The 35-year-old actor spoke to ELLE UK following her debut appearance on the FROW at Chanel’s 2024/2025 Cruise show in Marseille, France.

For Southend-on-Sea-raised Nathalie Emmanuel, Chanel’s creative director Virginie Viard’s choice of Marseille for her Cruise 2024/2025 runway show on Thursday, located on the rooftop of the Cite Radieuse (a modern apartment complex also known as Le Corbusier), couldn’t have been a more fitting seaside setting.

‘I was inspired by the codes of lifestyle, of everyday life, and by all the things that invite movement. The sea and the wind made me want to play with wetsuits,’ Viard explained in yesterday’s show notes of the choice of Marseille, which explains the collections beach-inspired references, from swimsuits and broderie anglaise twin sets to crochet Bermuda shorts and terrycloth platform flip-flops.

‘I thought it was really cool, vibrant, fun and light,’ Emmanuel told ELLE UK of her debut appearance on the Chanel FROW. ‘It felt very traditionally Chanel, but also modern and artistic. It was really eclectic with lots of colour, fresh creams and white, and sparkly details.

‘My favourite look was a knitted cardigan and knitted cream set. Underneath the model wore body jewellery that looked like a fish net covered in different medallions, as if they’d been caught in the net,’ she noted of charm-adorned open chainmail halter top, which has found itself at the top of our summer wishlists. ‘It thought it was such a lovely blend of something quite glamorous juxtaposed with something cosy, warm and comfortable.’

For the show, attended by Chanel favourites including Stranger Things’ Sadie Sink, Oscar winner Marion Cotillard, and actor Lily-Rose Depp, Emmanuel chose to style a pink, black and grey tweed cardigan over a black lace mini dress. ‘It was really cool because you had all this texture and metallics on the front of the dress,’ she said. ‘I wore platform shoes with a patent brown toe, and stacks of rings with the Chanel logo on them.
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