Known for her bohemian style, Vanessa Paradis is also a big fan of basics. Her favorite piece is none other than a classic Parisian style. We tell you everything.
Famous for her soft voice, her natural glam and her unique style, Vanessa Paradis is an icon of French song. Noticed very early by Karl Lagerfeld, she became the face of the Coco Chanel perfume in 1991. The French singer was only 19 years old at the time, but she had already made a name for herself on the music scene and in the world of fashion. . Since then, she has maintained a special relationship with Chanel.
But she has always been true to herself and displayed that natural side that appeals so much to the French. Vanessa Paradis never wanted or claimed to be a fashion icon, but her unique style, sometimes bohemian chic, sometimes Parisian, has inspired more than one. And that’s why it’s not surprising to see her in the front row of all Chanel fashion shows.
On October 1, she attended the fashion house’s spring-summer 2025 show in a floral bandeau dress from the label’s fall-winter 2023/24 haute couture collection. Interviewed by Elle Franceshe revealed the three essentials in her wardrobe: “jeans, jacket and little dress“, she said. “If I only take one dress, I take a little black dress because it will adapt to many more situations than something with a more pronounced print“, she continued.
A big fan of Chanel, it’s no surprise that her choice is an emblematic piece of the house! Indeed, at a time when the black dress was a piece that everyone wore in homage to the deceased of the Spanish flu, Gabrielle Chanel decided to make a model of it by naming it the “little black dress” and it was a box. Even today, this piece, the embodiment of French elegance and sophistication, is highly prized. Icons such as Audrey Hepburn in a black Givenchy dress in Diamonds on sofaor even Lady Di and her revenge dresshave made this outfit timeless. Karl Lagerfeld was also of the same opinion: “You can never be over or under dressed with a little black dress“, he then explained.
And the little black dress doesn’t seem to leave Vanessa Paradis who has worn it since she was very young! Already alongside Serge Gainsbourg at the Victoires de la Musique in 1990, she wore a black dress next to her body. Then, a few years later, she walked the red carpet at the Oscars in 2005, in a magnificent sparkling Chanel dress. Then, another, short with sequins, still Chanel, for the premiere of the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Secret of the Cursed Chest.
On October 12, Vanessa Paradis attended the Lumière festival in Lyon wearing a black dress, also by Chanel. And although the little black dress is a classic of Parisian style, the icon does not hesitate to add her personal bohemian touch.
