CoCo Celine: Chanel

Friday, 11 November 2011

Fun and Games with Chanel

Chanel is one of the most respected luxury brands in the world, but “fun” and “kid-friendly” aren’t words one often associates with it. That is unless you head on over to Chanel’s new Culture microsite where you can spend minutes distracting yourself from the banality of real life with a virtual coloring book and a memory game.
Pick and choose whatever colors you like — well not really since you have access to a rather limited color palette that Karl Lagerfeld himself would openly balk at — to design Chanel accessories, such as the iconic bouclé tweed jacket, a pump, a hair-bow, and a clutch. Then there’s a little memory game — you know the kind where you flip over the cards and try to match up the images.
Every child should be able to play with Chanel in some capacity or another, as should every adult, which is why I’m going to spend the next hour or so coloring in my Chanel collection to go on display next February in Paris. Ah, a designer’s work is never done!

Monday, 7 November 2011

'Culture Chanel' Opens in China

Twelve years after the first Chanel boutique opened in Beijing, "Culture Chanel," an exhibit based on the life and art of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, opened Saturday at the National Art Museum of China.

The exhibit, which runs through Dec. 13, features more than 400 works of art, couture dresses, jewelry, photographs, paintings, and drawings all connected to Chanel's life and legacy.

The Beijing exhibit, which first opened at Shanghai's Museum of Contemporary Art, brings in several new works connected to artists who were in some way linked to Chanel, including a bronze head of Chanel by Jacques Lipchitz, an ink drawing by Salvador Dali, a collage by Pablo Picasso, and a fan decorated by the poet Jean Cocteau.

Actress Anna Mouglalis, who played Gabrielle Chanel in the 2009 film, "Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky," attended the Beijing opening. She said she was enjoying her short visit because her father is an acupuncturist interested in traditional Chinese medicine, and that both of her parents had studied Chinese. "So since I've been born, I've been raised with a fascination with China," she said.

Curator Jean-Louis Froment said that the exhibit was designed as an homage to each of the artists featured. The exhibit, Chanel representatives noted, was created to be different from the Shanghai space by featuring smaller rooms and intimate spaces, much like the hutongs that dot the city.
www.culture-chanel.com
www.namoc.org

Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Sarah Burton amazes us by capturing the true essence of McQueen

After having a look at the wonderfully amazing runaways from Sarah Burton for McQueen, nobody can deny : She was the perfect choice to take over the reign of King Alexander McQueen.
The best part, in our opinion, were the headpieces. We'd love to see someone brave enough to rock that to a premiere or event!
Each look was like a dream come true , light and disturbing at the same time , a mermaid meet a princess, a villain evil Queen meets Hi society fashionista...

Congrats to Sarah Burton : a Queen is born !

Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Wednesday, 22 June 2011

Lily Allen’s Chanel Wedding Dress!

A sketch of Lily Allen’s dress by Karl Lagerfeld and Lily during a fitting at the Chanel studio on rue Cambon by Benoît Peverelli

The mystery over Lily Allen’s Chanel wedding dress has been revealed this morning. Published on the Chanel website, a photograph and accompanying sketch of Lily wearing an empire-line cut gown in sheer white chiffon confirms Lily did in fact wear Chanel for her wedding.