Paris Fashion Week: Chanel reveals haute couture collection for Spring/Summer 2020 Virginie Viard puts her mark on Chanel with a beautifully restrained Paris haute couture show that summoned up the convent girl childhood of the fabled French label's founder. The discreet designer, Karl Lagerfeld's righthand woman in his twilight years, shook the Kaiser's ghost from her shoulder to produce some of the most subtle and refined clothes seen on a Chanel catwalk in quite some time. IMAGES