CHANEL CRUISE COLLECTON STARRING A ROCK STAR OFFSPRING

Karl Lagerfeld chose Mich Jagger's daughter, Georgia May Jagger, to close his recent runway show, so it comes to no surprise that she is the face of Chanel's Cruise Collection for 2010-2011. Why did he choose Georgia? “Because Miss Jagger is the modern girl. She is the girl of today. There is a total identification between her and the clothes. They could be her clothes,” explains Lagerfeld. Well it does help that her daddy's a millionaire. “She is totally at home in Chanel. And that fits in the pattern of what Saint-Tropez can represent, what it is not really and yet what it can inspire,” he adds.

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KARL LAGERFELD DIRECTS

When Karl Lagerfeld was in Saint Tropez debuting the Chanel Cruise collection, he was also there to debut his 17 minute film called "Remember Now". This marks the designers directorial debut. But don't get it twisted. This isn't in the same vein as Tom Ford's "A Single Man". It's very closely related to fashion and features some of fashions most important models such as Heidi Mount, Freja Beha Erichsen, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Karolina Kurkova, Baptiste Giabiconi and Leigh Lezark. The film mainly stars Elisa Sednaoui and Pascal Greggory. Lagerfeld recently spoke to WWD; "When I do a film, I see the movie before I've made it. I don't make scripts because it's written in my head. I like short one-liners."

This isn't Lagerfeld's first time behind a camera. He frequently shoots his own campaigns, recently photographing Vanessa Paradis for Chanel's Coco Cocoon bags.






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CHANEL COCO COCOON

Parisian beauty and Johnny Depp's arm candy Vanessa Paradis is the new face of Chanel's Coco Cocoon bags. The ads were shot by Lagerfeld himself and feature Paradis casually dressed in chunky knit caps and sheer tops. Check out the behind the scenes video of the shoot below.

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LAGERFELD, COCO AND COCA-COLA

Karl Lagerfeld claimed to have lost 90 lbs by consuming nothing but Diet Coke and steamed vegetables for a year. Lagerfeld loves his Coca-Cola. So much so that he hires Diet Coke butlers to make sure that whenever he has a craving, an ice cold, aspartame filled beverage will get to him ASAP.

Karl loves his zero calorie beverage so much that he has his own limited edition Karl Lagerfeld designed Coco-Cola Light bottle with his picture adorned on it. The bottle is aluminum and also features Lagerfeld's scripted signature. The box sets retails for about $81, which will be the most expensive pop you will ever buy.

Lagerfeld also photographed the ad campaign, which just happens to feature Canadian model Coco Rocha and Baptiste Giacobini. Both models are dressed in head-to-toe Chanel. Coco is actually holding Lagerfeld's favourite Lalique crystal goblet, which he uses to sip his Coca Cola Light (below).

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SCORSESE + CHANEL

Chanel has hired Oscar winning director Martin Scorsese to direct a commercial for the labels next foray into men's fragrance. The ad will star French actor Gaspard Ulliel, who is the face of the fragrance.

“Chanel has a tradition several decades long of working with the most prominent movie directors in the world,” D’Avack said. “To work with Martin Scorsese, who is one of the best, if not the best movie director alive today, is a privilege Chanel has been seeking for quite some time."

This isn't the first time Chanel has teamed up with a Hollywood director. Baz Luhrmann directed Nicole Kidman and Jean-Pierre Jeaunet directed Audrey Tatou, both for CHanel No. 5 fragrance ads..

“In the case of Martin Scorsese, we knew we would definitely have a man’s world full of complexity that is also adrenaline-driven, and of course, amazing images.”

The ad will debut in September.

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CHANEL FALL/WINTER 2010

To view the entire collection click here.

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CHANEL SPRING/SUMMER 2010

Here are the ads for Chanel's Spring/Summer 2010 collection. The ads feature Claudia Schiffer, Baptiste Giabiconi and Freja Beha Erichson. The ads were shot in Buenos Aires by Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld.

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LOOSE THREADS

If the 70's were defined by bell bottoms, are the 00's defined by Juicy sweats? - Popeater

Not another Kardashian sister! Kendall poses for Forever 21 - Nitrolicious

Seriously, this needs to stop - Stylelist

If you're like me and can't find Chanel's Jade nail polish anywhere, American Apparel has a knock off called Office for $6 - American Apparel

Stella McCartney's (RED) t-shirt from The Gap - My Fashion Life

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Chanel Magazine

This is a sneak peek at the very first Chanel magazine called 31 Rue Cambon. Olivier Zahm is the art director and he created the mag for Karl Lagerfeld.

The magazine will be distributed in Chanel boutiques across the world.

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A Spike Lee Joint

Canadian model/Sean Lennon's bestie, Irina Lazareanu , has landed a lead role in Spike Lee's upcoming romantic comedy. The director hand picked the model to star in his highly anticipated movie.

This isn't the first time Lazareanu has branched away from modelling. She's openly talked about her growing disinterest in being just a pretty face and her search for more meaning in her work.

Lazareanu is currently working on a solo album with son of John Lennon, Sean. She has also performed during one of Chanel's runway shows; her music acted as the soundtrack for the show.

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Lily Allen pops out

Along with being the new face of Chanel, Lily Allen has decided to launch her own line of jewellery. The line consists of necklaces, rings, and bracelets adorned with panda's and poodle's. Seriously! The entire line just consists of panda's and poodles!!!!

But if you thought her collection was the biggest joke of the night, think again. Like numerous times before, Allen did an injustice to her Audrey Hepburn inspired outfit when her tit popped out of her shirt (see left photo). It's not like Lily Allen cared. After it happened she popped her boob back in place and said "I love jewellery, it can change a whole outfit."

Maybe this line is Lily's genious way of people forgetting about her many boob flashes. People will be so put off my a freaking poodle on her chest that they won't even notice if a nipple pops out here and there.

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Lily for Chanel

Here are the new ads for Chanel's new campaign featuring the the controversial Lily Allen.


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Coco Before Chanel

Check out the English version of the new Coco Chanel movie starring Audrey Tautou. Click on the image above.

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Lily & Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld has picked Lily Allen to star in the next Chanel handbag campaign. ‘She's fun,' Lagerfeld said of Ms. Allen. The campaign shoots next week. No details have been released.

Chanel Barbie

Even Barbie can't get enough of Chanel!

We've previously mentioned that it is the 50th anniversary of Barbie. She's already had an entire fashion show dedicated to her for her birthday, and now Karl Lagerfeld has designed numerous Chanel outfits for the doll icon that range from swimsuits to jeans (does Barbie even wear jeans? I guess if they're Chanel she does.) to a wedding dress to the classic tailored black and white Chanel skirt suit.

Barbie will be joined in the photos by real life model Baptiste Giabiconi. Barbie and Ken will be on display at France's Colette boutique form March 9-28. On March 12 you can attend a "high security exhibition" of the first Barbie and Ken dolls ever created. You can also purchase the silkscreen pictures of Barbie and Ken. Karl Lagerfeld makes a special appearance alongside Barbie as a white teddy bear wearing Lagerfeld's usual uniform of black sunglasses, black suit, and tie.

Even though they're just Barbie clothes, we still probably couldn't afford these Chanel pieces. UGH! Barbie does have the perfect life.

Writer: Kate Murphy