Chanel Pre-Fall 2009 Paris-Moscow

[Street_a_Licious]

i hope it's okay to post it now, since the article contains info about the collection.

from WWD via ONTD

Lagerfeld's Silent Film Homage to Coco Chanel

A glamorous, big-budget short film of the silent variety will premiere in Paris this week, and it’s all due to Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld, who donned a director’s hat and let rip his encyclopedic knowledge of Gabrielle Chanel’s early years.

The 10-minute movie — in all its flapper glory, as these stills illustrate — will be screened at Le Ranelagh theater on Wednesday night, along with a showing of Chanel’s Paris-Moscow, a luxury pre-fall ready-to-wear collection embellished by the couture ateliers Chanel owns.


“Today, people are ready for silent movies again, as they spend time — hours, I would say — looking at text messages and e-mails,” says Lagerfeld. “I always loved silent movies.”



The designer gathered some familiar members of his entourage, including model Brad Koenig and his bodyguard/private secretary Sébastien Jondeau (mustachioed and surly as a Russian nightclub owner), for the cast, along with model Edita Vilkeviciute, her gamine allure, jutting chin and ramrod posture creating a beguiling portrayal of the young Coco from 1913, when the legendary designer first set up shop. As reported in WWD Nov. 17, Tallulah Ormsby-Gore plays a Chanel model who has to sell her real-life mother, Lady Amanda Harlech, a hat in the film. Even the workers in the Chanel atelier got to play parts as workers in the fashion house. “I cannot take extras,” Lagerfeld notes. “They don’t know how to touch the clothes.”

The second part of the film takes place in 1923, when Chanel was already established, and is interspersed with newsreel images from the First World War. The plot, conveyed with title cards, involves a fascinating cast of characters, many tied to Russia, including Chanel’s lover the Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, from whom she borrowed the pea jacket and pelisse, giving them a feminine touch. “It’s a funny movie, unpretentious,” says Lagerfeld. “Chanel was a charming woman, at liberty to seduce men. Everybody this year has decided to make a movie about Chanel, and you know their historical worth is not always too exact.”

Lagerfeld’s mini movie took two days to shoot in a studio on the outskirts of Paris, and was “made like a Hollywood production,” the designer says. “I had every image in my head.” As for the collection he will show, he says it will be “constructed,” incorporating elements of imperial Russia and Russian folklore.

[vogue28]

this sounds exciting.
thanks for posting

[Gábor]

^Very exciting!

[dior_couture1245]

I'm excited!!! Can't wait for the film and the collection!!!

...and Edita makes for an excellent Chanel!

[Salvatore]

Oh my God, more reason for me to obsess over Karl.

[Katie123]

i loveeee karl omg.

just bought lagerfeld confidential and i've been watching it alll the time. i love how he multi-tasks and the results are always amazing

[BerlinRocks]

exciting ... yeah maybe ....
i'm just bored with homages ................ god it's boring ... homage homage homage ....
can't you just look forward to the future ?! omg ! karl you're boring to death !

[papa_levante]

Russian folklore. Silent films. EDITA!

Sounds like a very promising and intriguing collection to view.

[borjacapella]

just 2 days... 2 more days!!!

[kiddokiddo]

I always dig Chanel with the 20's flapper touch. It's quite promising

[Spike413]

Well the film looks really good judging from the stills, and Edita really does capture that Coco Chanel look (though she is a bit prettier than Mlle. herself was).

As for the collection, I'm more interested than I usually am with Chanel's pre-collections. Imperial Russia is just a goldmine full of inspiration, so it'll be interesting to see how Karl interprets it.

[mynn_plastic]

It seems to be breathtaking!

[cesarcmma]

“Today, people are ready for silent movies again, as they spend time — hours, I would say — looking at text messages and e-mails,” says Lagerfeld

^^I'm agreed with that quote, but please Brad again...boring

and I would love to see this.

Wednesday night, along with a showing of Chanel’s Paris-Moscow, a luxury pre-fall ready-to-wear collection embellished by the couture ateliers Chanel owns

[helmut.newton]

I'm super excited for this collection - his Resort and Pre-Fall collections are always more interesting than his Pret-a-Porter since they're more directional and concise.

The only thing I am weary of is this - he's going to use lots of fur.

[Versace-Goddess]

Oh, can´t wait for that.