Monday, March 28, 2011

interior inspiration : Coco & Igor


im so excited! to release two new collections, the ZOLA and HUNT collections, in the shop today,and i will be posting some of the inspiration behind them over the week but for a wonderful sneak peek head over to illseen,illsaid. jane has written up a lovely post. 


i hope you all enjoyed your weekend... inbetween rain drops i watched Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, directed by jan kounen- i find more and more that when watching a movie, what im actually watching is the sets. i had to watch the king's speech a few times to be able to tell you what actually happened in the movie but the set, i think i can map out each scene. Coco & Igor was no different. its streaming on netflix at the moment. the the set becomes the bonding point for the movie, which in all honesty is pretty slow and not terribly compelling, but the sets...


it plays on chanel's iconic black and white fashions and stravinsky's fame as a composer - the notes on a page, the alternating keys on a piano - through the sets their world seems to flow seamlessly together - the majority of the movie takes place within chanel's home. 









i believe the sets are designed by marie-helene sulmoni and yves fournier, but i had a very hard time confirming this, so if i am mistaken please correct me. what ever the case, they are truly inspirational, with too many details to point out but i hope you'll enjoy lingering over them as much as i have. i also couldnt resist this little bowl, so humble yet elegant especially paired with that crystal steamware. 





2 comments:

  1. Gorgeous sets. So much discipline in these designs (I would never succeed!)

    Thank you for the mention!

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  2. Thanks, in comparison to authentic Coco apartments in Ritz or rue Cambon I like these movie ones much more.

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