Karl Lagerfeld creates The Tale of a Fairy film for Chanel cruise 2011–12
Chanel mæstro Karl Lagerfeld has made a short film to promote the house’s cruise 2011–12 collection, called The Tale of a Fairy. It will screen at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc at the Cap d’Antibes today (May 9) and will be available at Chanel.com on May 10 at 9 p.m. GMT. Below is the trailer […]
Keira Knightley flirts up a storm for Coco Mademoiselle
As day breaks, golden sunlight bathes over a slumbering Keira Knightley. A Joss Stone version of ‘It’s a Man’s, Man’s World’ starts just as she awakens, and the scene is set. Keira, who is vamping up her role in a short film for Chanel directed by Pride and Prejudice’s Joe Wright, gets up, wrapped in […]
Keira Knightley’s Chanel Coco Mademoiselle teaser footage released
Chanel has released video footage of Keira Knightley in a beige leather catsuit next to a motorcycle in Paris as a teaser for its Coco Mademoiselle campaign. Filmed last September, the finished advertisement will feature Knightley riding the machine, though for the teaser, the Pirates of the Caribbean actress stands alongside it, referring to […]
Chanel’s Mademoiselle campaign breaks, starring Blake Lively
Karl Lagerfeld/Chanel As announced at Lucire in January, Blake Lively is the new spokesmodel for Chanel Mademoiselle’s spring 2011 advertising campaign. The images of the Gossip Girl actress, photographed by Karl Lagerfeld, have now surfaced, along with behind-the-scenes pics from the shoot at the Chanel studio at 31 rue Cambon. The range of […]
Chanel make-up turns into robots in fun animation
There’s a spot of fun this season with Chanel make-up: the company has released a video where its make-up products turn into five robots that fly, jump and strike a pose. It’s a huge departure from the sumptuous films that the Chanel brand is known for. Peter Philips, Chanel Make-up’s creative director, said […]
Nine d’Urso, daughter of Inès de la Fressange, to be face of Bottega Veneta
Inès de la Fressange might have been a supermodel had the term been coined slightly earlier. Karl Lagerfeld’s muse for Chanel through the 1980s, she is well known in fashion circles and remains involved. But today, it’s her daughter, Nine d’Urso, who’s making the headlines. D’Urso will be the face of Bottega Veneta’s first […]
Vanessa Paradis models Chanel Rouge Coco Shine
Chanel has sent us the latest images for Rouge Coco Shine, its next lipstick, with singer–actress Vanessa Paradis as its spokeswoman. Paradis is a confessed fan of Karl Lagerfeld, who she calls a man who ‘looks well beyond fashion’ in a recent interview with our colleagues at Marie Claire. As mentioned in our […]
The Golden Globes—and the rest of the world
We’re catching our breath post-Golden Globes. Elyse Glickman and Leyla Messian will file from Los Angeles early next week—it’s all coincided with a move we’re making out in California. Our coverage of the Harvey Weinstein–Relativity Media party is now online—this was the Golden Globes’ celebration to attend, with the likes of Colin Firth, Katey Sagal, […]
Blake Lively is the new face of Chanel Mademoiselle
Blake Lively has been named as the face of Chanel’s Mademoiselle handbag line, the company announced today. Karl Lagerfeld will shoot the campaign with Lively. It will début in March. Lively, 23, is best known for her role on Gossip Girl, but is also a regular on the Hollywood social scene. She began […]
Karl Lagerfeld is Volkswagen’s new spokesman
Volkswagen has released two Style packages for its Polo, Golf, Golf Plus and Golf Variant models in Germany—with Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld as its spokesman. The limited-edition Style package, which has extra equipment to the value of €3,200, features alloy wheels, fog lamps, tinted side and rear windows and a winter accessories. A Style […]
