Tag: chanel
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Chanel brings glamor back to Cuba in catwalk extravaganza
By Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) – French fashion house Chanel brought glamor back to Communist-ruled Cuba on Tuesday in a runway show on one of Havana's main boulevards, featuring glittering gowns, tulle cocktail dresses and models in Panama hats smoking cigars. Chanel is the first major fashion house to hold a runway show in Cuba,…
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Fashion glitterati descend on Cuba for Chanel runway show
By Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) – First came U.S. President Barack Obama and the Rolling Stones. Now global fashion's glitterati including supermodel Gisele Bundchen are descending upon Cuba for Chanel's runway show extravaganza later on Tuesday. Chanel will be the first major fashion house to send models down the catwalk in Cuba, highlighting warming relations…
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Six memorable looks from Paris fashion week
Saint Laurent went full-throttle killer miniskirt glam, but the decade was also there in the hugely influential Vetements and Balenciago shows, Kenzo, Veronique Leroy, Maison Margiela, Lanvin and Giambattista Valli. Loewe, Louis Vuitton and Taiwanese star Shiatzy Chen all went for black leather bustiers, with the last two pairing them with skinhead and dominatrix boots…
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Combat boots and bowlers: Chanel women dress for ‘not that sweet’ world
By Astrid Wendlandt PARIS (Reuters) – Veteran Chanel designer, Karl Lagerfeld, sent his models down the catwalk on Tuesday ready for a world that is “not that sweet” in black leather combat-style boots with hard and flattened bowler-shaped hats. “Women need to be ready to defend themselves … in a world that is not that…
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Willow Smith named Chanel ambassador
Singer, songwriter, actress and daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith is now also a member of the Chanel family.
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Roger Vivier unveils new capsule collection by Camille Seydoux
French fashion label Roger Vivier has teamed up with celebrity stylist Camille Seydoux on a new capsule collection made entirely from denim. The sister of actress and Bond girl Lea Seydoux has named her six-piece collection for spring/summer 2016 “Prismick,” in honor of the house's 2012 line of the same name. “I looked through the…
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A sneak peek at the MET Costume Institute’s fashion exhibition ‘Manus x Machina’
The exhibition, which opens on May 5, explores the link between the handmade and the machine-made in the worlds of haute couture and ready-to-wear. “Traditionally, the distinction between the haute couture and prêt-à-porter was based on the handmade and the machine-made, but recently this distinction has become increasingly blurred as both disciplines have embraced the…
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Chanel, global chief exec part company over strategy
French luxury brand Chanel on Wednesday said its global chief executive officer Maureen Chiquet would leave the company at the end of January due to “differences of opinion” over strategic direction. American Chiquet, 52, has held the post since 2007. The brand is famed for its creative director Karl Lagerfeld, perfumes such as Chanel No…
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Luxury goods maker Chanel says CEO Chiquet is leaving: NYT
(Reuters) – French luxury goods maker Chanel said on Wednesday that Chief Executive Maureen Chiquet will leave the company by the end of January, the New York Times reported.