Ballet Costumes Designed by Coco Chanel for "Le Train Bleu" 1924 (Chanel & Her World, Edmonde Charles-Roux, p.214)
In the 1920s, Coco Chanel was a rising star in the cultural scene and her social circle included people like Pablo Picasso (cubist painter), Sergei Diaghilev (founder of the Ballet Russes), Jean Cocteau (writer/playwright) and Igor Stravinsky. Her social relationships transformed into working projects, and because of her illustrious friends, Chanel designed costumes for several ballets.
Now, Chanel’s Karl Lagerfeld designed an exclusive costume for Senior Principal Dancer Elena Glurdjidze of the English National Ballet. The costume is for “The Dying Swan” and took 3 women over 100 hours to make. The tutu is made of a variety of feathers and is truly a work of art in and of itself. The costume will make its stage debut on June 16th in London before making its way to Barcelona. Watch the video below of Elena Glurdjidze gliding down the stairs and performing at the the Chanel Haute Couture Salon…
"The Dying Swan" Ballet Costume Designed by Karl Lagerfeld (Chanel) for the English National Ballet
"The Dying Swan" Ballet Costume Designed by Karl Lagerfeld (Chanel) for the English National Ballet
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