Coco Chanel

Coco Before Chanel – DVD Review

Filmshaft.com (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Long before the trappings of success took hold, Coco Chanel was a not more than a peasant living life abandoned in an [...]

Coming Soon to Bungay Film Club 2010

Waveney Valley Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

COMING SOON AT THE BUNGAY FILM CLUB COCO BEFORE CHANEL (Coco Avant Chanel) (12A) Monday 25 January 2010 Director: Anne Fontaine. France 2009. 110 minutes. In French with English subtitles. Starring: Audrey Tautou, Benoit Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola and Emmanuelle Devos. Coco Chanel, the fashion designer, began life as plain Gabrielle. The story of her ascent from orphanage to couturier is told in...

HM STYLE | 5 Must Have Wardrobe Staples

Haute Mimi (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

I received an email from a reader asking me about what my five must-haves are. I really have to be honest and say that it is incredibly hard for me to pick just five but I have managed to do so. I believe these five pieces are the perfect bones to any wardrobe, well a glamorous one. Enjoy. The Little Black Dress I suggest this Hervé Léger Scoop back bandage dress. It is definitely an...

Women banned from wearing trousers in Paris

Disco Nap (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

There is an byelaw first introduced in 1800 which bans women from wearing trousers in Paris, according to today’s Telegraph. This made me chuckle. Itmeans that A & S are both criminals. But considering this also makes criminals out of Coco Chanel and Rebecca, Eurostar competition winner, I feel we’re in good company. Although the lawyers amongst [...]

Female Parisian police officers, Coco Chanel unwitting felons

Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

Archaic law makes it illegal for women to wear pants in Paris

Lagerfeld Plans Never to Retire

Pursed Lips (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

The people who are truly passionate about what they do dream to never retire and it’s inspiring to read about such individuals. Beloved Chanel’s own Karl Lagerfeld is one of those people. You go boy! No, not only are replacement rumors not true, that won’t be happening any time soon. Like Coco Chanel herself, Lagerfeld plans [...]

31 Rue Cambon

I Say Chic (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

Is the address where Coco Chanel had her apartment in Paris and where I would move in a second. Chanel is using this great street name and iconic location to mark its debut for their magazine: 31 Rue Cambon #1 . Art-and design direction by no other than Olivier Zahm from Purple Magazine . The mag will be distributed in all of Chanel's flagship stores world wide!

The Look For Less: DKNY Embellished Trim Wool Jacket

Fabsugar (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

There's something intriguing about a black jacket that has a hint of shine, like this DKNY Embellished Trim Wool Jacket ($504). It's totally classy and sassy at the same time - a modern Coco Chanel would wear it well. Since most modern Coco Chanels are budget conscious, I hunted down a less expensive version that is twice as nice. To see the look for less, read more This Forever 21 Jewel Trim Tweed...

Little Black Dress

PinkBow (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

Created by Coco Chanel in 1926, the Little Black Dress has been a wardrobe staple ever since. It's popularity in part down to the fact that it can be styled in so many ways, dressed up or dressed down. When offered the chance to style the Copenhagen Dress by up and coming ethical label Urban Buzz, I chose to dress it with simple accessories. As with most LBD's , the style is in the detail. This one...

Coco Before Chanel - Circle Cinema

Bounded Rationality (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

My wonderful wife and I had a lovely night last Saturday, when we got to travel down to my old stomping grounds to have a bit of dinner, and a movie. Our first stop was Las Americas Super Mercado and Restaurant on 3rd Street right next to Second Hand Rose Pawn Shop, across the street from the funeral parlor, and west of Lewis from the Warehouse Market. We had some really good Mexican food. I had some...

The Bunny & The Deer

Igor + André (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

Julia Frakes In Miu Miu Spring 2010 Hello, hello my friends! Well, just finished working and about to head down to Pasadena to see the lovely Audrey Tautou preform in "Coco Chanel" with Fashion is Poison and alot of other bloggers. Should be really fun! I'm really excited! Today's drawing of my friend, the beautiful, kind, and lovely Julia Frakes of the blog Bunny Bisous . She asked me if...

• Happy ThanksLiving 2009 | Down with Mills and Factory Farms! - bunny BISOUS

Keira Knightley - Coco Chanel Advert

The Diamond Chicks (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Christmas is on the way as the Perfumes are advertising on TV....but Im pretty sure Coco Chanel are using the same advert with Keira Knightly as last year. Keira Knightly wears some gorgeous diamond jewellery which look amazing with that beautiful red dress.

Interview: Yietze

ThisNext Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

This week we get to know a little more about teen and fashion expert, Yietze . Yietze is one of our newer members of ThisNext but has already built an amazing profile for herself. She finds all kinds of unique and beautiful fashion! My personal favorite list of hers, is her oversized jewelry list, it is awesome. Here are some sweet products I discovered at ThisNext. Check them out! See more of my Over-sized...

Introducing FIDM San Francisco Street Style by Scooter!

FashionClub.com Daily (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Loving these flats! Hallie Fisher, (Product Development) rocking these awesome Chanel ballerina flats! Favorite Quote: "A girl should be two things, classy and fabulous" -Coco Chanel I agree! Zippers all around! Laura Ortiz (Fashion Design) is sporting one of the...

Multiple Strands Of Pearls Best Accessory For Fall Winter 2009

Beauty Tip Today (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

We like what Kimora was showing on her fall winter 2009 Baby Phat runway : Multiple strands of pearls and gold chains. It's the best way to accessorize and hit the right trends of the moment. Ultra-feminine and always classy, but expensive, too. Runway pearls and gold chains will cost you $1,000 or more each, but there are ways to imitate the bling and save some real cash. Baby Phat showed the pearls...

First Look: Audrey Tautou as Coco Chanel

ravipatel1212@gmail. | 07/07/2009

First Look: Audrey Tautou as Coco Chanel Coco Avant Chanel was partly based on Edmonde Charles-Roux's book, L'Irrégulière: Ou, Mon Itinéraire Chanel, and was adapted for the screen by Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons) and Anne Fontaine, who is also directing. The film will not attempt to tell the entire life story of Chanel, probably because it would be impossible to contain that much fabulousness

Presentation of the book "Clothing and Protocol" by Ramon Pique in Sitges

worldgallery | 01/12/2009

"Elegance is not synonymous with economic power, but with good taste," said Coco Chanel, surely one of the characters that most intelligence reflected on fashion. Elegance is an "état d'esprit", which is a state of the soul, something that has nothing to do with money, or brands, or social status. "Clothing and protocol" (in Spanish “Vestimenta y protocolo”) is a guide of good clothing, written by