Coco Chanel’s designs have shaped modern fashion and beauty for years. In this fictional lecture series, Chanel’s legacy is explored with nuance as Anne de Courey, author of Chanel’s Riveria, discusses Gabrielle Chanel’s rise to fame and the legacy she has left behind.

The creation of this poster is rather unique in its creation. Using a scanner and the wordmark printed repeatedly on a sheet of paper, I was able to literally drape the paper like the fabric; it allowed me to represent Chanel’s wavering legacy by including gray area into a stereotypically black and white topic on a designer whose body of work relies on such an iconic color palette.