When the Chanel circus came to Sydney it brought bespoke barricades and 800 VICs

Celebrities including Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie and Kylie Minogue sat front row at two runway events while bemused locals looked on They came, they saw, they CC’d.

This week Chanel – the world’s second-biggest luxury brand after Louis Vuitton, with sales of US$19. 3bn in 2025 – mobilised an estimated team of 300 in Sydney, staging a “replica” presentation of its Cruise 2026/2027 collection, first shown in Biarritz in April . Its celebrity guest list was headlined by Nicole Kidman, Margot…