Chanel Haute Couture F/W 2010

The new Chanel Haute Couture collection is a pure pleasure for the eyes. Karl said this collection came to him in a nightmare (but he immediately added he was joking) and in a way we can see a little gloomier mood, but I strongly think that very few things could make a dream more blissful than these clothes (at least for me!).
An austere and strict style made of velvet and tweed clothes prevailed in the first part of the show and then it made room for more detailed and milder looks. There was an authentic play of proportions, which reaches its top with boleros on knee-length skirts, a sort of discipline meets boldness.
There's kind of a halo surrounding these incomparable and unattainable clothes in all their perfection that I'm sure I'll dream of them tonight and the nights after (and it won't be a nightmare, you bet).

Photos: style.com

See the whole collection here.

Shopping fever: the new Chanel video by Karl Lagerfeld

We all know Karl Lagerfeld goes always the whole hog. So, yesterday he showed the Chanel Haute Couture fall 2010 collection in Paris (I'll show it to you later) but he also presented his new short film, Shopping Fever, starring Dree Hemingway, Abbey Lee Kershaw and Baptiste Giabiconi. Enjoy it!

Oh, and did you know Karl might guest star in Gossip Girl's next season? 

Tati Cotliar for Ten Magazine Summer 2010

She looked to me so mild and fierce at the same time that I couldn't not show you this photoshoot featuring Tati Cotliar by the photographer Andrea Spotorno for Ten Magazine's Summer 2010 edition.

There is a subtle craziness shining through those shoots, you can even have fun just looking at them. Which is quite weird, considering the clothes the model is wearing: they're all extremely grave except just for the multicolor gown by Valentino Haute Couture (I would kill to have something just a little similar to it).

However, Tati shows the best way to take the heat out of Haute Couture dresses and she makes them ever more suitable. 

So, we come back to basics: It's not what you wear it, it's how you wear it. That's it. And that's why I love fashion.

Maurizio Galante

Chanel

Stephane Rolland

Valentino

Jean Paul Gaultier

Givenchy

Maison Martin Margiela

Elie Saab

Dior

Prêt-à-Portea: would you like Chanel tea?

When I read about it on Fashionista.com, I was kind of amazed. What am I talking about? Something you would never imagined, of course.

At the Berkeley Hotel in London the ritual of tea has become a fashionable appointment. Its name is Prêt-à-PorTea and, taking part in it, you can savour desserts that recreate designer items of the current runway season, like Chanel clugs biscuits, and other looks by Yves Saint Laurent, Sonia Rykiel, Jean Paul Gaultierre and many more.

I thought that when I'll be in London this summer, I could pop in the Berkeley Hotel for one of those unforgettable tea time, but... ermh... I'm afraid that would be a little bit expensive (or not?)!
Besides, the fashion tea break has already called to Gwynet Paltrow, Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss (not bad!).
And you? Would you prefer "Belted Jason Wu poppy-seed cocktail dress biscuit embellished with ruffled purple icing" (as reported in the hotel's website) or "Christopher Kane pale pink almond macaroon filled with white chocolate and elderflower ganache topped with pink checkerboard"?

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Georgia May Jagger for Chanel Cruise 2011

Looks like we can't stop talking about Chanel: clearly it's not easy to keep up with Karl!

After Georgia May Jagger appeared at Chanel Cruise's show, it's not a surprise that she was choisen by Karl Lagerfeld for the Chanel Cruise 2011 campaign.

Sembra che non possiamo proprio fare a meno di parlare di Chanel: chiaramente è difficile stare dietro ad uno come Karl!

Dopo che Georgia May Jagger è apparsa allo Chanel Cruise 2011 show, non ci sorprende, infatti, sapere che sia stata scelta da Karl Lagerfeld per la campagna pubblicitaria di Chanel Cruise 2011.

In this pictures she looks very beautiful with her tipical childlike face. Is she gonna replace Freja Beha and Heidi Mount?
In queste foto appare bellissima, con quella sua tipica aria da ragazzina. Rimpiazzerà Freja Beha e Heidi Mount? 

Chanel's Cruise 2011 show

Everyone knows in the last few days Chanel's models hit Saint-Tropez with the new Cruise collection. And everyone also knows how many classy people and fashion news come up with Chanel's shows.
The atmosphere was a lot like 70's style, the Karl's crew arrived by motorboat and the front row seats were occupied by stars like Vanessa Paradis and Diane Kruger.
Natasha Poly opened the show barefoot with a hippie-like dress, then Anja Rubik, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Freja Beha, Leigh Lezark and (yes, it's true!) the plus-size model Crystal Renn hit the "catwalk" with some other well-known faces.

At the end Georgia May Jagger appeared on the back of a motorcycle with Sebastien Jondeau.

What could be better than that?