A second day dominated by Chanel: for his 2nd couture collection ('Gaby and the Beanstalk'), Matthieu Blazy turns the Grand Palais into a dark fairy tale (giant beanstalks rising to the glass roof, monumental flowers). Tilda Swinton, Michelle Yeoh and Catherine Deneuve in the front row. Armani Privé in a double showing in the evening.
Line-up : Matthieu Blazy (Chanel), Giorgio Armani Privé, Stéphane Rolland, Kevin Germanier; Tilda Swinton, Michelle Yeoh, Catherine Deneuve (Chanel guests)
Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode (FHCM) — official calendar; each show is produced by the maison (Chanel, Armani Privé)
No tickets for Chanel/Armani Privé: access reserved for FHCM-accredited press and the maisons' clients. Realistic route: become a haute couture/VIC client with a purchase history in-boutique (31 rue Cambon for Chanel, the Armani couture salons), with the request moving up via the boutique director; or FHCM press accreditation for a legitimate media outlet. A palace-hotel concierge can support a request, without guarantee. The day's only paid public access: Stéphane Rolland at L'Olympia, 25-55 EUR.