Chanel pays homage to the camellia with 66 stylish looks

The iconic flower of the house of Chanel, the camellia, which is native to Asia, is not afraid of the cold and blooms in winter, almost three months of the year. In short, timeless, like the house’s creations that cross fashion while staying true to its DNA and its symbols, such as this flower that appeared on Gabrielle Chanel’s navy belt on a beach in Normandy in the 1920s. In 1923, she sewed it onto a chiffon dress to make it look bigger. A signature is born.

Softness and strength

“The camellia is more than a theme, it is the timeless code of the home. It’s reassuring and familiar to me, I like its softness and strength,” says Virginie Viard. This season, the artistic director of the label gives it a multifaceted face and rejects it with 66 silhouettes. Suggesting a thousand and one, he attaches it as a bush to the collar of a black leather coat, sprinkles it on a jacket, sweater, recycles it with a 2.55 bag clasp, a sculpted button or a barrette. It signs the flannel shirt top as well as the Louis XVI shoe.

Variations

Beneath the huge petals of the giant camellia at the center of the catwalk, the Chanel floral icon can be seen from the smallest to the most spectacular, from the most obvious to the most complex, very couture, sculpted or embroidered. Bringing a touch of softness to the next winter fashion, the collection exudes ultimate sophistication, mix and match black and white with pink and hints of red.

Transforming into a three-dimensional minidress hidden in the lace of white tights or on the powder pink lining of a vid coat, the camellia imposes itself everywhere. Chanel to be masterfully adorned under the eyes of Penelope Cruz, Black Pink Jenny, Rebecca Marder and Charlotte Casiraghi or even the iconic Patti Smith.

See also the Chanel Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2023-2024 show in the video