Chanel to open Manchester shoe boutique and expand current store following Northern Quarter takeover

Chanel is set to open a new shoe boutique and expand its current Manchester store after taking over the Northern Quarter with a multi million pound fashion extravaganza.

The luxury French fashion brought its annual Metiers d'Art show, previously hosted in Paris, New York and Rome, to Thomas Street last night throwing an international spotlight onto the city.

Some 600 VIPs and celebrities watched as models took to the outdoor catwalk in an array of couture ensembles designed by Chanel's creative director Virginie Viard before heading to a huge after-party at the historic Victoria Baths.

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Businesses on Thomas Street were forced to close for the huge event along with the roads surrounding the area, and every luxury hotel room and suite in the city was booked out to house the fashion crowd.

Now that preparations are being made to remove the canopy created for the show it has been revealed Chanel is not yet finished leaving its mark on the city.

Speaking exclusively to the MEN, Bruno Pavlovsky, the brand's president announced the fashion house plans to open a new shoe boutique and increase the size of its Selfridges location in June next year.

On the plans he said: “It [the boutique] is a small one; it will be bigger soon, next year. In June 2024 we will also open a shoe boutique here in Manchester. Step by step we add new cities. We test to see if we can have customers and a good feeling.

“We have been in London for quite a long time with a big boutique and we are starting to look at some other cities in England and we go