Chanel launched a microsite devoted to the Chanel 2012 Valentine’s Day collection. On the site you can view each of the products in full detail. I hope someone shows you how much they love you this Valentine’s day with one of these little treasures!
February 6, 2012
February 1, 2012
Alice Dellal – CHANEL Spring-Summer 2012 Haute Couture show
Alice Dellal, the face of the upcoming Chanel Boy campaign, on her way to the Spring-Summer 2012 Haute Couture show living the glamorous life….
January 22, 2012
Viva Las Vegas! Chanel Hosts Numéros Privés
Chanel is hosting Numéros Privés (“private numbers”), an eight-day invitation-only event/installation housed at the Wynn in Las Vegas. The event launched on Friday with a soiree and in true Chanel fashion, the company charted private jets to fly in important clients, friends of the brand, and celebrities including the darling Les Fidèles de Chanel. Entertainment included DJs Alexa Chung and Nick Cohen with a live performance by Imelda May and her band (retro rockabilly – video posted below if you’re not familiar).
Barbara Cirkva, Chanel’s fashion division president stated that the purpose of Numéros Privés is to “surprise and delight people” – and surprise and delight it did. With ten rooms all devoted to the signatures of the brand, the exhibition played on Coco Chanel’s lucky numbers 5, 2.55 and 31. WWD reported:
One room was filled with Chanel Bearbrick dolls and matching wallpaper, another displayed fine jewelry among sculpted topiaries. There was a recreation of Coco’s apartment at 31 Rue Cambon, and a digital room that decoded the making of the 2.55 handbag. It had quilted leather walls. But no room was as popular as the one filled with old-school carnival claw games, where mesmerized guests tried to grab little Chanel gift bags with a mechanical arm.
The event also coincides with the store re-opening at the Bellagio and with Chinese New Year when many international clients travel to Las Vegas.
I only have one question…where was MY invitation? It MUST have gotten lost in the mail:)
Source: WWD
Image of Rachel Zoe at carnival claw game: The Zoe Report
January 16, 2012
November 28, 2011
Chanel Links: Thanksgiving 2011 Weekend
I took a much-needed few days off to celebrate Thanksgiving (and my birthday) but that didn’t stop Chanel or Karl Lagerfeld from making the news. Let’s play a little catch-up to see what happened in the Chanel world last week…
I’m not sure why everyone on the interweb is so surprised that Karl Lagerfeld makes a lot of money considering who he works for and the breadth of his projects – but he does, ok? WWD
Karl Lagerfeld will be donning a new hat - that of editor. In February 2012, “Lagerfeld will guest edit all Metro editions around the world. As part of the project, he will create a series of collectible sketches, illustrations and columns as well as choose the stories for the newspaper and give his notoriously provocative comments on the news of the day.” Metro
14 stars were chosen by 15 designers as their ‘muses’, and Chanel picked Yoon Seung Ah in Vogue magazine’s latest pictorial in the December issue. (Not sure which country’s edition of Vogue). AllKPop
Illustrator Megan Hess is exhibiting her work at the newly launched The Gallery in Victoria, Australia. Ragtrader
Chanel launched an iPhone App for the J12 and among the features, you can “try one on”.
Back in July I posted about the pens and lighters that Karl Lagerfeld designed for S.T. Dupont – you can buy them now on the Colette webshop.
Blake Lively and Elizabeth Olsen looked gorgeous in Chanel makeup at the Chanel-sponsored MOMA Film Benefit in honor of Pedro Almodovar. Chanel celebrity makeup artist Angela Levin did Blake Lively’s makeup and Gita Bass did Elizabeth Olsen’s makeup.
November 10, 2011
Santa Karl Wishes You a Merry Christmas!
Printemps, a Paris department store unveiled its Chanel Christmas-themed windows today with Vanessa Paradis, Bruno Pavlovsky (president of Chanel fashion) and Santa Karl himself in attendance. The window features dolls in Karl Lagerfeld’s likeness in an array of poses and activities all over a replica of Paris which includes an Eiffel Tower and the column from Place Vendôme – complete with double-Cs on top of course.
“I guess I’m a doll you can’t play with,” the designer told style.com at the unveiling. “In a way, I’m lucky. I don’t sing, I’m not an actor, I don’t make scandals, I’m just working class.” (Belfast Telegraph)
The display is so fun! I wonder if the Karl Lagerfeld dolls will be for sale?
As for what Santa Karl will be doing for the holidays – he likes to be alone…
Everyone I know is leaving [Paris], but I stay home because it’s the only moment I can work on the Couture quietly, sketch, and take care of my books and houses – all the things I never have time to do the rest of the year. For me the ultimate luxury is to be alone… to have time for myself, not look at my watch, and do whatever I want, whenever I want.
Source: WWD
November 3, 2011
Chanel Rouge Coco Shine Photo Booth Facebook App – Try It!
Chanel has a fun new app on their Facebook page promoting the Chanel Rouge Coco Shine lipstick. It’s a photo booth where you take 4 images, and then customize them with a color filter and a lipstick name. It was quick and fun and probably the only time Chanel will ask for your picture:) Try it out on the Chanel Facebook page!
Chanel Is A-Twitter!
Where have I been for the past month-and-a-half? Perhaps I got tired of checking, but Chanel finally has an OFFICIAL TWITTER PAGE! No, they will not follow you back, but you can get official Chanel tweets: @Chanel.
Culture Chanel Website & Beijing Exhibit
Back in January I posted about the Chanel Culture exhibit in Shanghai and the accompanying micro site. On November 5 through December 13, the exhibit will be shown in Beijing, China at the National Art Museum of China. You can see images from the exhibit in my previous post on the Chanel Culture exhibit.
If you won’t be in China any time soon or haven’t had time to pick up one of the many new Coco Chanel biographies, the Chanel Culture micro site is a great place to visit. The website is fully interactive with replicas of each of the subsections of the exhibit, has photos, audio and never -before-seen videos. My favorite part of the site is a section for kids (or big kids) which features a Chanel memory game and a Chanel coloring book! I’m definitely printing out the coloring book images to save for my Tiny Dancer when she is older. You can view the micro site at http://culture.chanel.com/
October 25, 2011
Assouline Chanel Special Edition with Tweed Chanel Slipcase
In June I posted about a limited-edition set of Chanel books published by Assouline complete with a quilted leather Chanel slipcase. Assouline is releasing another limited-edition set of Chanel books – in an edition of 30 – but this time the slipcase is a Chanel tweed. The set with Chanel tweed slipcase will retail for $2,500 each and will be sold at Assouline boutiques and website, in addition to being included in the Neiman Marcus’ Christmas selection. What a gorgeous addition to a Chanel book collection, no? At that price though, I think I’d rather have a Boy bag or some jewelry.
