Virginie Viard is departing Chanel after 30 years with the fashion home, together with 5 years as artistic director.
The French luxurious trend model confirmed her exit in a press release to The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday: “Chanel confirms the departure of Virginie Viard after a wealthy collaboration of 5 years as creative director of trend collections, throughout which she was capable of renew the codes of the home whereas respecting the artistic heritage of Chanel, and virtually 30 years inside the home.”
“A brand new artistic group might be introduced in the end,” the assertion continued. “Chanel want to thank Virginie Viard for her outstanding contribution to Chanel’s trend, creativity and vitality.”
Chanel has but to announce who might be taking up the position.
Viard first joined the style home in 1987 and labored alongside her predecessor, Karl Lagerfeld, for a number of years. Following the designer’s death in 2019, Viard was appointed artistic director. She was Chanel’s third creative director for the reason that home was based in 1910, after Lagerfeld and Coco Chanel herself.
Throughout her tenure, the style home collaborated with a handful of celeb model ambassadors, together with actresses Kristen Stewart, Keira Knightley, Penelope Cruz and Lily-Rose Depp, Blackpink member Jennie, actor Timothée Chalamet and most lately, actress-singer Riley Keough.
Chanel’s high fashion Autumn/Winter 2024/25 assortment will nonetheless be introduced as deliberate on June 25 on the Opéra Garnier in Paris.
