Marie Claire Australia — December 2017

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PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF CHANEL. TEXT BY CLARE PRESS.

JEWELLERY CRUSH

CRYSTAL

WA T E R S

Chanel’s glamorous life aquatic

G

abrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel pretty much invented

nautical chic. There’s a famous 1920s

photograph of her in a pair of belted men’s

trousers and a classic Breton-striped

T-shirt. Except it wasn’t a fashion classic

until she made it one. Women were still

trussed up in corsets in 1917 when Chanel began selling the

jerseys in her Deauville boutique, along with her wide-

legged “beach pyjamas” – inspired by sailors’ pants. Chanel

was a sailor herself. During her romance with the dashing

Duke of Westminster, she adored time spent off the Côte

d’Azur on his yacht, the Flying Cloud. So it’s fitting that

Chanel’s divine new fine jewellery collection inspired by

“the freshness of the Mediterranean breeze” and “the

endless shades of broad ocean expanses” takes the Flying

Cloud as its starting point. Could there be anything more

glamorous than sailing in these white-gold treasures set

with glinting diamonds, pearls and sapphires? Fly, be free.

Chanel Yachting

Day ring;

and Precious

Float earrings

(above right).

Clockwise from above: Chanel Flying

Cloud desk clock; Turquoise Waters ring;

Endless Knot earrings; a jeweller finishing

the earring setting; Precious Float

necklace; and Summer Cruise brooch.

Chanel Turquoise

Waters necklace

(above); and Sailor

Ta t t o o c u ff

(above right).

FASHION FIRST