{"id":120746,"date":"2023-09-18T16:50:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T14:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/luxus-magazine-chanel-exhibition-at-londons-va-museum-coco-chanels-troubled-past\/"},"modified":"2023-09-23T15:07:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T13:07:38","slug":"luxus-magazine-chanel-exhibition-at-londons-va-museum-coco-chanels-troubled-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/luxus-magazine-chanel-exhibition-at-londons-va-museum-coco-chanels-troubled-past\/","title":{"rendered":"[Luxus Magazine] Chanel exhibition at London&#8217;s V&#038;A Museum: Coco Chanel&#8217;s troubled past"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>From September 16 to February 25, London&#8217;s Victoria &amp; Albert Museum is devoting an exhibition to Coco Chanel, the unheralded French designer. In addition to sublime outfits, this major retrospective uncovers evidence that the fashion designer was a proven member of the French Resistance. But unpublished documents also prove, on the contrary, that she acted as a Nazi agent&#8230;<\/h4>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition <strong>&#8220;Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto&#8221;<\/strong> was officially opened to the general public on <strong>Saturday, September 16, 2023<\/strong>, marking the first British exhibition dedicated to the work of the famous French couturier <strong>Gabrielle, nicknamed &#8220;Coco&#8221; Chanel<\/strong>. It will run until <strong>February 25, 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition traces the evolution of her iconic style and the history of the House of Chanel, from the opening of her first hat store in Paris in <strong>1910<\/strong> to the presentation of her final collection in <strong>1971<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17017\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/chanel-gabrielle-chanel-fashion-manifesto-at-the-victoria-and-albert-museum-copyright-chanel-12-ld-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But in addition to the designer&#8217;s iconic pieces, the exhibition features documents relating to her activities in occupied Paris. <em>&#8220;We couldn&#8217;t do an exhibition on Chanel without addressing her wartime past,&#8221;<\/em> said curator <strong>Oriole Cullen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Historical blur<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Previously unpublished documents reveal that the name &#8220;Gabrielle, aka Coco Chanel&#8221; is among a list of <strong>400,000 people<\/strong> whose contribution to the Resistance is officially documented. <em>&#8220;We have confirmations from the French government, including a document dated 1957, which attests to her active involvement in the resistance,&#8221;<\/em> confirms the curator.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But the museum also presents solid evidence of Chanel&#8217;s collaboration with German authorities during the occupation of Paris. This evidence includes transcripts of post-war interrogations of three Nazi officials, each of whom mentions Coco Chanel as a trusted source. Ms. Cullen emphasizes that <em>&#8220;this new evidence does not exonerate her. It simply complicates the picture. All we can say is that she was involved on both sides.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read more on Luxus Magazine\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/chanel-exhibition-at-londons-va-museum-coco-chanels-troubled-past\/\">by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Featured photo : \u00a9 GettyImages<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From September 16 to February 25, London&#8217;s Victoria &amp; Albert Museum is devoting an exhibition to Coco Chanel, the unheralded French designer. In addition to sublime outfits, this major retrospective uncovers evidence that the fashion designer was a proven member of the French Resistance. 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