Of all the looks that appear at a Chanel haute couture show, it’s the wedding dress, the finale piece, which is under most scrutiny. Modelled by a Chanel muse, it is always ripe for unpacking – at January’s couture show, the Dutch model Luna Bijl wore a white feather tux, a timely suggestion that femininity now wore the trousers. This season, the model was Adut Akech, the Sudanese-Australian emigrée and current fashion darling. This time, the bride got married in a copper-green skirt suit.
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