Spring 2023 | Review

Chanel

A FANTASTICAL AND PLAYFUL ODE TO COCO

There is always that curious innuendo preceding a Chanel collection of late. And on entering the fabled Palais Ephemeral to be greeted by an enormous wooden camel – one would wonder what Virginie Viard had in mind. A Trojan horse, perhaps to accompany the lonely camel?

A little reminiscent of a village fair, a parade of wondrous animals slowly rolled onto the circus ground; it was a wonderful, timeless, and intimate moment. The discovery came not just from the show notes, but if anyone has visited Coco Chanel’s apartment at 31 Rue Cambon, the revelation that these sculpted and pieced wooden creatures were actually inspired by Coco Chanel’s collection of bestiary animals and birds would come as no surprise. Lions, deer, and birds of several varieties informed the presentation, not to mention  — a horse, buffalo, fish, dog, and elephant. (…)

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