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Margot Robbie attends the Chanel 2024 Ready To Wear Collection Runway Show at Paramount Studios on May 9, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Roger Kisby/WWD via Getty Images)

For Chanel’s transportive Cruise 2023/2024 collection, the ideé fixe of the maison’s creative director Virginie Viard was sartorially conveying the high-octane and fervent energy of the Los Angeles’ of yore.

This modus operandi of dressing equally saturated the front row as it did the runway, with Chanel muse and house ambassador Margot Robbie embodying the je ne sais quoi of the free-spirited counterculture movement that defined the late 60s and early 70s of the palm tree-laden city.

Taking to Chanel’s ‘one night only’ Cruise runway show at the backlot of Paramount Studios—a fitting location for a collection that exudes the rich cinematic history of Hollywood in every stitch of Chanel’s 71 looks—Robbie seemingly channelled her Sharon Tate persona from Quentin Tarantino’s epic drama Once Upon A Time In… Hollywood.

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Margot Robbie attends the Chanel 2024 Ready To Wear Collection Runway Show at Paramount Studios on May 9, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Roger Kisby/WWD via Getty Images)

Keeping in line with the vintage-inspired silhouettes of the collection, Robbie opted for a pair of light-washed bell bottom jeans that nipped in at her waist, a black triangle bralette and the ensembles pièce de résistance, a surrealist gilded sleeveless vest that is seemingly constructed from golden mediations and watch faces.

As for accessories, Robbie continued to keep things simple by wearing a two-toned Chanel Première watch, Coco Crush bracelet and a Coco handle purse.

Mixing denim with a gilded vest is a slightly contemporary take on the eclecticisms of Woodstock-frequenting hippies, but it’s also proof that the nostalgia fuelled trend cycle ought to reconsider reprising flared jeans and afghan coats à la Penny Lane from Almost Famous.

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Margot Robbie at the Chanel Cruise 2024 Collection fashion show held at Paramount Studios on May 9, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Anna Webber/Variety via Getty Images)

Later in the evening, Robbie rubbed shoulders with the likes of Elle Fanning, Riley Keough and Sofia Richie Grainge to watch Viard’s latest balmy offering for the house.

Infusing athleisure-adjacent themes of aerobic wear with high-cut Malibu-appropriate bodysuits and a melange of pink tones, we can’t help but wonder if Viard designed this collection with a certain upcoming press tour in mind.

Should Robbie wear one of these new-season pieces on her worldwide Barbie promotional expedition, don’t be surprised. We’re sure Robbie’s picked her look of choice from the front row already.