On opening night, Sylvie Douce and François Jeantet, founders of the famed Paris Salon du Chocolat were jubilant. Not only was it the 19th year for what has become “the biggest event in the world devoted to chocolate,” but the opening fashion show was a rousing success.
Models wearing chocolate-inspired costumes, each a collaboration between a French fashion designer and chocolatier, were a big hit. From a pouty-faced doll wearing an edible-cupcake adorned hoop skirt to a modern geisha with a floor length kimono, there was chocolate au couture everywhere. The hour-long parade of fashion culminated with the arrival of a couple that seemed to have “time-warped” out of the pages of Camelot — she riding a long-maned, white horse adorned with chocolate. The crowd and paparazzi roared with approval.