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Chanel Valentine’s Day 2012 Accessories Collection

La Chanelphile — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:37:07 +0000

Valentine’s Day is coming and there’s no better way to say “I love you” than with the gift of Chanel (chocolate comes close though)! Chanel is releasing its 2012 Valentine’s Day collection featuring purses, small leather goods and accessories. The collection is awash in the palest pink and soft shimmery gold giving it a hint of the blush of first love. It’s hard to choose a favorite as I love them all (and would be happy receiving any as a gift dear husband) but I’m especially loving the exotics skins, the quilted bag shaped like a brown paper lunch bag, the camellia and camellia-embosses leather items, the wrist cuff, brooch, earrings, and bracelets. This collection is so lovely and would be a great transition into spring. And don’t forget, you don’t need a Valentine to treat yourself on Valentine’s Day.

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Alice Dellal – CHANEL Spring-Summer 2012 Haute Couture show

La Chanelphile — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:22:32 +0000

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….
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Alice Dellal On Working on the Chanel Boy Bag Ad Campaign

La Chanelphile — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:34:57 +0000

Check out the interview below of Alice Dellal where she describes how she met Karl Lagerfeld and her experience working on the Chanel Boy Bag ad campaign…
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High Rolling! CHANEL Exclusive Edition for Las Vegas Handbags

La Chanelphile — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:53:07 +0000

Last week I posted about the exclusive “Las Vegas de Chanel” cosmetics collection launching to commemorate the redesign of the Chanel boutique at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. In addition to beauty products, Chanel is releasing the Exclusive Edition for Las Vegas Handbags – a collection of 5 (Chanel’s lucky number – this is Las Vegas after all!) handbags. All five of the bags have an element of sparkle since you can never overdo anything in Las Vegas. My favorite of the five is the gold bag – the dice charms are too cute! That bag was made for high rolling!

I’m not sure if the bags will be rolling out to other locations or if they are exclusive to the Bellagio or to all the Las Vegas shops. A little birdie did tell me that the Las Vegas de Chanel cosmetics will be available at the Bellagio exclusively for one month and then trickle out to other locations. Good news for all the readers who were asking about availability! If you are at the Bellagio, be sure to ask for Giselle and she’ll make you look beautiful!

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Alice Dellal Is The New Face of the Chanel Boy Bag Collection

La Chanelphile — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:00:54 +0000

Rumors have been swirling online for a week or so and now Chanel has confirmed that Karl Lagerfeld has chosen Alice Dellal to be the face of the Boy Chanel handbag collection. The designer had a crush on this unique, charismatic young lady, who is both a model and musician, during a photo shoot several months ago. Though at first I thought the collaboration curious, I think it makes sense. Alice Dellal represents the perfect incarnation of all that is unique about the Boy Chanel handbag collection which strives far from conformist notions of femininity.

Ultra-modern, refined and mysterious, Alice Della is the latest in the line of CHANEL muses, each boasting their own inimitable allure – that je ne sais quoi that Mademoiselle herself perfected.

The advertising campaign shot by Karl Lagerfeld will be revealed in March 2012. I can’t wait to see this. From what I can see from the preview I already love what Alice Dellal is wearing and she looks more feminine than she normally does.

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Sneak Peek: Chanel Spring Summer 2012

La Chanelphile — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:20:16 +0000

What happens when you combine neon with Chanel? You get the Spring Summer 2012 collection. These pieces were not on the runway but a Spanish blogger was invited to a press preview in Madrid and posted some great pics of pieces from the 2102 Chanel spring summer collection.

I love the sneakers – especially the high tops – and did you see the tennis balls? So cute, but too cute to actually play with. We also get glimpses of new bags, shoes and neon jackets. It all looks very summery and fun – can’t wait to see it in stores!

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Photos By: Mar Pulido + Ignazio Arizmendi

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Chanel Métiers D’Art Pre-Fall 2012 Paris-Bombay Accessories

Miss Interns — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:28:29 +0000

I’ve said it before, I’ve said it again – I’m an accessories girl. I like apparel, but I LOVE accessories. To me, apparel is just something you wear under accessories. The Chanel Métiers D’Art Pre-Fall 2012 Paris-Bombay Accessories were so intricate that they could have had a show unto themselves – oppulent would be an understatement. But for all of their embellishment, Karl Lagerfeld managed to make it look all in good taste.

All of the models wore tikka – jewelry hanging on to the forehead that you attach to your hair – the Chanel version differed on some models by the addition of many chains that hung and draped over the side of the face. Bracelets took on a life of their own with some covering the hand and some with finger attachments. Necklaces ran the gamut from chokers to full bib necklaces to running across the body, across the shoulder and even full body jewelry that looked like a mesh overlay worn over clothing. Fingerless gloves and boots have patterns on them that were reminiscent of mehendi henna patterns normally seen on the hands and feet of brides.

New iterations of the Boy bag had all or one of the following: quilting on the front flap, exotic skins, Double-C clasp, and jewel encrusted thick straps. Some bags were in exotic skins while others looked like they were made of metal, some were in metallic leather while others were heavily jewel encrusted. Chanel showed these little pyramid-esque evening purses that looked like they were made to house treasure. My favorite bag was a snake skin clutch with diamond encrusted clasp. Sandals mimicked the bracelets and looked like foot jewelry while some boots looked like they were extensions of the pants. Gold booties looked inspired by men’s footwear but were every bit feminine. I can’t wait for this collection to be in stores so I can see all of the details in person!

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Rare Chanel on The Coveteur

La Chanelphile — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:53:19 +0000

The Covetuer is every fashion lover’s inside look into the closets we all wish we had. As a year in review, they’ve gathered all the photos of rare Chanel items that they’ve come across and published them in one place. I selected a few of my favorites but you should definitely check out The Coveteur for the full experience.

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Chanel Brisbane Limited Edition Bag Up Close

La Chanelphile — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:40:27 +0000

Last week we mentioned that Chanel released a limited edition bag to commemorate the opening of its Brisbane store. The Brisbane bag is made from “Pacific Ocean blue calfskin, taking inspiration from the city’s proximity to the ocean” and has a camellia on it. It’s so lovely! Have any of you ladies purchased the bag or visited the new boutique? If so, send in your pics!

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Chanel Links: 11.10.11

La Chanelphile — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:59:05 +0000

To commemorate the opening of the first Chanel boutique in Brisbane, Australia, Chanel has released a limited edition blue Brisbane bag. Courier Mail

An exhibition of Jean-Paul Goude’s work at Les Arts Décoratifs includes the Chanel Coco ad featuring Vanessa Paradis as a bird which he produced.

Karl may think that Facebook is a “flawless object” but that doesn’t stop him from hoarding iPhones with his likeness on them. Refinery 29

You can play dress up with real Chanel clothing – virtually that is. Online game i-Dress Up now offers a closet of authentic Chanel apparel and accessories that you can “dress up” in.

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