@CHANEL : The 1.5 high jewelry collection •• 1 CAMÉLIA 5 ALLURES

(en français ci-après) •••• As Gabrielle Chanel’s emblematic flower, the camellia was one of her icons. With no fragrance, and no thorns, she was seduced by its simplicity. To the opulence of a rose, she preferred its sobriety, its almost geometric roundedness and the classic ordering of its petals in a perfect symmetry. It was a white camellia that became one of her emblems. With her taste for opposites, she would wear it like a jewel, in stark contrast against a little black dress or sweater. In 2019, the 1.5 collection presents 50 pieces of High Jewelry, of which 23 are transformable, offering the freedom to wear them in a multitude of ways. Creations that become the expression of a personality. The embodiment of a style and a look. Jewelry, like Mademoiselle would create, that is neither an accessory, nor an ornament and about which she said, “My (jewels) are flexible and detachable [...] You can take apart the jewelry and use it to match a hat or fur. In this way, the set of je