Lola701
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The video is great even though I didn’t learned a lot. The beauty about the brand Chanel is more the legend than it reality.
I don’t agree about that concept of Chanel being a brand born out of boredom. Chanel the brand and Coco Chanel the persona were born out of survival.
Her greatest achievement is for her coming from where she comes from, to have become the woman she was.
Le style Chanel was her style. That’s why everytime she dressed an actress, she transformed her into herself.
In some ways, I totally love the consistency of the Chanel style. It strengthen that idea of timeless style that is quite rare in fashion. The uniform she created in the 50’s was so odd for it time that it never ever looked odd after despite the brand becoming less hot in the 70’s.
The personality of designers really shines on the eveningwear, dresses and the styling of the elements she created and that people played with.
I agree with @Grets about commentators talking about sales. There’s something very beautiful about a body of work but also great about the way people react to your work. Sales matters but not in the fashion conversation.
Christian Lacroix never ever made profits with his brand. Even his stint at Pucci was a flop but he had quite a huge clientele, women who enjoyed his clothes.
You can have a very successful business, with nobody wearing your clothes ( Cardin).
The reality is that a lot of people aren’t really interested in fashion but more in the fashion industry.
I don’t agree about that concept of Chanel being a brand born out of boredom. Chanel the brand and Coco Chanel the persona were born out of survival.
Her greatest achievement is for her coming from where she comes from, to have become the woman she was.
Le style Chanel was her style. That’s why everytime she dressed an actress, she transformed her into herself.
In some ways, I totally love the consistency of the Chanel style. It strengthen that idea of timeless style that is quite rare in fashion. The uniform she created in the 50’s was so odd for it time that it never ever looked odd after despite the brand becoming less hot in the 70’s.
The personality of designers really shines on the eveningwear, dresses and the styling of the elements she created and that people played with.
I agree with @Grets about commentators talking about sales. There’s something very beautiful about a body of work but also great about the way people react to your work. Sales matters but not in the fashion conversation.
Christian Lacroix never ever made profits with his brand. Even his stint at Pucci was a flop but he had quite a huge clientele, women who enjoyed his clothes.
You can have a very successful business, with nobody wearing your clothes ( Cardin).
The reality is that a lot of people aren’t really interested in fashion but more in the fashion industry.
