Mademoiselle Privé: exhibition brings Coco Chanel to life

Karl Lagerfeld’s vision of designer steers Saatchi gallery exhibition which brings brand’s history to life for the smartphone generation

Mademoiselle Privé, the Saatchi Gallery exhibition about the life and legacy of Coco Chanel, includes a short film made by Karl Lagerfeld imagining an encounter between him and the woman who founded Chanel.

Coco, played by Geraldine Chaplin, wakes on the sofa of her Rue Cambon apartment after forty years and confronts Lagerfeld about his work. “What do you think you are doing?” she asks, to which he replies “I am keeping you alive.”