12-02-2009
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the Telegraph.co.uk -
As we mark a century of Chanel, high street homages continue. Hilary Alexander picks the best of the new collections... It is difficult to imagine fashion without the imprint of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel. Her influence today is as potent as at the height of her career – if not even more so. From the Little Black Dress, to a string of pearls, to the nautical look, to the cardigan suit, to supple sportswear, almost anything to be found in the modern woman's wardrobe can be traced back to this astonishing fashion revolutionary. Her ideas are often described as classic, something which would have delighted the couturier who railed at "innovation", saying all she wanted was to design classics. But, in fact, her designs transcend "classic": they have the regenerative powers of a phoenix, always fresh, always contemporary, always attuned to the moment. This year marks exactly a century since Coco Chanel began selling hats from a friend's apartment in Paris. A year later, she opened her first shop in the rue Cambon, a few doors down from no. 31, which remains today the location of the boutique, the haute couture atelier, her exquisite apartment and the study of Karl Lagerfeld, designer and couturier at the house since 1983. Chanel does not traditionally acknowledge anniversaries. Even so, celebrations have already begun to mark her life and times. In December, the Paris Mint struck "Coco Chanel" limited-edition gold and silver coins to honour the 125th anniversary of her birth. The coins bear an image of Mademoiselle Chanel, chosen by Lagerfeld, wearing one of her famous hats and that legendary pearl necklace. A string of pearls and the letters "COCO" form the border of the coin, finished with Lagerfeld's signature; the reverse side features the "quilting" we associate with one of the most recognisable handbags in the world. Two movies that celebrate the couturier's life are due for release this year; one with Audrey Tautou as the young Coco, and featuring a series of specially commissioned hats designed by London's Stephen Jones; the other starring Anna Mouglalis and centring on Mlle Chanel's supposed affair with the composer Igor Stravinsky. Lagerfeld, who recently masterminded a 10-minute "silent" on Chanel, has disassociated himself from both big-screen films. And at the Paris haute couture season at the end of January, he also denounced Shirley MacLaine, who played Chanel in a new American cable television special, as too fat. "She should have lost 30lb," he fumed. "Chanel was never fat, not even in her eighties." All this is sure to turn the spotlight even more strongly upon the "Chanel look".
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12-02-2009
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^ how can you not love him
 (he has the point though)
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12-02-2009
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HAHAH about shirley maclaine!
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15-02-2009
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Readers of The Beautiful Fall will appreciate this; Jane Forth, Corey Tippin and Donna Jordan with Karl in Paris 1969..
  from MySpace.CoreyTippin
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15-02-2009
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Sebastien, Karl and Lady Amanda shopping in St Tropez a while back...Is beyond, no!?
 PerezHilton.com
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15-02-2009
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^ all I see is woman in the background
btw, what's with Sebastien and wearing hats backward  Karl was quite handsome in summer of the '69
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15-02-2009
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Quote:
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15-02-2009
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^ seriously! And she's giving some jealous looks to Lady Amanda.
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15-02-2009
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* I hope Knukel will post the next part of that interview soon...*
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15-02-2009
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KARL SPEAKS!!
from Softpedia.com She is one of the most famous Angels from Victoria’s Secret, as well as one of the celebrities who, despite being 36 and a mother of three, continue to be assaulted by offers from the biggest fashion magazines. Yet, a model Heidi Klum is not and could never be, renowned designers are telling the media, now that Klum is about to launch the latest season of Germany’s Next Topmodel. Legendary German designer Wofgang Joop, 64, is saying for Bild magazine that Heidi Klum is the last person who should be on the panel judging the country’s next supermodel, since she herself could never pull off such a feat. According to Joop, Heidi is simply too *** to be a catwalk queen, while also having the opposite of what the fashion industry is looking in terms of a woman’s body. “No way. She is no runway model! Heidi Klum is simply too heavy and has too big a bust. And she always grins so stupidly. That is not avant-garde – that is commercial!” Joop tells the aforementioned publication. Moreover, it seems, he is not the only one to think so, as Karl Lagerfeld, one of the most iconic designers of our times, is also of the same opinion. Heidi Klum would not be able to make the cut on her own show, he also believes. “I don’t know Heidi Klum. She was never known in France. Claudia Schiffer also doesn’t know who she is.” Lagerfeld also says.
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15-02-2009
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Claudia doesn't also know who she is. That's priceless.
Thank's Boomer, for always finding these things about Karl! |
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15-02-2009
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^ You're very welcome!
 Thank you for the fantastic interview too! It is always a pleasure to share Karl things with fellow fanatics!!
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15-02-2009
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oh dear god, that picture with jane forth and donna jordan is such a dream!
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15-02-2009
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Picture taken by Karl on the Riviera 1971- Corey, Antonio Lopez and Donna Jordan...BTW, Corey is evidently alive and well back in Connecticut where he grew up..Not many from those days with Warhol and Yves are still around, I suppose...
  From MySpace.CoreyTippin
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15-02-2009
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