Chanel took to the Grand Palais for its spring-summer runway show on Tuesday, marking its return to the soaring glass and steel monument with an eclectic collection of sparkly tweed ensembles and a singing performance from actor Riley Keough.

The massive exhibition space in central Paris has an atrium ceiling and is flanked with mint green ironwork, and it is where Karl Lagerfeld staged his elaborate, theatrical runway shows for the French luxury fashion house.

Chanel returned to the Grand Palais -- scene of the late Karl Lagerfeld's most legendary triumphs -- for the first time in four years Tuesday without a designer but still able to ruffle feathers with its birdcage-themed Paris Fashion Week show.

The German-born designer Karl Lagerfeld, a key player man in the revival of the house of Chanel, has always been a fan of biting little comments but also of a form of excess. In the 1990s, when the Parisian fashion shows were mainly held at the Carrousel du Louvre,

Chanel might still be without a creative director, but the spring/summer 2025 catwalk show will always be a memorable one as it marks the house's return to the Grand Palais after four years away. The landmark – which has served as the location for the brand's catwalk shows for decades – recently underwent restoration,