I’d much rather visit a place that was a real home, one that has its living history preserved. That’s why snooping in famous dead people’s homes is one of my favourite things to do.
which is about the post-war fashion industry in 1940s Paris, when Christian Dior unveiled his “New Look”, a collection of voluminous dresses that caused a furore after the rationing of the war.Coco Chanel features in the series as an ally and rival of Dior, which also looks at both fashion designers’ conduct during the Nazi occupation. The sets are lavish and the fashions have been replicated in painstaking detail.
I visited the apartment many years ago. I remember the famous lacquer Coromandel screens in the salon, against which many photos of her were taken, and the suede couch that she sat on to receive visitors, which was slightly worn. Unfortunately, it appears the suede sofa has been replaced in the recent restoration.
Most of Peggy’s furniture is gone, but if you visit at quiet times, you can channel her spirit, through her taste in art. Perhaps it’s also because she’s interred in the garden, along with the ashes of her 14 beloved Lhasa Apsos dogs.
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