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Inspired by Wheat: Coco Chanel’s Apartment

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“As a symbol of prosperity, wheat is a recurrent theme in Mademoiselle Chanel’s apartment. She made it her lucky charm, like a subtle metaphor for creativity that never ends…”

“In each room of the apartment, wheat makes an appearance: as a brass bouquet, in gilded wood on the sitting-room fireplace, as gilded shelves for a table leg, or even a simple blade painted for Mademoiselle by Dali.”

wheat“Karl Lagerfield in turn ’sprinkled’ ears of wheat throughout his Spring-Summer 2010 collection: showers of golden wheat ears were cropped up on chain belts, bracelets, headbands, necklaces and shirt fronts.” - Chanel.com

chanelwheat1Source: Chanel

“A huge barn had been conjured up in the center of the Grand Palais, and the models emerged from it, wheat ears clinging to their tousled blond Bardot beehives… the Chanel country couquettes managed to flirt their way around every rustic reference in Karl Lagerfeld’s extensive repertoire of crafty-y couture skills, from hopsack to basket weave and cane work to aprons, dirndls, peasant-y poppy prints, and fantastic wooden double-C clogs.”

chanelwheat“It was a bumper harvest of everything that is chicly tattered, beribboned, and gloriously made about Chanel” – Sarah Mower, Style.com 

We are so inspired by this ‘romp in the hay’ Spring 2010 runway. We love that Lily Allen sang live in a fabulous black feathered frock and the glam white shoes worn by the models were such a stark stunning contrast to the golden bales of hay and patches of dirt. From the garlands of flowers, accents of wheat, poppy prints, brightly colored strung lights, and textures of woven baskets, we are inspired to recreate this glorious and fashionably festive setting. We will post our version of a Chanel inspired wheat wedding tomorrow! 

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