Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto 2021

Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto is the first exhibition in Australia to exclusively focus on the significant contribution to twentieth century fashion culture by the renowned French couturière Gabrielle Chanel.

Premiering in Paris in autumn 2020 the exhibition makes its international debut at Melbourne's National Gallery of Victoria. It was developed by the Palais Galliera, with outstanding loans from the Direction du Patrimoine de CHANEL, the fashion house's heritage department, and is curated by Miren Arzalluz and Véronique Belloir, respectively the Director and Head of Collections of the museum.

With designs drawn from the rich holdings of the Palais Galliera and the Patrimoine de CHANEL in Paris, complemented by important loans from major public museums and private collections, Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto showcases the impressive breadth of Gabrielle Chanel's output and her design codes.