#coco-chanel

#coco-chanel

Long before tweed became shorthand for Parisian polish, Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel was borrowing it from the damp hills and riverbanks of Scotland. It was in the Highlands, far from the scrutiny of Paris, that she began to refine the codes of ease and utility that would come to define her iconic style.

Louis XIV, known as the 'Sun King', significantly influenced fashion in France during his reign by enforcing strict rules about attire and banning textile imports.