It was really interesting to see the various ways that this jacket has been styled, making it a truly versatile, classic piece. The gallery itself was beautiful, located in a classically designed building that could have previously housed one of the European trading companies of old Shanghai, creating an old-world, traditional, atmosphere that was perfect for an exhibit of a timeless piece. The main exhibition room had polished granite floors and beautiful granite columns; the ceiling had coffers outlined by ornate white trim, expensive-looking materials that created a grand interior. There was also an upstairs room with more photos in varying sizes, a video of the photo shoot, and physical books of the images to flip through. A smaller room downstairs had some "fire engravings" of the photos in primary colors. It was very cool to experience such a large but intimate space with a hierarchy in photo size giving the viewer different impressions. We also got some free posters of people modeling the jacket! Check out the online exhibit here : http://thelittleblackjacket.chanel.cn/en_US/experience.
7/7- My friends and I headed downtown today to check out Chanel's Little Black Jacket exhibit near the Bund. The exhibit is an installation of photos from the book The Little Black Jacket: Chanel’s Classic Revisited by Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld and is centered around Coco Chanel's iconic little black jacket. This piece was created by Chanel in 1954 and has not been redesigned by the house since. Karl Lagerfield, head designer and creative director for Chanel, photographed more than 100 celebrities, both male and female, young and old, wearing the black jacket styled by Carine Roitfield for the book. The photos have now been displayed in exhibits worldwide. It was really interesting to see the various ways that this jacket has been styled, making it a truly versatile, classic piece. The gallery itself was beautiful, located in a classically designed building that could have previously housed one of the European trading companies of old Shanghai, creating an old-world, traditional, atmosphere that was perfect for an exhibit of a timeless piece. The main exhibition room had polished granite floors and beautiful granite columns; the ceiling had coffers outlined by ornate white trim, expensive-looking materials that created a grand interior. There was also an upstairs room with more photos in varying sizes, a video of the photo shoot, and physical books of the images to flip through. A smaller room downstairs had some "fire engravings" of the photos in primary colors. It was very cool to experience such a large but intimate space with a hierarchy in photo size giving the viewer different impressions. We also got some free posters of people modeling the jacket! Check out the online exhibit here : http://thelittleblackjacket.chanel.cn/en_US/experience. Comments are closed.
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