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Chanel and Es Devlin team up once again for an installation at Miami Art Week

2021-11-03T17:59:00-04:00

A French luxury staple is bringing an in-demand designer to Miami Art Week in celebration of its founder and the brand’s most important birthday.

As part of the 100th anniversary of the iconic fragrance line’s commercial debut, artist and designer Es Devlin has teamed with the fabled fashion house Chanel for a public installation that will honor the legacy and cultural significance of its signature Chanel No. 5 perfume.

Drawing on the namesake’s deep connection to the natural world, the installation features a Grecian-style labyrinth surrounded by greenery inspired by the original twenty plants whose essences form the base of the signature fragrance. Visitors will engage with all five of their senses as they enter the labyrinth’s five concentric pathways, conceived as dance routes in reference to the Greek tradition, that complete an interactive experience in combination with an ethereal soundscape designed to highlight the company’s sophisticated laboratory vetting process.

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Throughout his legendary career, Karl Lagerfeld fused fashion and architecture

2019-02-20T15:55:00-05:00

On Tuesday, the legendary Karl Lagerfeld passed away in Paris at age 85. One of the most recognized names in fashion, Mr. Lagerfeld, as the creative force behind Chanel, helped revive the brand into the luxury powerhouse it is today through his many reinterpretations of the house's iconic bouclé tweed that drew inspiration from everything from hip-hop to California surfer chicks, to even his pet cat.

Karl Lagerfeld’s photographs of Villa Noailles, taken in the summer of 1995 and published in the book "Villa Noailles, Hyéres-Éte."

Lagerfeld's reach extended well beyond high-end fashion too. The German designer was a man of many parts, working as a photographer, a director, a curator, an interior decorator, and a furniture designer. Through his many endeavors, Lagerfeld's work often touched on the realm of architecture, whether through collaborations with architects such as Zaha Hadid—who joined forces with the fashion label in 2008 to design the Chanel Mobile Art Pavilion. Or, throug...

Zaha Hadid, une architecture at Mobile Art

2011-04-23T13:37:22-04:00

"Zaha Hadid, une architecture" will be the first exhibition held inside the Mobile Art pavilion since the installation of the pavilion in front of the Institut du monde arabe.