonchalance and style. With Cruise collections owing their existence to the designer, it was as much a celebration of origins, as it was of destinations.

Nights aboard the good ship La Pausa were made for dancing. Amongst local acts Thaitanium featuring Srei, Soo Joo Park was DJ, and fellow CHANEL ambassador Pharrell Williams took to the stage for the first time in Bangkok.

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