Virginie Viard called upon the photographer Malick Bodian to create the press kit for the CHANEL &ndash; Dakar 2022/23 M&eacute;tiers d'art collection, featuring the models Alaato Jazyper and Loli Bahia.

In these images taken on the banks of the River Seine in Paris, the photographer offers a first glimpse of the silhouettes imagined by Virginie Viard and rendered sublime by the Maisons d&rsquo;art: floral embroidery by Montex on a jacket entirely covered in beads combined with painted lace trousers; camellias by flower-maker Lemari&eacute; on an oversized sweatshirt in multicolour Lesage tweed; pleating work by Lognon on a big skirt worn with a tweed jacket in shades of green, also embellished with a camellia.
Looks that will be presented in the heart of the former Palais de Justice in Dakar parade before the camera: flared trouser suits in tweed, a long coat and logoed jeans worn over platforms, a sequinned sleeveless jacket and matching trousers with a graphic sweater, a floral net jacket under a strassed plastron-tie...

&ldquo;I always knew I wanted to do this kind of photos that reflect the relationship I have with the models,&rdquo; confides Malick Bodian. &ldquo;I really like it when people see this in my pictures. I like it how the models are looking into my eyes, at the camera. I think it gives something very real, full of emotions, humanising the photos. I like to show fashion in the most real way and I think that&rsquo;s very rare.&rdquo;

Virginie Viard has entrusted filmmaker Ladj Ly and students from the Kourtrajm&eacute; school in Montfermeil and Dakar to produce a documentary series about the CHANEL 2022/23 M&eacute;tiers d'art show.
Established in 1994 by Kim Chapiron, Toumani Sangar&eacute; and Romain Gavras, Kourtrajm&eacute; (French back slang for court m&eacute;trage "short film") is a French association and collective of artists working in the audio-visual field. Present today in Montfermeil, Marseille, Madrid and Dakar - since January 2022 - it provides training in the film industry open to all, free of charge and without pre-requisites. A symbol of Senegal's importance in the film industry, the Kourtrajm&eacute; Dakar school guides young Senegalese directors and scriptwriters by giving them access to artistic and technical training as well as the possibility of extending their professional network.
Filmed between the CHANEL Creation studio on rue Cambon in Paris, le19M located between Paris and Aubervilliers, and Dakar, a series of four videos have come out of this encounter between Virginie Viard, Ladj Ly and the school's students. In the run-up to the show, which will be held at the former Palais de Justice in Dakar, Ladj Ly emphasises the creative freedom of this collaboration: &ldquo;The idea of this project is to build a bridge between the school in Montfermeil and the one in Dakar. It's a very real exchange. Kourtrajm&eacute;'s motto has always been total freedom. We explained the project to the students, gave them a vision and then they suggested things with their own artistic identity all while remaining faithful to the world of CHANEL.&rdquo;
The first episode of this series reveals the final preparations for the collection in the CHANEL ateliers and the Creation studio, interspersed with images of Dakar where choreographer Dimitri Chamblas and the dancers from L&rsquo;&Eacute;cole des Sables rehearse under the watchful eye of Virginie Viard.

Preview of the collection CHANEL – Dakar 2022/23 Métiers d'art show

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