Coco Chanel invented a fashion vocabulary; camellias, the black dress, the double-C logo, the elongated octagon shape of the Chanel No. 5 perfume stopper .Located at 31 Rue Cambon, the apartment sits atop the Chanel boutique and couture salon, where models showed collections to prospective buyers. Today, the apartment is used for press interviews and fashion .
To enter Chanel's universe, you climb a curved staircase,. When new collections were presented, Chanel watched them being modeled from these stairs. During the show, she would sit perched on the fifth step down from her apartment, in front of a wall of mirrors. Looking down, she could see the models and the audience reaction to the clothes, without anyone seeing her.
Upstairs, Chanel's apartment is like the nest of an exotic bird. It's filled with antique lacquered Chinese screens, camellias are part of the pattern.
Chanel's apartment is filled with visible perfections — crystal chandeliers, mirrors, pairs of gilded Chinese horses, an ancient Russian icon from her friend Igor Stravinsky, a golden hand her friend Alberto Giacometti sculpted for her, and painted by her friend Salvador Dali.
It's all very opulent, sophisticated and elegant, and yet the apartment isn't a large or grand space. These objects are impressive and luxurious, each room is small, and an important room is missing.
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