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Shopping Roundup: Homage to Coco Before Chanel

Mauri Weakley | Posted 12.18.2009 | Style

Read More: Rag and Bone, Fashion, Coco Before Chanel, CoCo Chanel, Shopping, J. Crew, Audrey Tautou, Christina Lehr, United Bamboo, Chanel, Victor Osborne, Keller NY, Style News
Mauri Weakley

I left the theater riding a high, moved not only by Audrey Tautou's brilliant (and honest) performance of this stubborn, relentless woman, but also the clothes, of course!

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Audrey Style: Her Fashions Fetch Record Amount at London Auction

Mary Hall | Posted 12.17.2009 | Style

Read More: Kerry Taylor Auction, Audrey Hepburn Auction, Little Black Dress, Audrey Style, Audrey Hepburn, Recession Style, Chanel, Givenchy, Style News
Mary Hall

The final selling price for Audrey's finery was a grand £268,320. What is it about Audrey style that intrigues us so? And why is her clothing so timeless?

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Coco Chanel, Jane Austen and Anita Brookner: On Flying Solo And Free

Madison Smartt Bell | Posted 12.11.2009 | Books

Read More: Coco Before Chanel, Fashion Industry, Jane Austen, France, Books, Chanel, Movies, Paris, Marriage, CoCo Chanel, Style, Audrey Tatou, Coco Avant Chanel, Anita Brookner, Fashion, Books News
Madison Smartt Bell

The story behind "Coco Avant Chanel"'s near plotlessness is Coco's steely determination to become what she must be -- even though she doesn't know what that is.

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Style Books To Give For The Holidays

Wall Street Journal | CHRISTINA BINKLEY | Posted 12.03.2009 | Books

Read More: Mrs. O, Michelle Obama, Project Runway, Fashion, Teen Vogue, CoCo Chanel, Mireille Guiliano, Holidays, Nina Garcia, Gift Books, Christmas, Rules for My Unborn Son, Chanel, Holiday Gifts, Christmas Gifts, Hanukkah, Style, Karen Karbo, The Style Strategy, Fashion Advice, Gospel According to Coco Chanel, Books, Style Books, Whowhatwear, Books News

Style books are a motley crew. Many offer stale fashion advice or strange recipes for make-your-own-beauty-products; one could fill an unfortunate lib...

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Chanel Magazine 31 Rue Cambon To Be Distributed In Stores, Designed By Olivier Zahm

Purple Diary | Posted 11.16.2009 | Media

Read More: 31 Rue Cambon, Olivier Zahm, Chanel Magazine, Chanel, Media News

This is the first issue of 31 Rue Cambon, the first Chanel magazine which I have art directed and designed for Karl Lagerfeld, to be distributed world...

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The Big Paris Secret

Christy Ferer | Posted 10.15.2009 | Style

Read More: Project Runway, Karl Lagerfeld, Alber Elbaz, Christy Ferer, Christian La Croix, Janet Jackson, Ab Fab, Lanvin, Paris Fashion Week, Ikram Goldman, Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Style News
Christy Ferer

Paris Fashion Week has come and gone. So what is the future of fashion? You'll be surprised by the answer.

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J'Die: Cristalle Eu Verte by Chanel

Zandile Blay | Posted 10.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Paris, CoCo Chanel, Magnolia, Chanel No. 5, Chanel, Cristalle Eu Verte, Style News
Zandile Blay

For you to fully understand why Cristalle Eu Verte is simply beyond only requires one word: Chanel. When it comes to fragrance, the track record of this luxury house is unparalleled.

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Sex Sells At Recession Fashion Weeks

Reuters | Sophie Hardach | Posted 10.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Jean-Paul Gaultier, Sonia Rykiel, Sex Sells, Sex Ring, Lingerie Runway, Milan Fashion Week, Paris Fashion Week, Fashion Week, Chanel, Lingerie, Style News

PARIS (Reuters Life!) - If you've got it, flaunt it and sell it: that was the message at Paris fashion week as collections teemed with lacy stockings,...

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Chanel Models Roll In The Hay: Spring-Summer 2010 Collection A Yee-Haw Or Yikes? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 10.06.2009 | Style

Read More: Slidepoll, Chanel Spring 2010, Karl Lagerfeld Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel Fashion Week, Chanel Fashion Show, Paris Fashion Week, Fashion Week, Chanel, Style News

Karl Lagerfeld's favorite little fashion house on the prairie, Chanel, presented a rustic look at Paris Fashion Week earlier today. There were flowers...

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Chanel At The Barnyard: Rihanna, Prince, Lily Allen & More (PHOTOS)

Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Rihanna, Slideshow, Natalia-Vodianova, Leigh Lezark, Sean Lennon, Chanel, Claudia Schiffer, Prince, Entertainment News

The Chanel show is a highlight of Paris Fashion Week, and a bevy of smartly dressed celebs showed up to watch Karl Lagerfeld unveil his folksy spring/...

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Capitalism: Never Enough?

Jim Selman | Posted 11.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Skid Row, Shopping, The Story of Stuff, Michael Moore Capitalism: A Love Story, Addiction, Consumption, Capitalism, Chanel, Victor Lebow, Mont Blanc, Recession, New York, Rolex, Designer, Annie Leonard, Economists, Capitalism: A Love Story, Economic Growth, Living News
Jim Selman

The epidemic of designer stores is symptomatic of the buying binge we've been on for the last half-century.

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Coco Before Chanel's Audrey Tautou Talks Fashion, Fury, And Smoking

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 11.18.2009 | Style

Read More: Style News, Lesley M. M. Blume, Audrey Tautou, Coco Before Chanel, Fashion, CoCo Chanel, Style, Chanel, Coco Avant Chanel, Style News
Lesley M. M. Blume

I talked with Tautou about the rage and desire that propelled Coco Chanel to the pinnacle of the fashion world, and how long it took the actress to perfect that famous cigarette dangle.

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New York, I Love You

Alexandra Wilkis Wilson | Posted 11.17.2009 | Style

Read More: The Best of New York Fashion Week, Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week 2008, Nyc-Fashion-Night-Out, Vogue, Gilt Groupe, Christian Dior, Barneys, Chanel, Charlize Theron, Style News
Alexandra Wilkis Wilson

I'm a native New Yorker. I love nothing more than seeing Manhattan dressed up and ready to party. It doesn't hurt when Charlize Theron and Lindsay Lohan show up to party with you.

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The Runways of Yesterday: 9 Designers Worth Revisiting

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 11.14.2009 | Style

Read More: Style News, Madeleine Vionnet, CoCo Chanel, James Galanos, Marc Jacobs, Salvador Dali, Jean Harlow, Derek Lam, Oleg Cassini, Bob Mackie, Mary McFadden, Jackie Kennedy, Jason Wu, Chanel, Fashion Week, Lilly Dache, Calvin Klein, Marlene Dietrich, Donna Karen, Jean Cocteau, Style, Carmen Miranda, Thakoon, Lesley M. M. Blume, Josephine Baker, Paul Poiret, Greta Garbo, Elsa Schiaparelli, Fashion, Raco Rabanne, Nancy Reagan, New York Fashion Week, Diane Von Furstenberg, Style News
Lesley M. M. Blume

Fashion often looks to the past for inspiration. This fall, history is in great evidence: surrealist flourishes from the 1940s abound; shoulder pads and neons from 1980s saturate clothing lines at all levels.

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Fashion's Night Out Had NYC 'Bumpin' Like The City of Compton

Zandile Blay | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Fashions-Night-Out, Anna Wintour, Tiffany & Co, Diane Von Furstenberg, Chanel, The September Issue, New York Fashion Week, New York News
Zandile Blay

In reality, Fashion's Night Out became an evening cruising for food, booze and the best celebrity sightings ever.

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Naomi Campbell Is Really Into This Whole Russian Thing ...

Zandile Blay | Posted 10.19.2009 | Style

Read More: Photos, Russia, Naomi Campbell, Yves Saint Laurent, Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Chanel, Style News
Zandile Blay

For this photo shoot the leggy beauty dons a variety of lux brand from Chanel, which Lagerfeld designs, to Yves Saint Laurent and Marc Jacobs. The singular theme was obviously Russian chic.

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World's Oldest Dog Dies At 21...Or 147 (VIDEO)

Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: World's Oldest Dog, Chanel, Animals, World's Oldest Dog Dead, World's Oldest Dog Dies, World's Oldest Dog Age, Oldest Dog Dies, Green News

(AP) NEW YORK — A wire-haired dachshund that held the record as the world's oldest dog has died on Long Island at age 21 – or 147 in dog y...

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The Costuming of 'Coco Before Chanel'

Vogue UK | Lauren Milligan | Posted 08.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Coco Avant Chanel Costumes, Coco Before Chanel, Coco Before Chanel Costumes, Coco Avant Chanel, Coco Avant Chanel Coutumes, Audrey Tautou, Chanel, Style News

PROBABLY the most anticipated film of the year (Hogwarts notwithstanding), and certainly the most eagerly awaited in fashion circles, is Coco Before C...

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The Making Of A Chanel Couture Gown (VIDEO)

Huffington Post via New York Magazine | Posted 08.10.2009 | Style

Read More: Chanel Haute Couture, Karl Lagerfeld, Making of a Couture Dress, Couture Dresses, Fashion, Chanel, Style News

Producing haute couture clothing is a labor-intensive task from the beginning sketch to the final gown. Chanel documented one dress's creation, filmin...

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Lagerfeld Disses Tautou, Says He Doesn't Have To Be Nice

WWD | Posted 08.08.2009 | Style

Read More: Audrey Tautou, Coco Before Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel, Coco Avant Chanel, Style News

There's no love lost between Chanel's couturier Karl Lagerfeld and Audrey Tautou, the petite French actress who stars in the latest No.5 commercial an...

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Watch The "Coco Before Chanel" Trailer (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Emily Singer | Posted 08.02.2009 | Style

Read More: Video, Coco Before Chanel, CoCo Chanel, Coco Avant Chanel, Audrey Tautou, Alessandro Nivola, Fashion, Chanel, Benoit Poelvoorde, Style News

Coco Chanel is undoubtedly one of the most influential figures in the history of fashion. She single-handedly founded a fashion mecca, and now, her s...

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Twitter Melee: Bruno Vs. Karl Lagerfeld

Sydney Morning Herald | Posted 07.17.2009 | Style

Read More: Karl Lagerfeld, Style, Sacha Baron Cohen, Bruno, Twitter, Fashion, Chanel, Style News

In his new film Bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen sends up the fashion world mercilessly. But, says industry insider Simon Mills, the truth is stranger than sa...

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Karl Lagerfeld Calls Heidi Klum A 'Nobody,' Disses Seal's Skin

The Sun | Gordon Smart | Posted 07.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Heidi Klum, Fashion, Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel, Seal, Style News

HEIDI KLUM has been on the receiving end of another bitter attack from designer KARL LAGERFELD. In February German-born Karl was blasted after saying ...

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To Heel or not to Heal

Tess Ghilaga | Posted 07.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Chloe, The-Met, Moma, Manolo Blahnik, Model as Muse, Park Avenue, Suzanne Levine, Chanel, Style News
Tess Ghilaga

Flats and my feet are more foes than friends. Draw a line on the runway separating the stiletto wearers vs. the skimmers and I'm always on the high-heel side.

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Karl Lagerfeld To Voice Cartoon Villian

Hollywood Reporter | Rebecca Leffler | Posted 07.06.2009 | Style

Read More: Cartoons, Fashion, Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel, Style News

French animated movie "Totally Spies" will get a designer makeover with fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld set to lend his voice to the film, the film's prod...

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