The Chanel fall/winter 2025 show marked a milestone for Dakota Fanning. While she has attended several of the fashion house’s shows in the past, this was her first in Paris, and seeing the collection at the Grand Palais was a special thrill. “[It’s always] a pinch-me dream come true every time. You enjoy it [as if] you’ll never go again. You just soak it up,” she tells ELLE.com. Fanning celebrated the moment in a gold leather suit that she described as “a twist on the classic Chanel” and “a bright, literally shiny thing. It felt like being a ray of sunshine.”
A more out-there ensemble than the The Perfect Couple actress usually goes for, Fanning explains,“I wanted to do something to push it a little bit. You’re at Paris Fashion Week, you’re at the Chanel show, so you can take a little bit of a risk and do something a little different than you would normally.”
The suit, a golden crumpled leather jacket with floral detailing on the pockets and matching pants, was from the Métiers d’art 2024/25 collection. Fanning added a metal and strass belt with bow details and accessorized with 18k yellow gold Coco Crush earrings, gold platform heels with a black cap toe (some of the most comfortable shoes she can recall wearing, despite the height of the heel), and a Chanel bag. “The suit was a little bit of a moment and on the louder side, so I just kept my hair and makeup very clean and simple and easy,” she adds.
Fanning was joined in Paris by her best friend, and the show was the high point of their trip. “I can’t stop talking about the bags that are shaped like the bows and different fabrics and materials and sizes. I’m obsessed with that,” she says. “It was very classic Chanel, but very playful. I’m such a girly girl at heart. My soul is very feminine.”
