Naomi Campbell honoured in Shanghai; Keira Knightley’s Chanel look; México Fashion Week
We’re experimenting with video content from ITN’s entertainment section—your thoughts on these are welcome. First, Dolce & Gabbana honours supermodel Naomi Campbell at an event in Shanghai. The second video shows how to replicate actress Keira Knightley’s Chanel pearl gown look from the London première of Never Let Me Go, while the final video […]
Justine Picardie to launch Coco Chanel biography at Port Eliot Flower Show
Lipnitzki Above Coco Chanel, photographed in 1937. Author and former features director of British Vogue, Justine Picardie, will launch her new book, Coco Chanel: the Legend and the Life, at the inaugural Port Eliot Flower Show, part of the established Port Eliot Festival, on July 25. Picardie will be talking about Chanel, Lady of the […]
Vanessa Paradis is new face of Chanel lipstick
Chanel has announced that it will begin a collaboration with singer–actress Vanessa Paradis, as the face of Rouge Coco, a new range of lipsticks from the French firm. Paradis had already represented the Chanel Coco fragrance in 1992 (in a memorable commercial directed by Jean-Paul Goude) and was the muse for Karl Lagerfeld for […]
Chanel to launch Coco Cocoon line, with Lily Allen fronting campaign
Some of you will have seen the ads for Coco Before Chanel on this website (currently on at the Penthouse Cinema here in Wellington), on the eve of its release in New York and Los Angeles. But in the real world of Chanel, we can show the below video featuring Lily Allen, the face of […]
Chanel unveils Jean-Pierre Jeunet-directed promo starring Audrey Tautou
Chanel’s latest No. 5 TVC, starring Audrey Tautou and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, finally débuted this month (fittingly, on the fifth day of the fifth month). We think it’s one of the most stylish promotions ever filmed. Filming locations include a railway station in Nice and on the Bosphorus in İstanbul. You may also like […]
Court dress exhibition begins tomorrow at Versailles
Photo copyright Jean-Baptiste Leroux Costume pays court to the Palace of Versailles for an exhibition entitled Court Pomp and Royal Ceremony, to be held from March 31 to June 28, 2009. This exhibition is dedicated to court dress and to the influence of French fashion in European courts, featuring some 200 exhibits. Most of […]
Audrey Tautou, Jean-Pierre Jeunet collaborate on Chanel No. 5 ad
Chanel has chosen Jean-Pierre Jeunet to direct the next No. 5 advertising film, starring actress Audrey Tautou starring in the lead role. Jeunet had directed Tautou already in the César- and BAFTA-winning Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain (Amélie in English) and Un long dimanche de fiançailles (The Long Engagement). The Chanel advertisement will be […]
