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Luxist (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Filed under: Jewelry , Celebrity Shopping Legendary actress Shirley MacLaine now has her own line of jewelry. MacLaine says that playing fashion designer Coco Chanel in a TV movie inspired her line of jewelry. The Chakra Sky Jewelry marries her interest in gemstones with her love of the metaphysical. The rings, pendants and earrings have names like Spirit Steering and Safe Landing and are made of...
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Fabsugar (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Reese Witherspoon returned to LA after spending the last few weeks on a European adventure with Jake Gyllenhaal and her kids. One of the first items on her hometown agenda was a stop at Fred Segal and she brought along her Frenchie Coco Chanel for some companionship. She might have left her glamorous gowns back in Paris, but Reese looks equally great when she keeps it simple in jeans and sandals....
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PR-Inside.com Entertainment News (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Playing fashion designer COCO CHANEL in a new TV movie has inspired actress SHIRLEY MacLAINE to develop a jewellery line. The Terms of Endearment star admits the role helped turn her into a creative force and now she has joined pal Elizabeth Taylor as a gem designer. She says, "I was involved with Coco Chanel’s jewellery, while [...]
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Fabsugar (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Ashley Tisdale and Nicky Hilton favorite Trash & Luxury has come out with its latest set of fashiony T-shirts. This time around, the designs are darker and serious. One style is this Trash & Luxury Poverty Sucks Tee ($40) featuring Coco Chanel's shadow. I'm not a T-shirt girl but I can see myself in this one because it's super stylish. And yes, Coco's poverty-stricken beginnings sucked, but look where...
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Good Wine Under $20 (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Coco Chanel, the legendary French couturier, is reputed to have said "my inner contradictions fascinate me." I think contradictions are a beautiful thing, both in people and in wine. Contradictions in a wine keep your brain cells firing while you're tasting as you try to figure out if you really taste leather and roses at the same time and, if you do, do you like that? Mourvèdre is a grape that would...
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Jezebel (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Yves Saint Laurent. Coco Chanel. Christian Dior. Heidi Montag. Fashionistas will thrill to the debut of Renaissance woman Montag's luminous second collection for her label, Heidiwood. With names like... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Retro To Go (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
For decades, the classic Coco Chanel look was the must have for those affluent style lovers of New York's Upper East Side. While most of us may not have the budget required for the full Chanel suit, you can grab...
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
SHIRLEY MacLaine sees more than a few similarities between herself and legendary French designer Coco Chanel. "I think we are both colorful, we are both rude, and we are both spontaneous," she says. "We can't hold what we feel to be the honest...
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Begging the Question (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
I got these new granola bars recently because the store was out of the ones I usually get. I actually tend to have several different kinds, but I often get these Quaker Chewy chocolate chunk ones that are low fat and only 90 calories. But they didn't have those, so I got the regular chocolate chunk, which I think are 100 calories and probably not a lot worse for you. But when I bit into one, I tasted...
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Foto Decadent (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Publication: Vogue Models: various Photographers: Various Source: In Vogue: 75 Years of Style by Georgina Howard Some nudity The 1920s The Threadbare Thirties The eagle eye of Coco Chanel Surrealism: Rodgers and Hart's musical parody of Dali Vivien Leigh for Victor Stiebel, photographer Cecil beaton in the background with the visor and vest Fashion by Government Order--the 1940s Satin and roses for...
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BloggingBaby.com (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
Filed under: Teens & tweens , Playground bureau , Media The name "Chanel" is synonymous with elegance, simplicity, and wealth. After all, it was Coco Chanel who introduced the world to the little black dress, a wardrobe staple no woman's closet should be without. And her Chanel No. 5 has stood the test of time (aided no doubt by Marilyn Monroe's statement that it was the only thing she wore to bed)...
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Sybarites (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
The Chanel Angler set is the latest offering from Chanel’s sport line which has included ski’s, tennis rackets and bicycles. Fishing was a hobby of Coco Chanel who particularly enjoyed fishing for salmon in Norway. The Chanel Angler set includes a fishing rod and a set of black and white flies which feature the Chanel [...]
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
'I was waiting for you so impatiently, torn between pleasure and pain," the voice hisses. It is a woman's voice, tinted with French, throaty and insistent. "Stay with me," it begs. "Don't wander off, I need you." Belonging to actress Jeanne Moreau, but eerily suggestive of Coco Chanel, the voice authoritatively sets our pace, pulling us from piece to piece within the Chanel Mobile Art Container. Read...
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WhyFame (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
Harry Potter star Emma Watson is set to replace Keira Knightley as the face of French fashion house Chanel, signing a reported $6 million contract.Knightley has been the star of the advertising campaigns for premium fragrance Coco Chanel since 2006, but the actress’s contract expires this summer.And bosses at Chanel have reportedly lined up... [ More on WhyFame.com ]
