Christelle Kocher, artistic director of Maison Lemarié, was Joana Preiss’s guest in this new series of podcasts devoted to the Métiers d’art. Founded in 1880, the Lemarié atelier specializes in four fine crafts: feather-making, flower-making, pleating, and needlework, drawing on French craftsmanship passed down through generations. The two women talked about the creative dialogue that is forged between the various Maisons d’art and the CHANEL studio directed by Karl Lagerfeld and Virginie Viard with each new collection. It is this two-way collaboration between the couture House and the Métiers d’art that results in exceptional pieces such as the sailor top embroidered with handpainted feathers in the Paris-Hamburg collection.

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For this new series of podcasts devoted to the Métiers d'art, Joana Preiss talked with Hubert Barrère, artistic director of the Lesage embroidery atelier founded in 1958. Hubert Barrère explained how the Lesage heritage builds the future and stimulates innovation through combining traditional craftsmanship with 21st century techniques. In the creation of each new collection, the CHANEL studio works with the Lesage ateliers to produce unique pieces such as silver beads-embroidered ribbed caps and tops from the Paris-Hamburg collection.

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Worn over the shoulder, the sailor bag made of wool and leather is embroidered with the name of the collection and embodies the masculine-feminine codes.

The collection is available in boutiques and on chanel.com