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Chanel made sun-tans bourgeois and desireable - a status symbol advertizing the good life - where they had previously been looked down upon because they were a sign of "field work" or outdoor manual labor. She invented tanning creams, lotions and make-up that allowed a woman to spend a day at the beach without ravaging her skin or diminishing her elegance. Examples of these products and their extrordinarly modernist packaging are on view at the show. What could be simpler than a white box with a thin black line and two discreet reversed "C's?"
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In 1926, Chanel introduced the ‘little black dress,’ greeted by Vogue as the ‘new uniform of the modern woman.’ That same year, Chanel introduced the classic tweed. Inspired by visits to Scotland with the Duke of Westminster, Chanel created her first tweed suits.
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The exhibit pays particular homage to Chanel's consecration as the inventor in 1926 of the Little Black Dress, a synthesis of elegance and sobriety. "Until then, black was reserved as the color of mourning," says co-curator Cathérine Join-Diéterle. "In the hands of Chanel it became the symbol of chic."
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