Chanel Invades Fair Park

Fair Park to feel the fashion love when Chanel brings Metiers d'Art to Dallas

Chanel has revealed the location for its 2013/14 Metiers d’Art runway show on December 10 titled “Paris: Dallas”: Fair Park. Preceding the fashion show, spectators will watch the premiere of The Return, a short film written and directed by Karl Lagerfeld.

The fashion house calls Fair Park “a historical exhibition venue with art deco architecture that is situated in the heart of the city.” Well, that’s certainly true. And perhaps an event of this magnitude — and international significance — will finally give Fair Park the attention it deserves beyond the once-a-year State Fair.

The hearts of Dallas fashion fans skipped a beat this past January, when Karl Lagerfeld spilled the beans to Women’s Wear Daily that he would be bringing his renowned show to Dallas, a city he loves:

I love Texas. I love Texans. There’s another reason. When Chanel reopened, the French press was beyond nasty. The only press that understood it immediately was the American press, and Neiman Marcus gave her the Oscar for her collection, so I think it’s a nice thing to go there.

The Return (teaser above) is the follow-up to Once Upon a Time, in which Lagerfeld explored Gabrielle Chanel’s early days in Deauville in 1913. The Return retraces her footsteps to the reopening of her couture house in 1954 in Paris and the importance of the role that the United States played in this comeback.

Geraldine Chaplin stars as Gabrielle Chanel, alongside Rupert Everett, Anna Mouglalis, Lady Amanda Harlech, Arielle Dombasle and Kati Nescher. In addition to its Dallas showtime at 6:30 pm, the film will premiere simultaneously on Chanel.com.

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High-fashion name Miu Miu to open first Dallas store in Highland Park

Miu Miu

Miu Miu

Miu Miu

An iconic fashion name is opening a store in Dallas: Miu Miu, the Italian brand that's a younger sibling to Prada, will open its only DFW location at Highland Park Village, the open-air shopping center in Highland Park, at 12 Highland Park Village in the former Dior space.

According to a release, it'll open in fall 2025.

A representative from Highland Park Village calls the label "one of the hottest brands in fashion."

Miu Miu was founded in 1993 by Miuccia Prada as a more colorful spinoff of her original Prada label. Miu Miu is generally described as "playful," and targeted to a younger audience in their 20s and 30s — lots of pop-art colors and patterns, as compared to the more austere black-nylon reputation of Prada. Miu Miu is also less expensive.

They've had some ebb and flow in terms of popular appeal, but have been enjoying a surge of renewed interest and sales in recent years.

Miu Miu merchandise can be found at some stores including Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom, but not an entire store. The Highland Park Village location will carry ready-to-wear, footwear, handbags, fashion jewelry, and accessories.

While the release says this is the first store in Texas, there was once a Miu Miu that opened in Houston at the Galleria back in 2011, but it closed prior to the pandemic.

Miuccia Prada is in expansion mode: A massive new Prada store opened in December 2024 at NorthPark Center.

At HPV, Miu Miu will join a designer's den featuring retailers such as Akris, Alexander McQueen, Balmain, Brioni, Carolina Herrera, Cartier, Chanel, Chloé, Christian Louboutin, Dior, Fendi, Goyard, Harry Winston, Hermès, Jimmy Choo, LOEWE, Moncler, Ralph Lauren, Rolex, Tom Ford, Vacheron Constantin, Valentino, and Van Cleef & Arpels.

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