1 Fab Flash: First Look at Coco Chanel Biopic
2 Fab Flash: Anna Mouglalis to Star in Another Coco Chanel Biopic
3 Fab Flash: Karl Lagerfeld to Debut Silent Coco Movie
4 Karl Lagerfeld's Chanel Silent Film Debuts
5 How Well Do You Know Coco Chanel?
6 Karl Lagerfeld Creates Chanel Sketches for Biography
Karl Lagerfeld is a hard man to impress, so I imagine that Justine Picardie was pretty excited to hear that her Coco Chanel biography got his seal of approval! The Chanel designer liked the book so much that he created a series of original sketches for a new edition of it. Lagerfeld and Picardie are hosting a cocktail and signing session for the French release of the biography on 24th March at Read more
It's nearly been 40 years since Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel died and interest in her life shows no signs of abating. Over the past few years there have been several films and TV shows based upon her life including the soon to be released Coco and Igor. Take my fun quiz to see how much you know about fashion's most iconic woman. Take the Quiz Read more
This week another film about Coco Chanel will be released but this time from the heart of Chanel itself. Creative director Karl Lagerfeld has created a silent movie about Coco starring model Edita Vilkeviciute as the young designer. It will be screened on Wednesday night, along with a showing of Chanel’s Paris-Moscow pre fall ready-to-wear collection. Karl told WWD, “Today, people are ready Read more
I am getting quite confused by the number of documentaries about Coco Chanel's life. Coco avant Chanel starring Audrey Tautou is currently being filmed but before that is even complete, plans for another film based on the life of Gabriella 'Coco' Chanel have been revealed. The Secret Story of Chanel and Stravinsky (Chanel et Stravinsky, l'Histoire Secrete) will star Chanel muse Anna Mouglalis Read more
Playing the part of iconic designer Coco Chanel was never going to be an easy task, but when Audrey Hepburn suggests you might be good at it, you should probably give it some consideration! Well, that's exactly what happened to Shirley MacLaine! Fifty years ago when MacLaine was in her twenties and working with Hepburn she suggested the part but MacLaine just brushed off the suggestion, but now Read more
In Chanel's new short film for Coco Mademoiselle, Keira Knightley takes a whirlwind tour of Paris, zipping down Rue de Rivoli to Place de la Concorde before stopping at Coco Chanel's apartment for a sultry photo shoot. Directed by Joe Wright, who previously worked with Keira on Atonement and Pride and Prejudice, the spot is soundtracked by Joss Stone's upending of James Brown's notoriously Read more
As part of her deal with Chanel, Keira Knightley is starring in an upcoming short film for Coco Mademoiselle. Just released is a video with clips from the movie and an interview with Keira herself, discussing why Coco Mademoiselle is the first women's fragrance she's ever worn (she's usually a fan of men's fragrances). Keira has some nice observations about scent and memory, and I totally agree Read more
The ladies of London have been spotted around town toting bottles of Chanel parfum to nightclubs, wearing plaits and colouring their hair two different tones. See if you can guess who these British beauties are from the past week by taking my guessing game quiz! Question 1 of 3Guess Who's Carrying a Bottle of Coco Chanel to a nightclub? Tamara Ecclestone Katie Price Caroline Flack Read more
One-hundred-twenty-eight years ago, one of fashion's most influential icons was born. What better way to mark Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel's birthday than to update Chanel N°19, the last fragrance made under Mlle Chanel's guidance? House perfumer Jacques Polge has reinterpreted the original green scent from 1970, adding soft, musky powder notes to its original iris accord. The resulting Chanel N°19 Read more
Last month, we couldn't help but notice that the bottle topper for Justin Bieber's new scent, Someday, looks an awful lot like the one on Marc Jacobs's Lola. Of the obvious similarities, Marc Jacobs Intl tweeted to us, "We don't mind. We're Beliebers." And it seems that the brand's sentiments still ring true. In a recent interview with WWD, Jacobs noted that in the world of fashion, ideas and Read more
