a flower as emblematic to the House as the double C. The Camellia japonica ‘Alba Plena’ is cultivated in Gaujacq, in the south of France, where Chanel’s Open Sky Laboratory has made it a centrepiece ...

Camellia flowers were affixed to tweed suits and ... The palette, too, was quintessential Coco Chanel, as shades of black, white, cream, pink, and burgundy hit the runway at the Grand Palais.