Grace Kelly’s Granddaughter Rode a Horse at Paris Fashion Week

Grace Kelly’s Granddaughter Rode a Horse at Paris Fashion Week

Charlotte Casiraghi, the granddaughter of Grace Kelly, just rode a horse down the runway to open up the Chanel spring/summer time 2022 display at Paris Manner 7 days. 

Chanel : Runway - Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2022
Hold your horses!Stephane Cardinale / Corbis by means of Getty Visuals

The product, writer and equestrian, 35, sported a cropped, glittery jacket and a black using hat as she calmly place her noble steed by its paces.

Chanel : Runway - Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2022
Casiraghi sported a glittery riding jacket with 3-quarter-length sleeves.Dominique Charriau / WireImage

People today on the sidelines eagerly filmed Casiraghi and her equine companion, who is an 8-yr-previous Spanish bay horse named Kuskus, in accordance to Vogue.

Casiraghi is an attained equestrian as nicely as an official ambassador for Chanel. She has competed in exhibit-jumping competitions for many years and is a patron of the Longines World-wide Champions Tour.

Inspite of her encounter, nevertheless, Casiraghi stated she was anxious about opening the Chanel display on horseback.

“I rode a ton at 1 time, but in the earlier a few or four a long time, extremely little,” she said in a video on Chanel’s Instagram webpage. “So I was a little bit frightened of not becoming in a position to do what (artist) Xavier (Veilhan) preferred.”

Kuskus appeared at home on the runway.Stephane Cardinale / Corbis by using Getty Images

But Casiraghi and her four-legged companion pulled off their physical appearance with no a hitch, going for walks efficiently about the runway prior to breaking into a gentle trot in close proximity to the stop.

Kuskus also seemed like a purely natural, posing for a candid pic on set with the show’s creators. 

Requested about the alternative to open up the present with a horse, French established designer Xavier Veilhan said in an Instagram video that it was “a way of aligning the extremely robust aesthetics of the horse with those people of haute couture and viewing how refinement and animality can blend.”

Casiraghi also famous that Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, who produced the brand name, experienced an affinity for horses and equestrian trend.

Casiraghi is the granddaughter of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco.