Chanel's New Flagship Contains a 60-Foot Tall Pearl Necklace Sculpture

This week, Chanel celebrated the opening of its newly designed New York flagship on 57th Street The new boutique, designed by New York-based architect Peter Marino, is a true reflection of the fashion house's aesthetic: sleek, graphic, and elegant, with the brand's signature black and white color palette framing the space Four of the store's six stories house Karl Lagerfeld's designs including ready-to-wear, handbags, shoes, costume jewelry, and eyewear as well as watches and fine jewelry and fragrance and beauty.

The pièce de résistance is the 60-foot-tall sculpture of a Chanel pearl necklace that sits in the middle of the space Designed by French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel, the sculpture-crafted from mirrored stainless steel and gilded glass beads-"Evokes a strand of timeless pearls, a nod to the pearl necklaces so dear to Mademoiselle Chanel," according to a press release Othoniel says working with Marino led to a lot of experimentation-which is how this massive piece of art came to be.

In celebration of the flagship, Chanel has launched a capsule of exclusive offerings, including a limited edition 2.55 handbag, limited edition steel Code Coco watch with diamond-set bezel and mirror dial as well as a new scent, Les Exclusifs de Chanel 1957, a layered musk fragrance created by Chanel's in-house perfumer Olivier Polge. . Source