“La Camelia” es la flor emblemática de Mademoiselle Chanel aunque ella nunca reconociera que fuera su flor favorita. Mucho se ha escrito sobre porqué eligió esta flor y no otra y varias son las razones que dan:
- Que la incorporo en sus vestidos como elemento extraído de los trajes de tweed que llevaban los caballeros al principio del siglo XX en la solapa de sus chaquetas, entre ellos cabe destacar a Marcel Proust.
- Dicen que fue la flor que le regalaba su gran amor Arthur Boy Capel y en homenaje a él cuando falleció la incorporo entre sus insignias.
- Que al ser una flor que no tiene olor y florece en invierno le permitía embellecer a la mujer y al mismo tiempo utilizar un perfume.
- Era la flor que llevaba Bernarhdt en la obra “La Dama de las Camelias” quedando fascinada por su belleza.
- Que las prostitutas la llevaban prendida en sus ropas para que supieran los clientes que estaban disponibles y por lo que al llevarlas la mujer de la Alta Sociedad provocaba una gran controversia.
“La Camelia” is the emblematic flower of Mademoiselle Chanel although she never recognized that it was her favorite flower. Much has been written about why he chose this flower and not another and several are the reasons they give:
- That I incorporate it into their dresses as an element extracted from the tweed suits worn by knights at the beginning of the 20th century on the lapels of their jackets, among them Marcel Proust.
- They say it was the flower that gave him his great love Arthur Boy Capel and in tribute to him when he died incorporated it among his badges.
- That being a flower that has no smell and blooms in winter allowed him to embellish the woman and at the same time use a perfume.
- It was the flower Bernarhdt wore in the work “The Lady of the Camellias” being fascinated by its beauty.
- That the prostitutes were wearing it on their clothes so that they would know the clients that were available and so when wearing them the wife of the High Society provoked a great controversy.
