The dress code was equally relaxed: ‘You dress or not as you choose for dinner. Chanel herself wears black velvet slacks with the pink satin pyjamas showing about two inches round the ankles. With them she clings to her fine woollen slip-on sweaters brightened by strings of emeralds and pearls.’ Thus she held court, generally without sitting down at the table: ‘Mademoiselle Chanel, who eats very little anyway, is the prize entertainment, standing in front of the huge fireplace, making superb conversation
