Mapping the North Father's Day An ode to the incredible

An ode to the incredible use of colour throughout fashion history

and nuanced approaches to storytelling

Against the grey sky the towering tents are striped black and white

as well as Leonardo works lost to time

largely drawn from the collections of the Chanel Patrimoine

Mapping the North Father's Day An ode to the incredibleMaps have played a central role in our understanding of what and where the north is. At the same time, the northernmost reaches of our world have, for much of history, been difficult to navigate and verify, from the mythical islands on medieval maps to the itineraries of Arctic explorers in the nineteenth century. This has inspired inventive mapping strategies, as well as ongoing struggles to define what constitutes believable cartographic