Earlier this week I posted about Numéros Privés, the exclusive Chanel event in Las Vegas – check out the video below to see what the experience was like…
January 26, 2012
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 18, 2012
Chanel Links: 01.18.12
Chanel is big in Japan – and they know it. On March 21-23 Chanel will host three events: a presentation of the winter couture show, the opening a pop-up shop, and opening an exhibition devoted to Chanel’s iconic tweed jackets to showing images from Karl Lagefeld’s book “The Little Black Jacket,” and styled by Carine Roitfeld. WWD
The Manhattan Vintage show is February 3 & 4 in NYC – get your tickets to buy some great vintage Chanel. Manhattan Vintage
More for the new sport collection from Chanel including a Cane and Tennis Racket Set. Hypebeast
Chanel introduces the Premiere Flying Tourbillon – commence drooling now. Rare Delights
The Coveteur visits Massaro – the atelier responsible for making Chanel shoes and creating the iconic two-tone pump. The Coveteur
I want this for my car. Twitter
Meet Karl Lagerfeld’s kitten Choupette…Stylite
January 12, 2012
Karl Bob, Coco Bob and My Little Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Mania has reached new heights as pop cultural icons Sponge Bob and My Little Pony take on the Karl Lagerfeld persona!
Dutch illustrator Mike Frederiqo gave Sponge Bob a fashionable makeover as Unkle Karl…
and of course Mademoiselle Coco Chanel as Sponge Bob…
Mari Kasurinen took a My Little Pony and made transformed it from playful to fierce as My Little Karl Lagerfeld. We should all have one of these around, no?
January 3, 2012
La Chanelphile PSA: Don’t Use The Name “Coco Chanel” In Vain
Please stop naming pets after our beloved Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel – it’s not an homage, but an insult. Please stop. Thank you.
December 8, 2011
Chanel Paris-Bombay 2012 Show Playlist
I know there are always questions about this so here’s the playlist of the Chanel Paris-Bombay show as seen on Chanel News…
SHOW PLAYLIST BY MICHEL GAUBERT
Paris-Bombay Métiers d’Art show
1. Bombay Talkie “Opening Title”
2. George Harrison “My Sweet Lord”
3. David Lynch “Good Day Today”
4. Moon Duo “Seer” (Psychic Ills Remix)
5. John Lennon “Instant Karma!”
December 6, 2011
Book Review: Chanel – Couture and Industry by Amy de la Haye
Chanel: Couture and Industry is one of the many new recent books that have come out about our favorite couturière, Coco Chanel. Unlike some of the more scandalous biographies, Chanel: Couture and Industry is a breath of fresh air because it focuses on Chanel in the context of fashion history.
Coco Chanel is synonymous with elegance, fashion innovation and modernity and in Chanel: Couture and Industry, Amy de la Haye examines the creative output of the House of Chanel from its infancy in the 1920s, to the present day under the tutelage of Karl Lagerfeld. Using the renowned collections of the V&A as her sources, fashion historian Amy de la Haye shows how Coco Chanel changed the way modern women dress.
Chanel: Couture and Industry includes beautiful images of original Chanel pieces – many of which can only be seen in museums – and many of which I have never seen before in any other Chanel publication. Chanel is the third book in the V&A Fashion Series covering key innovators in the world of fashion. If you are looking for a book that focuses more on Chanel in the context of fashion history then this is the book for you – or a great gift for any Chanelphile. Chanel: Couture and Industry is available online on Amazon.com.
December 5, 2011
Book Review: “Chanel, The Vocabulary of Style”
Chanel, The Vocabulary of Style is one of the most beautiful collections of Chanel photography that I have ever seen. Compiled by fashion historian and journalist Jérôme Gautier, Coco Chanel’s story of iconic style is told through archival photos paired with recent images. Photographs by leading photographers from Cecil Beaton, Horst P. Horst and Edward Steichen to Nick Knight, Annie Leibowitz and Mario Testino are shown side-by-side, just to name a few.
The Vocabulary of Style is divided into eleven chapters that identify key elements in Chanel’s lexicon: The Body Liberated, Little Black Dresses, Black into Night, Baroque Inspirations, 31, Rue Cambon, Youth and Evolution, Simple Chic, Androgyne, From Tweed to Tweeds, The Total Look and Rebel. In each chapter the viewer sees the progression from the seeds that Coco Chanel herself sowed to the flowers that bloomed under Karl Lagerfeld’s delicate hand.
Chanel, The Vocabulary of Style is a gorgeous collection of Chanel photographs and is a must-have for any Chanelphile. If you especially like vintage Chanel from the 80s and 90s – this book features more photos from this time period than any other Chanel book I have seen. If you are making a holiday wish list, or are looking for a gift for a fashion lover then I would highly recommend Chanel, The Vocabulary of Style – the edition comes in a slipcover and is as beautiful as the photographs within it. You can purchase Chanel, The Vocabulary of Style online on Amazon.com.
November 29, 2011
My New Favorite Website: Sip, Chat, Chow
We’ve seen the Chanel cupcakes, cookies, french fries and lollipops but Tricia Clarke-Stone, the “glam foodie” of Sip, Chat, Chow is taking things to a whole new level. She brings couture to some of our favorite sweet treats. She tends to like Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Fendi in addition to Chanel, but as you know, my only concern is Chanel – check out these pics of couture cuisine!
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.
