Chanel’s runway shows always attract the top celebrities, and the 2016 couture show was no different. Held at the Grand Palais in Paris, this year’s stage included models Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, and Soo Joo Park, while Cara Delevingne, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Diane Kruger watched from the front row. However, no one turned more heads than G-Dragon, who strolled out nonchalantly to claim his seat, bedecked in a Chanel couture suit and oversized black fur hat. (G-Dragon, of course, has a longstanding relationship with Chanel, and can often be found in the front row of their shows during Fashion Week.)

The New York Times, explaining how G-Dragon’s “chameleon style, kaleidoscopic hair shades, and catchy songs” have made him an internationally acclaimed superstar, labeled him as the “star attraction” of Chanel’s couture show. They also conducted a short interview with him after the show ended.



G-Dragon expressed interest in designing clothes only if he could deliver something new to the table… but also showed a sharp understanding of potential opportunities. “I would only create clothes myself if I felt I could do something really different — create a new style subculture for my generation and that is very ambitious. What is more interesting to me is how all my worlds appear to be colliding at the moment — music, film, fashion and art — you can be one man, but be a force that combines all of those sectors together. There are business opportunities to be found within that.”

And what else does G-Dragon plan to do in Paris? Visit art galleries! “I now know that inspirations must come from everywhere. The sights you can find here in Paris are second to none.”

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The front row at Chanel’s Haute Couture show today was filled with Karl’s usual favourites, including Diane Kruger, Cara Delevingne and Clémence Poésy. But there was one star getting tagged in even more tweets and Instagram posts than Cara Delevingne and her dog Leo – K Pop star G-Dragon.

You might not have heard of G-Dragon, but the South Korean rapper is arguably the biggest Asian artist in the world, with a fiercely loyal social following. His fan base could take on the Beliebers in a game of 'first to go viral' - and win. The 25-year-old, whose real name is Kwon Ji-yong, sent fans into a tagging frenzy today when he was pictured at Chanel’s Couture show in a navy suit covered in Chanel brooches, which he paired with a furry Chanel trapper hat. 

His fan base is rapidly extending way beyond Asia; Kanye West is said to be a fan of his work and he has recorded a song with Justin Bieber. Karl Lagerfeld is one of his main supporters and will always give him a front row invitation to the Chanel show and, of course, a head-to-toe Chanel outfit to wear.

He isn’t new to the street style scene and has been sat front row at the likes of Saint Laurent and Lanvin for years, wearing anything from pink glitter Giuseppe Zanotti brogues to Chanel tweed women’s jackets. With 7.6 million followers on Instagram, the lead singer of the Korean band BIGBANG is an incredibly powerful force in the industry and in usual Kate Middleton fashion, he causes pieces to sell out moments after he’s spotted wearing them. But he doesn’t just borrow looks from designers; it's thought that he spends spend serious money expanding his fashion collection.

G-Dragon is becoming a real fashion week character, as  BOF wrote last year: “When Karl Lagerfeld included G-Dragon in a group photo at the latest Chanel couture show alongside international A-listers like Kristen Stewart and Julianne Moore, it helped elevate the Korean rapper’s status as an ‘it boy’ even higher.” 

 G-Dragon said in an interview with Complex Magazine about his success in America: “Just to put it real simply, [American tastemakers] are taking notice because I’m doing well. If I didn’t do well, they wouldn’t even have noticed me or cared. So I don’t put too much meaning behind it.”




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