Wow. These photos of the paper flowers lining the runway and draped throughout the venue of the Chanel Spring 2008 Haute Couture are just stunning:
From the Chanel website: The grandiose décor was made up of monochrome arrangements of roses, daisies, leaves and petals winding their way up around the room's 32 impressive columns and draped over the railings of the entry stairway where the models appeared. […] All in all, there were 7,000 handmade paper flowers, which took a total of 4,800 hours of work to assembly, 4,000 m2 of paper were needed to create these ephemeral sculptures, all in one color, or more aptly the non-color preference for Mlle Chanel.
And a couple of photos of the paper tiaras worn by the models during the show:
Also according to the Chanel website, paper actually served as the inspiration for this collection, with Karl Lagerfeld quoted as saying "I love paper! Everything begins on paper. Without paper I would be lost!"
Excellent. And so, so lovely.
{via poppytalk and this is glamorous}
I love paper! and I especially love Chanel’s show! I just posted a drawing my husband made of one of the models!
Holy moly – I’d seen those pics before, but just from far away and the white flowers looked like blobs. Close up, they’re beautiful.
Does anyone know a source for these paper flower. Need for a party.
Does anyone know a source for these paper flower. Need for a party.
Richard – these flowers were created by a paper artist specifically for the Chanel runway show. I don’t believe they are commercially available. However, if you need paper flowers, Paper Source sells kits for flowers on a smaller scale, and I’m sure you could find a tutorial on Martha Stewart or other DIY website such as ReadyMade or Craft magazines. Anyone else have any suggestions?
Absolutely Stunning!