Chanel Couture’s Amazing Floral Backdrop Featuring 300 Blooms

Pho­to cred­it: Vale­rio Mez­zan­ot­ti for The New York Times

It’s no secret my love for paper sculpt­ing, and so when I saw the Chanel Spring 2015 Cou­ture Run­way, I was instant­ly enthralled. The flo­ral theme fea­tured an arbore­tum of white card­board palms con­struct­ed under a glass ceil­ing. And, bet­ter yet, they moved!

It took 6 months to pro­duce the 300 flow­ers that dec­o­rat­ed the set. Each fea­tured their own engine, and at the start of the show, Bap­tiste Giabi­coni (Karl Lager­feld’s muse) “watered” them and brought the mechan­i­cal blooms to life.

The most­ly-white back­drop had pops of col­or that com­pli­ment­ed the cou­ture out­fits, some of which were heav­i­ly adorned with bril­liant flow­ers. Images of the set and cloth­ing below!

Image via: Racked

Pho­to via: Pur­ple Diary

Pho­to via: Pur­ple Diary

Pho­to via: Pur­ple Diary

Pho­to via: Pur­ple Diary

Pho­to via: Pur­ple Diary

Pho­to via: Pur­ple Diary

Pho­to via: Pur­ple Diary

Pho­to via: Pur­ple Diary

Pho­to via: Pur­ple Diary

Pho­tos of some of my favorite out­fits. See the entire thing on Vogue.com.