Portrait of Colette — CHANEL Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon

For this fifteenth edition of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon] that was held at the 7L library in Paris, CHANEL and Charlotte Casiraghi, ambassador and spokesperson for the House, invited writer Emmanuelle Lambert to pay tribute to Colette, along with actress and friend of the House Clémence Poésy. Moderated by journalist Olivia Gesbert, this encounter dedicated to the work of Colette considers the writer’s path towards emancipation, the way she constantly reinvented herself throughout her life, and her intrinsically linked relationship with writing and nature. See more about the Rendez-vous littéraire on https://chanel.com/-YT-Rdvlitteraires24_C #CHANELRendezvousLitteraires 00:00 : Reading of an extract from ‘Toby-Chien Parle’ 00:32 : Introduction by Charlotte Casiraghi 01:45 : Presentation of Colette 02:33 : Colette’s determination 04:38 : Her quest for independance 05:17 : Colette, contemporary of Virginia Woolf 06:11 : The evolution of her writing, mirroring her lives 07:09 : The links between Gabrielle Chanel and Colette 09:09 : Colette’s relationship with old age 09:33 : Reading of an extract from ‘The Tendrils of the Vine’ 10:45 : Colette’s relationship with time and writing 11:25 : Nature, a lost paradise 13:00 : Colette, a pioneering feminine figure 13:17 : Why Colette’s work is still admirable today    ➺ For more videos, subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCclHSnngVTZK7LEOQAzcg1w?sub_confirmatio