House of chanel

Her MOST famous black dress .

In an extravagant move by the French design house, Chanel relocates it’s Australian flagship to an opulent, four storey building on Flinders Lane, which was previously the Church of Scientology.

The John Wanamaker Auditorium. "Exhibition of Dresses Worn by Well-known Women of Europe and America," May 1, 1940–May 31, 1940.John Wanamaker. "Exhibition of Dresses Worn by Well-known Women of Europe and America," June 5, 1940–July 5, 1940

Museum of the City of New York. "The Best of the Dressed List," October 20, 1986–May 17, 1987.New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Diana Vreeland: Immoderate Style," December 9, 1993–March 20, 1994

From the famed mirrored staircase to the lacquerwork of Coromandel screens, 31 rue Cambon, Paris, was not only Coco Chanel’s private residence but also home to her visionary dreams and passions.

Evening ensemble House of Chanel (French, founded 1913) Designer: Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (French, Saumur 1883–1971 Paris) Date: ca. 1932

In tune with the fashions of the 1930s, Chanel went through what has been called her "romantic" period, typified by lace and tulle gowns with skirt ruffles or flounces. Although the clothes are seemingly antimodern in their aesthetic, Chanel asserted their modernity by revealing and emphasizing the techniques of their construction, such as vertical overstitching to hold the soft lace tiers in fixed flounces

Lagerfeld, who has taken the eighteenth century as a Leitmotif of his art and life from residences and domestic interiors, to his fashion, and even to a brief personal whim of powdering his hair, has seized the bravura assertion from the court gown, opening up at center front