But while this artistic backdrop, topped with chandeliers and with flower petals scattered on the floor, was done with whimsy and imagination, the collection, showcasing the work of seven couture suppliers, all owned by Chanel, was surprisingly down to earth.
The 31-building compound contains tennis courts, football pitches, seven swimming pools, with mountains and the sea as a backdrop, topped off by a huge dining-kitchen compound that is as big as three football fields.
So that's Paradise, the prime patch of real estate that serves as the tumultuous backdrop to Top Of The Lake (Saturday, 9.10pm, BBC2), Jane "The Piano" Campion's bleak, eccentric six-part drama about child abuse, murder, domestic violence, painful secrets and terrible beards in a remote New Zealand community.
Two of Anderson's countrymen have won the BDO version - Les 'McDanger' Wallace (1997) and Jocky Wilson (1989, 1982) who was used as a backdrop on Top Of The Pops for the Dexys Midnight Runners track "Jackie Wilson Said".
Against this national backdrop, the top states and metro areas tracked by our 2015 Index are accelerating their clean-energy goals to levels once believed unthinkable.
THE BAR L-shaped with a stone backdrop, shiny granite top, a dozen stools and two high tables.
But sitting in the sunlight in Paris, with a cluster of colorful jewels winking on a backdrop of black top and pants, Ms. Bruni looks casual and relaxed.
On May 19 at Extreme Rules, Cena retained the WWE Championship against Ryback in a Last Man Standing Match after Ryback rammed Cena and himself into the electric backdrop at the top of the ramp, resulting in a no contest.
Space operas are science fiction stories that use the entire universe (and sometimes several universes) as backdrop for over-the-top plots -- often without any recognizably human emotions in view.
Audrey Hepburn once said 'Paris is always a good idea' and indeed Paris, the backdrop of countless romcoms, topped the list with romantic spots at every turn from stealing a kiss under the Eiffel Tower to a hand-in-hand stroll along the Seine.
