Adelaide model Adut Akech chosen as the bride in Chanel Autumn 2018 show
ADELAIDE’s Adut Akech is officially Karl Lagerfeld’s new muse after being chosen to be the bride in the Chanel Autumn 2018 show at Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture.
ADELAIDE’s Adut Akech is officially Karl Lagerfeld’s new muse after being chosen to be the bride in the Chanel Autumn 2018 show at Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture.
The 18-year-old, who was born in a refugee camp in South Sudan and came to Australia as a six-year-old, has been modelling for a little over two years.
Represented in Adelaide by Finesse Models Australia, she was discovered by Chadwick’s while visiting relatives in Melbourne and quickly forged a global career.
Within six months she made her international runway debut walking for Saint Laurent in Paris.
Dressed in a pale verdigris skirt suit, headpiece and veil, “Adut the Chanel Bride” had the honour of closing the show at the Grand Palais.
The audience of A-listers included actress P enelope Cruz, singer Lily Allen and Vanessa Paradis, who has just married French director Samuel Benchetrit.
Vanessa was accompanied by her daughter with former partner Johnny Depp, model and actress Lily-Rose Depp.
Adut is the second black model to close a Chanel Couture show, the first being Alek Wek in 2004.
“There is no amount of words that can express what this moment means to me. The beauty of having a dream, is watching it come to life,” Adut wrote on Instagram where she has close to 125,000 followers.
“It was a lifetime honour being the chosen bride to close your beautiful show in the MOST breathtaking dress I have ever seen in my life. This was just a special moment that I will always remember and cherish for as long as I live.”
It’s not the first time Adut’s walked for the famous French fashion house – she was also chosen to open the Chanel Cruise collection show in May – and, no doubt, it won’t be the last.