The seven Chanel style rules to live by today
telegraph.co.ukzhuzhed up, its power lies in its devastating, sophisticated simplicity. As one ages, one should play with different weights and opacity – a veil of black chiffon or tulle around the neckline for instance, or some white trim, is less severe than neck-to-toe black coverage.5.
Not that Coco was averse to zhushing. Wear your real jewellery as if it were fake and your fakes as if they were real, was one of her many useful aphorisms.
She hated the implied stiffness of saving something for best. Clothes, jewellery and accessories were all for inhabiting as if they were a second skin.
She particularly valued pearls for their iridescence – flattering on both youthful and mature complexions. No one wore lashings of the things better than she, although in 2022 Sarah Jessica Parker and Rihanna give it a damn good try.6.
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