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The interlocking C’s came from stained glass windows in an Aubazine chapel which featured interlaced curves. – http://culture.chanel.com

“When designer Yves Saint Laurent introduced his first version of le smoking—a black tuxedo for women—during a presentation of his couture collection on this day in 1966, the outfit didn’t have fashion editors falling out of their chairs. That came later. On that afternoon at 5 Avenue Marceau 44 years ago, the only jackets that caused a bit of swooning were “thin-girl” fur coats, which fit snugly over plaid shirts and pants, and a reshaped version of his tailored pea coat. A group of Pop Art–inspired dresses featuring imagery from Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein paintings drew a few giggles. But none of the major magazines rushed to feature le smoking in future editorials and buyers weren’t tripping over each other to order copies for their stores. Gloria Emerson of the New York Times, perhaps cranky after several days of Paris shows, called the collection “outdated” and “lumpy,” and suggested the designer “strains too hard to convince the world he is hand-and-hand and eye-to-eye with the very young.” But for Saint Laurent, the collection was a turning point. With the introduction of le smoking, he’d uncovered his definitive muse: the liberated, unfettered, independent woman. The critics that day were oh, so wrong. The tuxedo would be included in Saint Laurent collections for the next 30 years and literally revolutionized the way women dressed forever on.”

Yin Yang: In Asian philosophy, the concept of yin yang (simplified Chinese: traditional Chinese:; pinyin: yinyáng), which is often referred to in the West as “yin and yang”, is used to describe how polar opposites or seemingly contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other in turn. Opposites thus only exist in relation to each other. Many natural dualities—e.g. dark and light, female and male, low and high, cold and hot, water and fire, air and earth— are thought of as manifestations of yin and yang (respectively). Civil relates to everything Yin yang embodies and represents; we use the concept in a lot of our messages throughout or lines. There’s always two sides of every coin…We Celebrate The Difference in everyone. Purchase Yin Yang here.

Disbelief: The cross is probably thee  most recognized symbol known to man. With one upright and the other flipped upside down Civil illustrates how there is a yin to every yang. The deeper underlying message shows that there is a dark and light side to everything. The crosses are just one of the many representations of two counterparts that create balance.  Civil Celebrate the Difference whether you are “Yin” or “Yang”…we Celebrate the Difference in all. Purchase Disbelief here.