Lockdown to luxe: Australian Adut Akech stars in historic Chanel show – Sydney Morning Herald

A few months ago she was in lockdown with her family in Adelaide but South Sudanese-Australian model Adut Akech returned to high fashion this week by starring in Chanel’s first digital couture presentation.
Adut Akech in a tweed suit as part of Chanel’s digital haute couture presentation. Credit:Chanel
Paris Couture Week, which normally sees the world’s top editors, celebrities and fashion’s biggest spenders vying for a front-row seat, was, like most events, cancelled this season in light of COVID-19. Instead, its organisers, the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, invited 33 of the world’s top brands to participate in a digital schedule, which has also been open to public viewing.
Chanel’s creative director, Virginie Viard, who succeeded Karl Lagerfeld following his death in 2019, used just two models, Akech and Rianne Van Rompaey, to showcase the 30 looks, less than half the size of a normal couture collection.
The presentation featured a 90-second video of Akech and Van Rompaey dancing around in the collection, which had a strong ’80s, punk-princess vibe but still carried many of the Chanel hallmarks, including tweed and braided trims.

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