Chanel Cupcake

Chanel Cupcake



Founded in 1910, the small shop selling ladies headwear had moved to the up market Rue Cambon within a year. The house became especially famous with the elegant little black dress and its signature Chanel No. 5 fragrance. Chanel revolutionized haute couture fashion by replacing the traditional corset with the comfort and casual elegance of simple suits and dresses. She introduced to the world her signature cardigan jacket in 1925 and signature “little black dress” in 1926, introducing a more sultry and seductive definition to “sexy.” She had numerous other major successes that changed the fashion industry including the ever popular "'Chanel suit'", an elegant creation composed of a knee-length skirt and trim, boxy jacket, traditionally made of woven wool with black sewing trim and gold buttons, worn with large costume-pearl necklaces. Elite women of high societies around the world began to flock to the now legendary Rue Cambon boutique to commission couture outfits from her. The House of Chanel became an icon of elegance and from then on, the name “Chanel” became synonymous to elegance, wealth, and elitism, as well as the ultimate sign of French high class, la coquetries




I remember seeing photos of Jackie Kennedy-Onassis in the infamous pink Chanel Suit with matching pillbox hat. Ever since then I’ve been in love with both…well chanel secretly, not Jackie. Like most of chanels fashion I associate it with black and white, except the pink of Jackie O! So I made a ½ chocolate and ½ white cupcake for this homage. The liner is a simple black silhouette of a cupcake liner and the ½ chocolate and ½ vanilla butter cream seemed fitting. What more do I need to say about chanel? Really it speaks for itself.



Here is the link to the Chanel website for those interested:
www.chanel.com