Sofia Coppola celebrates the Chanel Cruise 2025/26 show with a film set in Lake Como
Through the lens of renowned American filmmaker Sofia Coppola, we are swept away to the shores of Lake Como, Italy, to celebrate the Chanel Cruise 2025/26 show
Chanel is bringing its Cruise 2025/26 show to the idyllic shores of Lake Como, Italy on April 29, 2025. To set the scene, the French fashion house tasked celebrated filmmaker Sofia Coppola to shoot a short film that captures the essence of the getaway destination notably backdropped by the French Alps.
Starred by model Ida Heiner, the dreamy, sun streaked cinematography by Coppola takes place at Villa d'Esta—Lake Como's legendary hotel and a former Renaissance patrician residence built in 1568. Influenced by the director's knack for depicting womanhood in a bona fide manner, Heiner traverses the set's sumptuous marble staircases, opulent rooms and an ochre-toned terrace that overlooks the lake. Dressed in escapade-ready pieces from the upcoming Chanel Cruise 2025/26 collection, the moving images pause time, allowing us to reflect upon our ability to continually self-invent ourselves and bring our daydreams into fruition.
This notion of being able to discover new personas and identities through changing one's environment has always grounded Chanel's Cruise shows. It is believed that the French house's founder Gabrielle Chanel pioneered luxury fashion's embrace of resort wear when she decided to present her first Cruise collection outside of the typical seasonal fashion schedule in 1919. Before Northern Italy's Lake Como, Chanel has also brought its sartorial universe to Dubai, Marseille, Monaco and Hong Kong.
Ahead of the full release of the film on April 30, 2025 at 2PM Paris time, Tatler talks to Coppola about the link between cinema and fashion as well as her own memories made in this charming destination.
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