Coco Chanel Igor Stravinsky

She taught the savage how to be classical.

Detail the for Stravinsky's ballets. Recommend other films or books about Chanel's life. Coco Chanel Igor Stravinsky

He was composing a requiem for the war dead, but in that villa, it became an elegy for his own morality. He was sleeping with his patron ten meters from his dying wife’s bedroom. She taught the savage how to be classical

One is a chord. One is a dress. They seem to have nothing in common. But if you listen closely to the silence between the notes, and look closely at the space between the seams, you can still hear the echo of a scandalous summer—a savage Russian and a orphaned seamstress—who together proved that the greatest love affairs are the ones that end not in happiness, but in a masterpiece. He was composing a requiem for the war

Bel Respiro was a modernist villa, spare and elegant—a physical manifestation of Chanel’s aesthetic. It was here, in the summer of 1920, that the affair began.

One of the most enduring legacies of the affair between Chanel and Stravinsky is the "Piano Ballet," a collaboration between the two artists that took place in 1927. The "Piano Ballet" was a series of dance performances that combined Stravinsky's music with Chanel's fashion designs. The performances featured a series of short dances, each set to a different piece of Stravinsky's music, with Chanel's designs serving as the backdrop.