Graphic lines draw out the new CHANEL tweed suit — the opening look of the CHANEL Spring-Summer 2021 Ready-to-Wear collection imagined by Virginie Viard, presented at the Grand Palais in Paris. See more on chanel.com/-RTW_SS21 | CHANEL

16K views · 1.5K reactions | From Cocteau to Coco. From the bestiary...

19K views · 1.3K reactions | In bright white bouclé, Virginie Viard reinterprets the tweed jacket with a buttoned peplum for the CHANEL Cruise 2021/22 collection, layered over a deep black ensemble for a modern play on classic contrasts.​ ​ See more at chanel.com/-RTW_Cruise21-22 | CHANEL | Facebook

Chanel No. 5 became the most famous perfume in history because of what was possibly a “mistake.” An overdose of aldehydes made it smell nothing like the safe floral perfumes of its time, and Coco Chanel loved it for exactly that reason. She didn’t sell ingredients, she sold mystery, modernity and the idea of a woman who couldn’t be boxed into one scent. What others would have thrown away, she turned into a century-long symbol of luxury and sensuality. Sometimes what feels too strong, too strange