Life in the Fast Lane
Pink Champagne and Gold Convertibles at Chloé's Glam Fragrance Launch
To fête its latest perfume, Love, Chloé (coming this fall to a beauty counter near you), the fashion house did not just take over the neo-eighteenth-century mansion that is home to the starred restaurant Apicius. Instead, they refurnished, re-carpeted, and redecorated the place entirely with a retro-seventies vibe and the edible colors—honey, toffee, caramel—seen on the Fall runway. And what better backdrop for Raquel Zimmermann's entrance, in a convertible honey-gold Mercedes with Roman Coppola at the wheel?
Zimmermann alighted, looking like a latter-day Lauren Hutton (or was it Faye Dunaway?) and sporting a crocodile Emma bag (sad to note: not launching until November). "She's like an old-school film star, the way she tosses a cape," noted Chloé designer Hannah MacGibbon. In Roman Coppola's first fragrance spot, Zimmermann glides through the streets of Paris in that convertible by day, graces Le Grand Colbert by night, and generally looks like the haute-est Charlie girl ever born. The model, meanwhile, sidestepped the obvious film question, saying, "I love what I'm doing now, but never say never!"
Coppola, meanwhile, is off to the Venice Film Festival in September for the premiere of Somewhere, written and directed by his sister Sofia. (Roman was a producer.) In the garden, a brochette of young French starlets (Géraldine Pailhas, Ludivine Sagnier, Julie Depardieu, Marina Foïs, Zoé Félix, Hafsia Herzi) clinked glasses with fashion types like Alexis Mabille, Tom Pecheux, and Joseph Altuzarra before retreating to chef Jean-Pierre Vigato's kitchen for a few quick sandwiches. Even glamour girls, it seems, can't live on pink Champagne alone.
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