La Pausa: Gabrielle Chanel Book

A Riviera reverie.

In La Pausa, readers are transported to Gabrielle Chanel’s sanctuary on the Côte d’Azur - a place where architecture, art, and intellect converged beneath the Riviera sun. Designed and decorated by Chanel herself in 1928, the villa became a haven for her circle of luminaries - Picasso, Dalí, Cocteau, the Duke of Westminster - each leaving traces of genius within its stone walls. With essays, archival documents, and rare correspondence, this book reveals the soul of Chanel’s coastal retreat: its luminous design, layered history, and enduring mystique. Bound in Orient blue cloth and crafted with meticulous detail, La Pausa is both an intimate portrait of a home and a testament to the woman who built it—timeless, daring, and distinctly her own.