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november 08, 2009

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Yea, Nay, Or Eh: Katy Perry At The 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards

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Expert Advice: How To Gift Costume Jewelry

It’s approximately two weeks until Black Friday. Take a breath. There’s still time to consider the thoughtful gift, like a beautiful piece of vintage costume jewelry. Needless to say, that venture involves more effort than others, but according to jewelry collector and historian Deanna Farneti Cera, it’s entirely worth it. “It’s not something you can [...]

November 6, 2009  10:02 am

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Fashion Is Going Country, Australian Label Lover Catches A Ride

Gingham check at Christopher Kane. White eyelet, Swiss dot, and jagged swaths of suede at Altuzarra. Crochet at Alberta Ferretti, peasant dresses at YSL, clog heels and hay underfoot at Chanel. After several seasons of urban warrior looks, fashion is teasing out a more bucolic mood for Spring ‘10. Add the desert-inspired looks from brands [...]

October 27, 2009  10:05 am

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Choice Cuts: The Ten Shows We Loved

Who made our Top Ten list for Spring? Designers with a point of view: Nicolas Ghesquière at Balenciaga, who went back to his haute street roots. Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel, who made fashion fun again, and sent out some fabulously crafty clothes in the process. Celine’s Phoebe Philo, for her fearless new brand of contemporary [...]

October 15, 2009  11:25 am

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The Shoe In: Are Clogs Now Chic?

The Kaiser has spoken, and evidenced from yesterday’s Chanel show, the word is clogs. While I myself love them, they can be a bit awkward to actually walk in and somewhat “Hey guys, wait up!” when it comes to cruising quickly on your feet through city streets. But really, what’s going on here? What was [...]

October 7, 2009  10:23 am

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Yea, Nay, or Eh: Rihanna At Chanel

Some of your opinions have differed, but we’ve generally been pretty impressed with Rihanna’s Parisian ensembles so far this week. Sure, she likes trendy clothes from avant-garde designers, but she tones it down by wearing lots of black. That move isn’t brain surgery, but you’d be surprised. And in the inevitable battle of Fashion Versus [...]

October 6, 2009  3:37 pm

Designer update

Front-Row Tweet: Chanel’s Barnstormer

Karl Lagerfeld knows how to put on a show. This morning at Chanel, it was a real barnstormer in the Grand Palais, with a set inspired by Marie Antoinette’s peasant-y playground Le Petit Trianon, that featured a giant haystack and barn, of course branded with a huge Chanel logo. Taking it all in were Prince, [...]

October 6, 2009  10:50 am

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Gripoix Comes Out From Behind The Scenes

Vintage hounds and the fashion fluent know Gripoix as one of the old-school specialists that has serviced couture houses for decades. Particularly famous for its collaborations with Chanel, it’s been the ne plus ultra of pate de verre (poured glass) jewelry since 1869. The company was acquired in 2006 by vintage jewelry collector Marie-Pierre Keslassy, [...]

October 1, 2009  6:09 pm

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DecadesTwo Pop-Up Round Two Opens Today

Christos Garkinos: Hello.Caller from Denver: Hey Christos, I went through my closet and found 30 Chanel bags. Do you think people in New York will want those?Garkinos: Um, yes.Caller: Well, I will just FedEx them over to you in the Big Apple. Oh, should I take the original price tags off?Garkinos: Um, no.Garkinos: [In his [...]

October 1, 2009  11:44 am

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Eric Wright’s Façonnable: Je Ne Sais Quoi Free With Purchase

Eric Wright was once a Lagerfeldian soldier at Chanel, but he was conjuring a different sort of French girl last night at Façonnable’s Spring 2010 presentation. “It’s Carla Bruni walking down the street in jeans and a V-neck sweater,” said Wright, dressed in a charcoal chalk-stripe jacket of his own design. “You know how French [...]

September 11, 2009  11:32 am

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Coco Avant Chanel Gets Its West Coast Premiere

On Wednesday night, Chanel fans were treated to the Los Angeles premiere of Anne Fontaine’s film, Coco Avant Chanel, starring Audrey Tautou. The screening, at the Pacific Design Center’s Silver Screen Theater, was followed by an elegant soiree at Chanel’s nearby Robertson Boulevard boutique, where guests sipped Champagne and nibbled on mini chicken potpies and [...]

September 10, 2009  2:39 pm