Which flower became one of Coco Chanel’s signature motifs?

The camellia became one of Coco Chanel’s signature motifs.

Chanel used the camellia in clothing, jewellery, accessories, and visual presentations. Its rounded form and lack of strong scent made it adaptable as both a real flower and a stylized design element. It became closely linked with the Chanel image during the twentieth century.

The flower had personal and cultural associations for Chanel. She encountered camellias in the social world surrounding her early patrons, and the flower was also fashionable in nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century dress culture. Its shape could be reproduced in fabric, leather, enamel, pearls, and other materials.

The camellia is sometimes confused with the Chanel logo because both appear widely on branded products. They serve different visual roles: the interlocking Cs identify the house, while the camellia is a recurring decorative emblem.