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Podcast: Designing for a new worl‪d‬ created by pandemic and social change

Anifa Mvuemba, the fashion designer and founder of womenswear brand Hanifa connects with Architect Sir David Adjaye and critic and curator Aric Chen in this edition of Chanel Connects. The three discuss how innovation can come out of situations gone awry and how creativity can be sparked out while trying to make the world a more just place....

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Podcast: Chanel Connects discusses fashion history

In this episode of Chanel Connects in a conversation led by the editor-at-large of The Business of Fashion Tim Blanks, the Wendy Yu curator-in-charge at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum Andrew Bolton and long-time collaborator of Karl Lagerfeld Amanda Harlech discussed various perspectives from fashion history and more. Listen to...

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Podcast: Singer Pharrell Williams speaks to stage designer Es Devlin about the impact of technology

In this episode of Chanel Connects, singer Pharrell Williams had a conversation with stage designer Es Devlin about how technology is changing us, the need to elevate black entrepreneurs and more. Listen to the podcast below. Source: Chanel Connects via Spotify Photo credit: Courtesy of Chanel

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Podcast: Chanel Connects discusses the inner workings of artwork

French fashion house Chanel has launched a new podcast series, Chanel Connects. In this episode, artist Arthur Jafa connects with painter Jennifer Packer in a conversation led by Hans Ulrich Obrist, a curator and the artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries in London. They discuss the different ways that art can be viewed and what makes a...