Chanel Jacket Expo Hits Paris

What’s black and white and famous all over? Chanel’s roving “Little Black Jacket” exhibition, which came home to roost Thursday night at the Grand Palais for a two-week run — kicking off a month of photography events in the French capital.

Laetitia Casta, Gaspard Ulliel and Daphne Guinness were among those who checked out the display of photos by Karl Lagerfeld in collaboration with stylist Carine Roitfeld — and then shimmied into a petite one-night-only Chanel disco, headlined by a performance by Frank Ocean.

Down on the dance floor, Haider Ackermann dodged questions about rumors that he is in the running to take over as creative director of Balenciaga, following the departure of Nicolas Ghesquiere. “No, please, please, please,” he winced. “I’m enjoying Karl tonight.”

In the crowded upstairs exhibition space, many could not resist checking out their portrait up close. Casta noted that Lagerfeld shot one single picture of her. “I was pretty surprised, not being used to that, and finally I said, ‘Why not?’ It was a moment,” she recalled.

Source: WWD