Coco invites Igor along with his wife - now sick with consumption - together with his four children and a menagerie of birds to stay at her new villa, Bel Respiro, in Garches. The attraction between them is instant and electric. Coco is introduced to Igor by Diaghilev, impresario of the Ballets Russes. Igor, following the Russian Revolution is now a penniless refugee living in exile in Paris. Paris 1920, Coco is newly wealthy and successful but grief-stricken after Boy's death in a car crash. The music and ballet are criticized as too modern, too foreign. Coco attends the scandalous first performance of The Rite in a chic white dress. lpthe-rite-of-spring-le-sacre-du-printempsigor-stravinsky-ernest-ansermet-lorchestre Identifier lpthe-rite-of-spring-le-sacre-du-printempsigor-stravinsky-ernest-ansermet-lorchestre Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t2m69j59m Lineage Technics SL1200MK5 Turntable + Audio-Technica AT95e cartridge > Radio Design Labs EZ-PH1 phono preamp > Focusrite. She wants to democratize women's fashion he wants to redefine musical taste.
The revolutionary dissonances of Igor's work parallel Coco's radical ideas. Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is about to be performed. Coco Chanel is infatuated with the rich and handsome Boy Capel, but she is also compelled by her work.
