Fashion house Chanel has brought a dazzling array of its history and influence on culture to the Guangzhou Opera House in an exhibit designed by Jean-Louis Froment, art director for Chanel. Opened this week, the display will remain open to the public every day until March 3.
“It’s very different from cheap marketing sponsorship which goes against art,” Froment said. The exhibit celebrates Chanel’s modern lifestyle and is inspired by Serge Diaghilev’s ballet “Le Train Bleu,” for which Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel designed costumes. The show incorporates a wide variety of art forms into its preservation of Chanel fashion history.
The straight and narrow layout, resembling a train, incorporates 400 pieces, including new and vintage Chanel apparel, jewelry, and personal photos of Chanel. Among these are sprinkled sketches from Pablo Picasso, Salvadore Dali, Amedeo Modigliani and manuscripts from Jean Cocteau and Max Jacob.
The entire display is set against a stage curtain created by Alexandre Schervashidze, who reproduced Picasso’s image of depicting two half-clothed women running against a blue sky for use by the Ballet Russe in the original production of “Le Train Bleu.”
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