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Fashion / Insider

Last May Glamour’s Jillian Davison jetted to sunny

Havana to take in Chanel ’s cruise 2017 show.

With the collection hitting stores this month, we had

a few questions about all that chicness!

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2. WTF is “cruise,” anyway?
   It’s the midseason collection, also known as
   “resort,” which arrives in stores in Novem-
   ber (most “fall” is already gone). Typically it
   stays till February—actually longer than the
   main seasons—and includes the transi-
   t ion a l pie c e s m a ny of u s w e a r y e a r -r ou nd.
   
   
   1. A fashion show. In Cuba. Explain!
      While airlifting a fashion empire nearly
      4,800 miles away from its Paris headquar-
      ters is hugely complicated, we’re talking
      about Karl Lagerfeld here. “He can take a
      pin and choose anywhere on the map,” says
      Davison. “Looking at this collection, I could
      see that Karl was clearly inspired by Hava-
      na’s Latin culture, colorful architecture,
      and people, so it made sense to have an al
      fresco show on the Paseo del Prado, a main
      promenade in the city. I started my career
      at Chanel, so I know firsthand the meticu-
      lous detail that goes into everything the
      company creates. Working there made me
      realize I wanted to be a fashion editor.”
   
   
   
   

Diary

Lagerfeld, the

cruise master,

at La Guarida

restaurant

Showtime

A preview of the

collection, left;

the “runway,”

below; and a

show poster (hi,

Coco!), bottom

Runway

Getaway

“The setting

was magical,”

says Davison,

here in Old

Havana.