British singer and actress Lily Allen turned heads with a sophisticated ensemble as she attended an exclusive party in Paris on Tuesday evening. The event was part of the prestigious Haute Couture Fashion Week, drawing numerous celebrities to the French capital.
A Fashionable Arrival
The forty-year-old artist made a striking entrance at the De Beers celebration, donning a sleek black leather trench coat that exuded modern elegance. She complemented this with matching gloves and a set of dazzling diamond jewellery, including a necklace and earrings that caught the light perfectly. Her overall look demonstrated a keen eye for high-fashion details while maintaining her distinctive personal style.
Chanel's Muse
Lily Allen has developed a notable relationship with the iconic fashion house Chanel over recent years, effectively becoming one of their muses. In a recent interview with Harper's Bazaar, she reflected on this two-decade connection, revealing how it began organically.
"My relationship with Chanel started, I guess, twenty years ago – right when I started putting music out," she explained. "When I got my pay cheques, I went out and bought myself Chanel bags."
She recounted how paparazzi photographs showing her with these purchases eventually reached Chanel's headquarters. According to industry legend, the late Karl Lagerfeld noticed these images and questioned why the brand was sending handbags to Allen. When informed she was purchasing them herself, he found this intriguing and subsequently invited her to become involved with the fashion house, attending shows and events.
Romantic Developments
Allen's Parisian excursion follows a romantic getaway to Rome with writer Jonah Freud, who is twenty-eight years old. This trip appears to represent a significant step in their relationship, which has been developing since last year. The couple reportedly stayed in a suite at the Hotel Locarno, with nightly rates estimated around eight hundred pounds.
This new relationship emerges following the breakdown of Allen's marriage to actor David Harbour, who is fifty. Freud comes from a notable family background as the son of entrepreneur Matthew Freud and his ex-wife Caroline Hutton, and nephew of the celebrated late artist Lucian Freud.
Fashion Week Highlights
The current Haute Couture Fashion Week in Paris, running until Thursday, features twenty-nine brands on its official calendar. This season includes highly anticipated debut collections from several new creative directors, generating considerable excitement within the fashion industry.
Notable presentations include Matthieu Blazy's collection for Chanel, showcased on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Dior transformed the Musée Rodin into both a celebrity waiting area and a garden setting for their first day presentation. This marked the first-ever couture collection presented by Jonathan Anderson, the Northern Irish designer renowned for revitalising Loewe.
Anderson's appointment is particularly significant as he now oversees menswear, womenswear, and couture simultaneously at Dior – a responsibility never before entrusted to a single individual in the modern era of the fashion house. Additionally, this week sees the first Giorgio Armani Privé show since the passing of its founding designer, adding emotional resonance to the proceedings.
Lily Allen joins numerous other celebrities who have descended upon Paris for this premier fashion event, continuing her established pattern of appearing at high-profile Chanel functions while navigating both her professional commitments and personal life in the public eye.
