Chanel Gadgets

Spotted at the London New Bond Street-store last weekend: The Chanel Matroushka purse. I think this edition is once again too darn cute but my boyfriend just doesn't understand... Is the KL-doll a better option then, uh? No, don't think so either.

Chanel Store, New Bond Street, London

Random toy store in Knokke, Belgium

Fashion Film - Chanel Cruise 2012

Yes, Karl made another one...

That white casino-dress (Louisa) is stunning by the way!

Chanel Short Film

And speaking of Chanel-short films;
Remember Now is airing later today on Chanel News!


Update:
Oh my, the outfits look great!
I want, no, I need that silver dress, one of those tweed jackets and the silver nail polish!
and Leigh Lezark' style, please!




(source: Chanel News)

SHORT MOVIE IN SAINT-TROPEZ

Part of the cast are actors Elisa Sednaoui and Pascal Greggory in the leading roles alongside Jean-Roch, as well as models closely related to the House of Chanel: Freja Beha, Jake Davies, Magdalena Frackowiak, Baptiste Giabiconi, Sébastien Jondeau, Karolina Kurkova, Abbey Lee, Leigh Lezark and Heidi Mount. 

The film is to be released on May 11th for the 2010 Cruise show.

Film and Fashion: Coco Chanel

Apparently I've missed this film, 'cause I had no idea this movie was released in Belgium back in January... Has anyone seen the film yet? And is it any good? I've heard that it's somewhat slow? But from what I can tell from the trailer, the mise-en-scène is beautiful, as well as the costumes the main character is wearing... 

Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

I told you many times about Lagerfeld's short films for Chanel, but did you know that Gabrielle Chanel worked for Hollywood? Sam Goldwyn 
offered her one million dollars to design for MGM in 1931. But after a 
year she left the industry since she supposedly didn't get along with 
Gloria Swanson, whom she dressed in Tonight or Never. Bruzzi 
states that "Chanel was inflexible when asked to tailor her style to 
the needs of the film or to divest her costumes of the understated 
chic which had become her couture trademark" (1997, p. 3).


Btw. Bruzzi's Undressing Cinema-book is a must read for anyone who 
is interested in film and fashion! It helped me out for my thesis a lot.
Check out Google Books...

Coca Cola Light by Karl Lagerfeld

Apparently, Karl Lagerfeld shot Coca Cola Light's last campaign. The models starring are Coco Rocha and  his beloved Baptiste Giabiconi. Am I the only one who thinks this picture is quite boring? 

(source: design scene)

Edit: To whoever that cares: The campaign will be released in France on the 28th of April and limited edition boxes will be available Galeries Lafayette and Colette (WWD). 

Prèt-à-Porter

As mentioned before, for my thesis on film and fashion I'm analyzing Robert Altman's Prèt-à-Porter. The film is a parody and satire on the fashion world, and ridicules the industry. The movie, set during Paris Fashion Week, sends out a quite stereotype and negative message that only greed, betrayal and shallow 'keeping up appearances' are of the greatest importance in the business.

And yet, never did I see a Hollywood picture in which so many 'real designers and models appeared; Jean Paul Gaultier, Gianfranco Ferré -back then working for Dior-, Sonia Rykiel, Christian Lacroix, Issey Miyake, Campbell, Schiffer, Christensen... And not to mention the designs by many other great fashion houses. It's a shame that I've left the DVD at home, but when I return for the weekend I'll put up a screen shot of the end credits, so you can discover which designs -by whom- were featured in this 'fashion film' yourself! This movie beats Sex and The City for sure.

But the 'communications scientist' in me can't help but wonder; why were these fashion icons so happy to work on this project, if it puts the industry in bad daylight? Is bad publicity better than no publicity?

For anyone who loves fashion, this movie is a must!



Don't let this boring trailer mislead you, the film is much more fun...
And the title chosen for this movie is genius, Ready To Wear, when all designs presented are totally unwearable.

edit: And according to literature, Karl Lagerfeld was so furious that one of Altman's characters portrayed the french designer of chanel as a 'thief' that he called in the German juridical system and had the movie banned from German cinema's. But the picture does however feature quite some product placement by the house of Chanel. Curious and curiouser...

Givenchy Couture

After last fall, I had high hopes for Givenchy couture show and judging from these pictures the pieces were stunning as ever. Just like Lagerfeld, Riccardo Tisci chose to cover some items in bright colored sequins, and he also continued the geometrical prints of his Spring/Summer 2010 collection. I love it. Plus, I'm sucker for anything cape'y.

(pictures: imaxtree)

My all-time favorite Givenchy couture-piece still is this piece below, though. I'm not sure if I ever want to get married, but if I do, this dress will do just fine. (Fall 2009)






Suzy Menkes on the show.

Silent Chanel

Mr. Lagerfeld does it again: a silent film by Chanel!

Also, Chanel has a brand new site matching the Paris-Shanghai line

and short film, I told you about earlier. On the page you can find

behind the scenes video fragments starring the designer himself.

Chanel thieves

Lara Stone and Baptiste Giabiconi star once again in a Chanel short film by Karl Lagerfeld. In Vol de jour the glamourous duo shoplifts bags and bags full of Chanel, while motorcycling around Paris.

edit: I just noticed that the bike features the Chanel-logo as well. Very cool, Mister Lagerfeld! And just look at all those people outside,

watching what's going on...

Chanel Short

Another great example on how fashion and film can intermix:


Lagerfeld must be the busiest man in fashion. He directed the following Chanel Short Film called Paris-Shangai: A Fantasy and designed the Métiers d'Art collection inspired by the same theme. Furthermore he is a succesful photographer (see e.g. : the dom pérignon-campagne with C. Schiffer) while still being the creative director for Chanel and Fendi.










Oh, and remember the Lara Stone by Karl Lagerfeld-piece?





Later today my Costume & Fashion-class will take place, and we will learn more about Gabrielle Chanel's design. Last week we already studied Charles Frederick Worth and Paul Poiret. I'm very excited.