Monday, December 1, 2008

Lagerfeld Pays Tribute to CoCo Chanel ...


As told by WWD: 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.

Lagerfeld tells WWD:
“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.”

Read more here.




1 comments:

Anonymous said...

I CAN'T WAIT!!! Lagerfeld inspires me to the bone. Good job COCA!