Cloaked in Chanel


C Plaisance is playing with women’s femininity and taking on many lives at once.. beauty icon in magazines , juggling with the real life, while remaining an accomplished housewife, flirting in her convertible, cheeky at the beach, extatically happy for « Spring break », executive woman at the office, autonomous, ageless and in the end…terribly alone.
Editions: 5
Inspired by pop artists, pin-up illustrators, Pirelli and Playboy calendars, as well as great photographers - Cecile is focused on pop culture representations of sexy women and how they have evolved over time. She focuses on the incendiary relationship between women as objects of violent desire, and the obligation to live in a controlled society. A prominent character in many of her works is the Barbie doll - iconic and universally recognizable, it is reflective of how societal expectations are placed on women from a young age.
C Plaisance is playing with women’s femininity and taking on many lives at once.. beauty icon in magazines , juggling with the real life, while remaining an accomplished housewife, flirting in her convertible, cheeky at the beach, extatically happy for « Spring break », executive woman at the office, autonomous, ageless and in the end…terribly alone.
Inspired by pop artists, pin-up illustrators, Pirelli and Playboy calendars, as well as great photographers - Cecile is focused on pop culture representations of sexy women and how they have evolved over time. She focuses on the incendiary relationship between women as objects of violent desire, and the obligation to live in a controlled society. A prominent character in many of her works is the Barbie doll - iconic and universally recognizable, it is reflective of how societal expectations are placed on women from a young age.