When Austin-based photographer Jaime Moore was deciding how to snap photos of her daughter Emma to remember her 5th birthday, she combed the Internet for visual inspiration — and, naturally, came across a ton of young girls dressed up like Disney princess on their birthdays.
Over at The Gloss, Jennifer Wright has a fascinating round-up of Coco Chanel's activities in support of Nazism and fascism prior, during, and after World War II. Fascinating but also harrowing. And replete with anti-Semitic cartoons.
Fashionista asks, "Is the model in this new (and awesome) Chanel lipstick film saying ‘Men hate women who read'?" Well, no, she's not. She is saying:
A new biography of Coco Chanel sheds more light on her wartime activities, and the house of Chanel seems to be bracing itself for backlash. What was ol' Gabrielle up to during World War II? Palling around with Nazis at the Ritz, basically — but the house of Chanel is denying that its founder and namesake spied for the…
The best thing about Johnny Weir? Not his skating, his artfully coiffed hair, or his unabashed love of Chanel. It's his ability to create instant soundbites. Weir has a gift for spouting insane, enjoyable, marvelous proclamations.
Today in fashionable racism, we have: An Australian magazine with a familiar-looking
On last night's Rachel Zoe Project, the team (minus Taylor) went to Paris fashion week, where Rachel "literally" felt like dying and "literally" felt like "a cow about to moo." She also went shopping (duh) and toured Coco Chanel's apartment.
Critics say Coco Before Chanel, which comes out today, is an unusual biopic in that it focuses solely on who Coco Chanel was before she became famous. Some say it ends too soon, before revealing what made her a legend.
We were psyched enough to just look at the costumes in the Coco Avant Chanel preview...but now we get to read for ourselves how defiant and sassy and modern pre-WWII movie-magic Coco was! [New York via Elle]
[Rome, May 6. Image via Bauer-Griffin]
France has a law against depicting smoking in advertising — so to avoid prosecution, the company that sells ads on Parisian public transportation banned a poster featuring Audrey Tautou as Coco Chanel holding a cigarette.
What happens when you get a high school freshman with passing knowledge of introductory French to translate the trailer for Coco Avant Chanel, starring Audrey Tautou? Faux-Français! Clip embedded after the jump. [Videogum]
You don't need to understand French to see that in this preview for Coco Avant Chanel, Audrey Tautou has a date with fashion destiny, a series of awesome period costumes. [YouTube via New York]
We've been intrigued by reports of Karl Lagerfeld's silent movie tribute to Chanel since we heard about it, and this sneak peek makes it look bizarrely awesome. The film chronicles the love affair of a young Coco Chanel (played by model Edita Vikeviciute) and Duke Dimitri Pavlovich, in authentic 20s style. The full…
[Los Angeles, May 20. Image via INFDaily.]
Hollywood's most famous reincarnated superstar (and inspiration
Since taking over the venerable French fashion house founded by Coco Chanel in 1909, "Krazy" Kraut Karl Lagerfeld has deconstructed and reconfigured iconic Chanel looks, adding a punk edge to shapes that would otherwise be, well, too classic. This is a label all about flaunting it — and flaunting it better than anyone…
