The sets are mostly spectacular, but costumes are a kaleidoscopic three-century mishmash, with 18th-century frock coats, BelleEpoque ballgowns, 1940s mafiosi and swarms of pierced punks and Goths.
Though inconspicuous from the outside, the interior of Absinthesalon seems to have travelled back in time, to a small bar in France during La BelleEpoque period (the late 19th to early 20th Century).
It was during this time Coco's own style and creativity began to blossom -- partly in disgust at the unnecessary extravagance of upper-class style during the gaudy years of the late BelleEpoque in France.