Chanel’s Métiers d’Art Collection to the Château des Dames
La Pausa, Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel’s fabled house in Roquebrune in the south of France, was probably the inspiration for one of the most spectacular , recent fashion shows we had the opportunity to enjoy.
Chanel’s creative director Virginie Viard was taken on a tour of the storied Chateaux of the Loire. At the time, she was more impressed by the splendors of Chambord than the more intimate charm of the fairytale Château de Chenonceau. Revisiting Chenonceau earlier this year, however, when the castle was planned as the setting for an in-person Métiers d’Art show Viard was struck by how closely the atmosphere of the place evoked La Pausa.
