#chanel edit

Chanel’s symbolic colours
↳ White

White, because in the beginning there was white. Because it captures light, illuminates the face, enhances beauty. Because it’s the color of absolute transparency and transcendence: white, because it reminds Coco of the cornets of the nuns from her childhood and of the communion dress given to her by her father. White, because it illuminates Coco’s strands of pearls, her camelias and the bouquets of flowers that surround her with perpetual spring. White like her timeless silk pyjamas, like the dress that she wore to Diaghilev’s funeral. White like satin, like chiffon and, offset with black braids, the white tweed of the Chanel suit. (x)