Inside Chanel’s love affair with cinema

On this year’s Cannes red carpet, Nouvelle Vague actress Zoey Deutch wore a custom Chanel white dress comprising a corset, a peplum and a skirt embroidered with a camellia motif. But Chanel’s links to Nouvelle Vague run deeper: the luxury house supported the production of the black and white film by Richard Linklater, which tells the story of the filming of the 1960 French classic Breathless.

Chanel also created a series of silhouettes for characters Jean Seberg (Deutch) and Juliette Greco (Alix Bénézech). One important dress in the film is a reproduction of Gabrielle Chanel’s haute couture bustier dress in striped taffeta and beige dotted organza from the Spring/Summer 1956 collection. (Deutch also wore it at the photocall in Cannes.)

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