Grace Kelly's granddaughter at the Chanel show
Charlotte Casiraghi, granddaughter of the American actress Grace Kelly, opened this year's fashion show of the French fashion house Chanel in a spectacular way.
The new ambassador of the French design house Chanel, Charlotte Casiraghi, opened yesterday's show in the Grand Palais in Paris in a spectacular way. The long-time passionate rider rode a horse in an elegant, black edition, wearing Chanel's distinctive tweed jacket decorated with sequins. The granddaughter of American actress and princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly, became the face of Chanel in 2020. They say she is the princess with the most style.
French artist Xavier Veilhan has turned the famous Champs-Élysées into equestrian parkour and has expressed a desire for Charlotte to be the central figure in this year's haute couture fashion show for the spring/summer collection.
The idea to open a fashion show with the grandiose thud of horse hooves came from the historical beginnings of the French fashion giant who has always cultivated a special bond with horses. The founder of the fashion house, Gabrielle Coco Chanel, was a passionate fan of equestrian racing and redefined women's fashion in equestrian sports in the 1920s.
"Xavier wanted to work with Charlotte Casiraghi. His artistic universe is full of horses, and Charlotte is known as an experienced rider, " said Virginia Viard, Chanel's new creative director. As part of the Monegasque aristocracy, Charlotte grew up surrounded by horses, and over the years she had a successful career in show jumping.
The front rows did not hide their surprise when they saw the eldest daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco on a 2.5 m high graceful animal. Anna Wintour, Margot Robbie, Vanessa Paradis, and Pharrell Williams are just some of the famous names that appeared at the opening.
Recall, Charlotte is the granddaughter of American icon Grace Kelly who married Prince Rainier III. and became Princess of Monaco. Their daughter, Caroline, gave birth to Charlotte in her second marriage to Italian entrepreneur Stefano Casiraghi, and Charlotte is currently 11th in line for the Monegasque crown.
In addition to all her professional and royal responsibilities, Charlotte is also the mother of two children. In a relationship with actor and stand-up comedian Gad Elmaleh, she had a son, but the couple never married. She stood in front of the altar in 2019 with Frenchman Dimitri Rassam after the birth of her second child.
Recall, in 1982, Grace Kelly's daughter Stephanie and her sister Carolyn were driving from France with their mother. Unfortunately, Grace Kelly suffered a stroke while driving, so she landed off the road, and passed away the next day. There were rumors that Stephanie was driving a car that night, and the princess refused to talk about it until 1989 when she denied the rumors and insisted that she was not the one who drove that car.
