Guillet

Fabric flowers Guillet is the second flower house in Chanel's group, and its roots are in the theater rather than the runway. Marie Guillet established it in 1896 to build theater sets and supply hatmakers, and it went on to dress shop windows for Yves Saint Laurent, Hermès and Gucci before Marcelle Guillet, who inherited the house in 1971, steered it toward couture, working with Jean Paul Gaultier, Christian Dior and Chanel. Chanel brought it into Paraffection in 2006, and its blooms have featured in the house's Métiers d'art collections. Choose Guillet to see how a trade born in the theater and the milliner's shop became part of couture.