Chanel is heading to Manly, but their guests were nearly left high and dry

Manly’s Shelly Beach will host fashion giant Chanel ahead of their first Australian runway show next month, bringing the high-end fashion set closer to brush turkeys than ever before. The French fashion house will  be in Sydney showing their Resort 2027 collection, the debut cruise collection from artistic director Matthieu Blazy, which was first shown in Biarritz, France, on 28 April. But Manly Observer has been reliably informed Shelly Beach is not hosting the major runway event, but rather a private event for Chanel's guests on 4 November. The major runway event will be elsewhere in Sydney - location undisclosed - the next day on 5 November. Sydney joins a list of cities that have hosted Chanel’s touring cruise shows, including Singapore, Dubai, Miami, Shenzhen and...

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