http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8http://www.chanel.com/rss/chanel_defile.jpghttp://www.chanel.com/ CHANEL Mode, retrouvez tous les accessoires de mode CHANEL et les collections 2008 http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-chanel-paris-shanghai-1,151 2009-11-13 11/13/2009 - Chanel travels to Shanghai for the opening of the new boutique at the Peninsula hotel on November 25th and to present its Paris Shanghai fashion show on December 3rd. The diary of the Paris Shanghai collection, from the first fittings in Paris to the show in Shanghai on December 3rd, will be on www.chanel-paris-shanghai.com. To receive the podcasts http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-chanel-in-shanghai-1,148 2009-11-05 11/09/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-ephemeral-tattoos-3,149 2009-11-05 11/09/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-the-new-handbag-line-chanel-coco-cocoon-2,147 2009-10-30 10/30/2009 - Gwen Stefani http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-vip-at-the-ready-to-wear-spring-summer-2010-fashion-show-2,146 2009-10-30 10/30/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-spy-camera-1,145 2009-10-19 19/10/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-exclusive-footage-lily-allen-at-the-rehearsal-2,144 2009-10-06 10/06/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-backstage-at-the-show-1,143 2009-10-06 10/06/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-fittings-with-lily-allen-the-day-before-the-ready-to-wear-spring-summer-2010-show-2,142 2009-10-06 10/06/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-the-show--1,139 2009-10-06 10/06/2009 - The Chanel 2010 summer is one of bucolic and rural light-heartedness. For this cheerful fashion show, Karl Lagerfeld installed a reproduction of a farm scene complete with barn, haystacks, and flower garlands in the heart of the Grand Palais, using Fragonard's artworks and Marie Antoinette's Hamlet at Versailles as his inspiration. In this idyllic décor, the Chanel models appeared in step with the joyous rhythms of this country farandole, which ended in a surprise concert by Lily Allen, who appeared in a flowery cabin from underneath the set. The dusted colors of this summer collection are like those of the show's atmosphere, made up of natural whites, creams, beiges, but also pink, coral and pale orange. The dresses have transparent elements, muslin veils, and pleats which heighten the waistline and enhance the silhouette. Leather clogs with studded heels and small baskets adorned with flowers and ones made of wicker and hessian accessorize the silhouettes. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-coco-chanel-s-apartment-6,141 2009-10-06 10/06/2009 - As a symbol of prosperity, wheat is a recurrent theme in Mademoiselle Chanel's apartment. She made it her lucky charm, like a subtle metaphor for creativity that never ends... In each room of the apartment, wheat makes an appearance: as a brass bouquet, in gilded wood on the sitting-room fireplace, as gilded sheaves for a table leg, or even as a simple blade painted for Mademoiselle by Dali. Karl Lagerfeld in turn "sprinkled" ears of wheat throughout his Spring-Summer 2010 collection: showers of golden wheat ears were embroidered or cropped up on chain belts, bracelets, headbands, necklaces and shirt fronts. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-front-row-2,140 2009-10-06 10/06/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-making-of-the-ready-to-wear-spring-summer-2010-press-kit-7,137 2009-10-06 10/06/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-fashion-goes-green-1,138 2009-10-06 10/06/2009 - There was a bucolic, pastoral feel to the Grand Palais for Chanel's Ready-To-Wear Spring-Summer 2010 show, as designed by Karl Lagerfeld. Against a stunning backdrop of gold and green straw, wood and wild grasses, models moved around a 9-metre high barn in a very "organic-generation" setting. "I spent my childhood in the countryside. You hear a lot about the environment these days. I thought it would be interesting to put a fashion twist on it", said Karl Lagerfeld. Proof that fashion and the environment can go hand in hand. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-the-new-handbag-line-chanel-coco-cocoon-3,136 2009-10-02 10/05/2009 - All videos are online on www.chanelcocococoon.com Receive the podcasts: http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-karl-s-diary-30th-anniversary-of-the-german-vogue-9,135 2009-10-02 10/05/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-karl-s-diary-30th-anniversary-of-the-german-vogue-9,134 2009-10-02 10/05/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-the-new-handbag-line-chanel-coco-cocoon-3,130 2009-09-15 09/15/2009 - The British singer Lily Allen proves to be perfect for the launch the new Coco Cocoon handbag line. She naturally won over Karl Lagerfeld. His photographs fully illustrate the style that marries the star and her bag. "She is extremely inspiring and is completely taken with the bags - with her typical English casualness!" The Chanel Coco Cocoon collection will be released on October 3rd. Subscribe to the RSS feed to catch the next episodes on Chanel News. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-wintertale-7,129 2009-09-03 09/04/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-coco-chanel-s-apartment-6,118 2009-07-30 07/30/2009 - A gift to Gabrielle Chanel from Jacques Chazot, a famous dancer from the Opéra-Comique and well-known member of glittering Paris society, this frog with its open mouth, a symbol of good luck in Asia, was initially part of the decorations of a fountain before the designer decided to plate it in gold. She even let her guests believe that it was made from solid gold. One day, as Parisian designer Hubert de Givenchy was having tea with Gabrielle Chanel in her apartment at 31 rue Cambon, he found a pendant that had fallen from the chandelier in the living room, and placed it delicately in the frog's mouth. Mademoiselle Chanel decided to keep the frog with its crystal pendant. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-shoot-by-karl-lagerfeld-in-paris-7,117 2009-07-23 23/07/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-haute-couture-fall-winter-2009-10-1,115 2009-07-07 07/07/2009 - For next winter's Haute Couture collection, Karl Lagerfeld chose to combine extremely pure silhouettes, which evoke "unencumbered graphic effects and asymmetric lines" in addition to the magic of faces veiled in tulle embroidered with studs and crystals. "It's a coquettish veil that creates mystery... It can be quite nice to see and not be able to be seen," as the designer explains. For this collection Karl Lagerfeld also imagined trails attached to the shoulders or to the waist of tweed jackets and dresses. "They are extensions of the silhouette with evening attitude. It's all about the perfect proportions and lightness." The discreet luxury of this graphic Couture collection plays on the opulence of the embroidery and the precious nature of the fabrics: muslin dresses, delicate draping and suggestions of skin under embroidered lace, folded and ruffled as a reminder of the traditional dress of the Versailles court. Day and night, Karl Lagerfeld's deep black silhouettes are punctuated by sudden flashes of white, gold, red and fuchsia. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-iconic-decor-1,114 2009-07-07 07/07/2009 - Karl Lagerfeld chose the dusk light at the Grand Palais in Paris to present his Chanel Fall-Winter 2009/10 Haute Couture collection. Over a white decor, divided into squares by black lines, four gigantic Chanel N°5 perfume bottles veered towards the sky. "What could be more mythical than a Chanel jacket and N°5?" adds Karl Lagerfeld, who brought together the two icons for his Couture show. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-lily-allen-the-face-of-chanel-2,104 2009-06-29 06/30/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-maison-michel-6,112 2009-06-30 06/30/2009 - Mélanie Laurent http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-chanel-in-moscow-6,113 2009-06-30 06/30/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-paris-moscou-drawings-of-the-metiers-d-art-collection-by-the-russian-model-sasha-pivavorova-on-the-occasion-of-the-fashion-show-in-moscow-the-city-where-she-was-born-6,109 2009-06-26 06/26/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-the-chanel-application-for-your-iphone-3,111 2009-06-25 06/26/2009 - The application contains videos and photos of the latest show, individual shots of the latest looks and accessories, as well as points of sale. The iPhone's touch-screen functions allow the user to zoom in on the photos for a detailed view. The application also includes a link to the latest exclusive CHANEL NEWS features.To download it, visit the App Store. You need to have iTunes on your computer and an iPhone or iPod Touch. If you have already downloaded the CHANEL application, the update will be available automatically. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-karl-lagerfeld-conductor-of-the-latest-show-in-venice-6,107 2009-06-11 06/11/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-something-la-mode-6,108 2009-06-11 06/11/2009 - SomethingALaMode, or SALM for its fans, set the musical scene for the show with a performance worthy of a classical orchestra and a top class DJ. The two worlds are not the slightest bit contradictory for Thomas Roussel and Yannick Grandjean who, after devoting their days to their strict classical training, turned into dedicated clubbers at night. The result of their encounter is a debut album called 'électro-cordes' which expertly mixes the clanging violins of RondoParisiano, as baroque as they come (featuring Karl Lagerfeld), and the heady bubbles of 5 AM. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-moscou-through-the-eyes-of-michel-gaubert-sound-stylist-for-chanel-6,105 2009-06-09 06/10/2009 - Moscow was at its best to welcome us two week ago. Blue sky, bright sunshine, comrades standing to attention; Leonid made sure I avoided revolutionary sunstroke by lending me his cap. An original Moscow, the meeting of Chanel and Russia at the Maly Theatre, a gorgeous setting from Tsarist times transformed into a cinema for the showing of Karl Lagerfeld's film, Coco 1913 - Chanel 1923, followed by a cabaret with Maria, Anabela, Irina, Sasha, Angelika, Tatyana, Natasha and Vlada; the letter A on the runway punctuated by the sound of Terem Quartet's giant balalaika. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-paris-moscou-in-moscou-7,101 2009-06-03 05/29/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-paris-moscou-aftershow-2,102 2009-06-03 05/29/2009 - After the show, guests headed to the PODIUM Concept Store, real moscovite fashion establishment. For one month Chanel created an ephemeral boutique highlighting the most emblematic pieces of the collection. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-paris-moscou-at-the-maly-theater-1,99 2009-06-02 05/29/2009 - After presenting in Paris last December the "Paris Moscou" Metiers d'Art collection, Chanel chose the Maly Theater for an exclusive presentation in Russia on May 29th. An outstanding event since it was also Karl Lagerfeld's first visit to Moscou. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-paris-moscou-handbags-3,100 2009-06-02 05/29/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-karl-lagerfeld-speaks-about-the-2009-10-cruise-collection-1,98 2009-05-29 05/29/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-karl-s-diary-9,97 2009-05-29 05/29/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-a-ballet-for-karl-lagerfeld-9,96 2009-05-27 05/27/2009 - Karl Lagerfeld has designed an exclusive costume for the 'The Dying Swan' as part of the English National Ballet's season of Ballets Russes at Sadler's Wells in London in June 2009. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-fittings-at-the-chanel-suite-2,94 2009-05-13 05/13-05/24/2009 - During the two weeks of the Cannes Film Festival, actresses dropped by the CHANEL suite for their fittings before walking up the red carpet. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-personal-transporter-at-the-amfar-gala-2,95 2009-05-25 05/21/2009 - Once again this year Chanel participated in the annual AMFAR dinner held during the Cannes Film Festival, at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, and hosted by Sharon Stone and Bill Clinton. The CHANEL personal transporter was auctioned off for $65000 by two new auctioneers, Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-the-2009-10-cruise-show-photographed-by-olivier-zahm-1,92 2009-05-14 05/14/2009 - For the Cruise 2009/10 collection, Karl Lagerfeld was inspired by the Venetian society of the 1930s and the esthetics of Visconti's legendary films "Death in Venice". The looks fused the vibrant Venetian reds of the Renaissance, Fortuny's prints, and the chiaroscuro technique of the great Italian masters. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-rinko-anna-vittoria-kasia-amp-karl-2,91 2009-05-14 05/14/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-2009-10-cruise-show-venice-may-14th-2009-1,90 2009-05-13 05/13/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-2009-10-cruise-show-venice-may-14th-2009-1,89 2009-05-12 05/12/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-2009-10-cruise-show-venice-may-14th-2009-1,88 2009-05-11 05/11/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-coco-chanel-s-apartment-6,81 2009-04-30 05/11/2009 - Born a Leo on the 19th of August, 1883, Gabrielle Chanel surrounded herself with models of lions in wood, silver, bronze or alabaster for her apartment at 31 rue Cambon. The lion became a timeless biographical seal on numerous of her creations. "August 19th is my birthday. I was born under the sign of Leo. I am a Leo and, like a lion, I use my claws to prevent people from doing me harm, but, believe me, I suffer more from scratching than from being scratched." The lion is also the symbol of the city of Venice, most notably the lion at Saint Mark's Square, the protective emblem of Doge's Palace. Coco Chanel fell in love with the city when she went for the first time, a voyage made in attempt to ease the pain of the sudden death of her lover, Boy Capel, in December 1919. Karl Lagerfeld has decided to go back to Venice to present the Cruise 2009/10 collection. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-2009-10-cruise-show-venice-may-14th-2009-1,87 2009-05-07 05/07/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-a-video-of-the-2009-10-fall-winter-ready-to-wear-accessories-3,84 2009-05-07 05/07/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-karl-s-diary-9,83 2009-05-07 05/07/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-the-2009-tribeca-film-festival-2,85 2009-04-30 04/23/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-fitting-room-follies-a-short-film-by-karl-lagerfeld--6,80 2009-04-20 FALL-WINTER 2009/10 PRE COLLECTION - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-mademoiselle-6,77 2009-04-10 04/14/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-24-hours-with-freida-pinto-2,78 2009-04-10 04/14/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-la-maison-lesage-6,79 2009-04-10 04/14/2009 - Ever since his company became part of the Chanel family in 2002, François Lesage has retained his position as the key supplier to all the great names in fashion, and, for Karl Lagerfeld, an irreplaceable partner. Every season, Karl Lagerfeld, admired by François Lesage for "his intelligence, culture and creativity" hands over the sketches and ideas on which he bases his work. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-fastes-de-cour-amp-c??onies-royales-6,76 2009-04-01 04/01/2009 - For the first time, an exhibition has been dedicated to the fashions of the great European monarchies from the 17th century to the beginning of the 19th century. Presented at the Palace of Versailles, for which it was exclusively curated, this exhibition brings together more than 200 works, including royal pomp and ceremonial costumes, jewellery and jewels, as well as paintings depicting court scenes. The golden age of court costume was under Louis XIV, explains Karl Lagerfeld, Versailles is therefore the most ideal and magical place to exhibit fashions from a world and a lifestyle that are impossible to imagine today. This exhibition, created with the patronage of CHANEL, will be held until 28 June 2009. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-making-of-the-accessories-photo-shoot-7,73 2009-03-26 2009 SPRING-SUMMER - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-ch?i-a-novel-by-colette-6,74 2009-03-26 03/31/2009 - This novel, written by Colette in 1920, is part of Karl Lagerfeld's literary collection. The book is a great source of inspiration for the pictures in the 2009 Spring-Summer Accessories Catalogue, which portrays a woman (Jerry Hall) and her much younger lover (Baptiste Giabiconi). 'Chéri' tells the story of Léa de Lonval, a former courtesan who, approaching fifty, falls in love with a young dandy, Fred Peloux, going by the name 'chéri'. The son of a rich courtesan, this handsome young man of 25 lives surrounded and pampered by eccentric and liberal demimondaines, typical of the 1920s. Idle and narcissistic, he lives six years of passion with this glamorous woman, who passes on all her experience to him. He then leaves her to wed Edmée, the very young daughter of a rich friend of his mother's. The passion and disillusionment of this short story portrays a certain social milieu of the Paris 'Belle Epoque' – a milieu well known to Colette and Mademoiselle Chanel during those carefree years. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-jerry-hall-6,75 2009-03-30 2009 SPRING-SUMMER - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-barbie-amp-ken-by-karl-lagerfeld-9,69 2009-03-12 03/12/2009 - Karl Lagerfeld : "For me, Barbie is fun and she is touching in a way, with her naive beauty that she has represented for so many decades without really changing." Exhibition at Colette in Paris from March 9th to 28th, 2009. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-another-fashion-book-2,70 2009-03-10 03/10/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-chanel-belle-brummelle-1,67 2009-03-10 03/10/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-front-row-2,71 2009-03-10 03/10/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-show-d?or-1,65 2009-03-10 03/10/2009 - For this collection, staged at the Grand Palais, Karl Lagerfeld designed a minimalist and purified décor. It was made up of a succession of eight white spaces and a contrasting black lacquered floor – a combination which could just as easily evoke a vast contemporary apartment, an art gallery or Chanel's couture salons on the rue Cambon. Door frames in the white spaces allowed for movement throughout the blocks and for the models to cross one another weaving down the runway, breaking from the traditionally linear movement of fashion shows. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-mobile-art-virtual-walkthrough-4,64 2009-03-10 03/10/2009 - To watch the full version, visit www.chanel-mobileart.com http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-mobile-art-4,63 2009-03-06 03/06/2009 - The artistic adventure Mobile Art CHANEL Contemporary Art Container by Zaha Hadid has been discontinued after Hong Kong, Tokyo and New York. The image that such an event would have conveyed in the next cities would no longer have been in the spirit of the times. An unprecedented travelling aesthetic experience, Mobile Art was greeted with great enthusiasm and curiosity the world over during 2008. The delight expressed by the 100,000 visitors was shared by the positive acclaim of the international press in its extensive coverage of this event. A new form of exhibition conceived as a sensorial voyage, Mobile Art gave the quilted bag, icon of CHANEL's heritage, its own means of expression by confronting it with contemporary creation. Some 20 works inspired by the quilted bag were exhibited in the heart of a mobile pavilion specially created by the renowned architect Zaha Hadid at the request of Karl Lagerfeld. Together, the collision of these original and unusual points of view renewed the vision of the CHANEL universe. A utopia created by a total work of art, Mobile Art will remain a great achievement and a global success, reaffirming with force CHANEL's attachment to creativity and to the avant-garde. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-coco-chanel-on-the-big-screen-6,62 2009-02-24 02/24/2009 - Two feature films dedicated to her life will be coming out this year: "Coco before Chanel", a movie by Anne Fontaine staring Audrey Tautou, and "Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky", directed by Jan Kounen with Anna Mouglalis as Mademoiselle Chanel during her relationship with one of the most influential composers of the XXth century. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-vilhelm-hammershoi--6,61 2009-02-12 2009 SPRING-SUMMER - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-karl-s-diary--9,59 2009-01-30 JANUARY 2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-las-vegas--1,56 2009-01-30 January 2009 - This new Chanel boutique is located between two Las Vegas palaces: theHotel Wynn and the Hotel Encore. With its gold and beige interior, it is an homage to Mademoiselle Chanel's 31 rue Cambon apartment. The American architect Peter Marino avoided the kitch clichés of Las Vegas by following a certain rigor and a simple geometry inspired by the 30's, perpetuating the elegant style of Chanel. The boutique also includes an area entirely dedicated to exotic leather handbags. For the opening, the window installation was based on Paris-Moscou, the latest Métiers d'Art collection. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-monochrome-white-1,54 2009-01-27 01/27/2009 - The last Chanel Haute Couture collection is like a new beginning: "A white page," says Karl Lagerfeld, "a linear and timeless graphic interpretation. It's like a starting point for the story of this new era, for which all the details still need to be written. That is why I chose paper as the theme for the couture collection this season." The strong connection between Karl Lagerfeld and this theme gives this collection its intensity, "It's also the fabric that I prefer most... I love paper! Everything begins on paper. Without paper I would be lost!" This collection is minimal and extremely sophisticated. All of the luxurious details, from the embroidery to the fabric, are more suggested than overt. "It's the new modesty" according to Karl Lagerfeld. These pure, graphic silhouettes often combine two elements: a short top and a straight skirt, both highlighted by lightness and fluidity. The skirts have discrete slits. The removable cap sleeves conceal the shoulders and allow for freedom of movement. This monochrome collection is first and foremost a "game of lines and shapes," continues the designer. Underneath the geometry and purity of the cuts, it's the floral explosion of the embroidery and the minute details that discretely color this collection. The floral theme is found in the white roses and daisies, with embroidered flowers and petals from the ateliers of Lemarié and Lesage. It is also the inspiration for the sumptuous hairpieces that the Japanese artist Katsuya Kamo created for the collection. "There is something similar between a flower petal and a sheet of paper" says Karl Lagerfeld. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends--pop-up-d?or-1,51 2009-01-27 01/27/2009 - Underneath the glass roof of the Cambon-Capucines pavilion was like a giant pop-up book made of white paper. The grandiose décor was made up of monochrome arrangements of roses, daisies, leaves and petals winding their way up and around the room's 32 impressive columns and draped over the railings of the entry stairway where the models appeared. Not to mention the 84 round tables with their tablecloths and paper bouquets. All in all, there were 7000 handmade paper flowers, which took a total of 4800 hours of work to assemble. 4000 m2 of paper were needed to create these ephemeral sculptures, all in one color, or more aptly the non-color of preference for Mlle Chanel: "Women think about all colors, except the absence of color. For me black has everything. So does white. They are absolute beauty. They are the perfect match. Dress a woman in white or in black at a ball and all eyes will be upon her." http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-guests-at-the-show-2,53 2009-01-27 01/27/2009 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-making-of-the-ready-to-wear-campaign-7,50 2009-01-23 2009 SPRING-SUMMMER - As soon as Karl Lagerfeld saw the house in Vermont he knew he had found the setting for the next Chanel ad campaign. It is a typical New England wooden house, set on the banks of Lake Champlain, with a severe and puritan look that makes it seem like the house has been frozen in the mid 19th century. As the designer put it: I love this house, it is so Emily Dickinson, referring to the tormented romanticism of the American poet from Massachusetts whose work went unrecognized during her lifetime. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-paris-moscou-6,49 2009-01-09 01/09/2009 - For this season's Métiers d'Art collection, dedicated to the link between Paris and Moscow, Karl Lagerfeld was inspired by early 20th century Russian pictorial avant-garde. Virginie Viard, the Creative Studio Director at Chanel, and Karl Lagerfeld's right-hand woman, selected and decoded the details of a key silhouette from the collection, this black taffeta dress plays with the contrast between geometrical beveled architecture and the delicacy of tulle frills. The magnificent embroidered piece, made by the Atelier Lesage (over 110 hours of work) is directly inspired by Liobov Popova's painting, Painterly Architectonics, 1918-19. On the shoulders, the black ottoman coat is cut at the waist for greater freedom of movement. Its volume is also a reminder of constructivist architecture. The shearling shapka, made by the Maison Michel, is rimmed with bead fringes and a minutely detailed golden crown. I would say that this silhouette connects the two faces of Moscow: the splendor of a prestigious heritage and the boldness of the esthetic revolution. The painting that inspired this dress is part of the exhibition Russian Avant-Garde in the Costakis collection at the Musée Maillol in Paris, until March 2nd 2009. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-the-first-movie-by-karl-lagerfeld-7,47 2008-12-22 12/22/2008 - At a time when several movies about Mademoiselle Chanel's life are being made, Karl Lagerfeld adds his personal touch by directing his first movie for the Paris-Moscou show. The designer was behind every detail: from the script to the set, as well as the casting and the editing. http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-the-short-film-chanel-paris-moscou-by-karl-lagerfeld-6,42 2008-12-10 12/05/2008 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-paris-moscou-2008-2009-after-show-1,45 2008-12-08 12/03/2008 - http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-fashion-trends-the-paris-moscou-2008-2009-show-decor-1,43 2008-12-05 12/03/2008 - This year's Metiers d'Art collection, "Paris-Moscou" has been dedicated to the capital of a country and a culture that fascinated Gabrielle Chanel. For the presentation, Karl Lagerfeld chose the confidential Theatre Le Ranelagh in the sixteenth district of Paris. At the theater's entrance, beautiful constructivist-style posters were hung up on the walls, announcing the show's arrival to the theater. After the fashion event, the theater was transformed into a Russian cabaret, complete with a Slavic orchestra and vodka, while Karl Lagerfeld conducted his interviews on the stage.