Chanel

Breathtaking Is An Understatement

source: pqdinc (WordPress)

This is from the Chanel Spring Couture 2009 collection. FYI: All these elaborate headdresses were sculpted and cut-out ON EACH MODEL, ON THE DAY OF THE FASHION SHOW from, guess what? PAPER. Karl Lagerfeld might be a genius, but Kamo, the hairdresser who cut-out these individual head sculp...

Published 1 hour ago

Out of the Closet | Rare Vintage

source: New York Times

Currently for sale are a leather and gilt Chanel belt with a mosaic CC logo, a 1970s Courreges Future Couture backless velvet dress and a Christian Dior ...

Published Fri, Dec 4

Paris haute couture woos jewellers

source: EducationGuardian.co.uk

The 140-year-old Chambre Syndicale, French fashion's governing body, has invited seven major jewellers – including Boucheron, Cartier, Chanel Joaillerie, ... and more »

Published Fri, Dec 4

Couture must juggle the creative with the commercial

source: google.com

Haute couture can be justified for big truly international brands, which sell lots of different products - like Chanel and Christian Dior - argues Rambourg, ... and more »

Published Tue, Dec 1

on couture

source: dtangled.com

Ever since watching The Last Emperor I have a newfound appreciation for the craftsmanship that goes into making couture. Couture is difficult. Naysayers decry it as archaic, unsustainable – an overblown manifestation of waste and greed and excess. In the last decade, couture has lost Ver...

Published Tue, Dec 1

Fashion takes place in artists' ateliers

source: Variety

Gabrielle Chanel maneuvers from orphan to countess of couture in "Coco Before Chanel," while Vogue slyly lifts its skirt to reveal the underpinnings of a ... and more »

Published Sun, Nov 29

Vintage Chanel Pink Stone Bracelet - WGACA Vintage

source: ThisNext

It's jewelry from every fashionista's role model, Coco Chanel. From the vitange collection. Tags: bracelet, chanel, coco, couture, glam, gold, jewelry, pink, vintage, vogue Add to my wish list on ThisNext Recommend this on ThisNext Comment on this on ThisNext Permalink

Published Tue, Nov 17

Trend Alert: Couture Details

source: FabSugar

Believe me, if I could afford Diane's divine Chanel Couture dress, I would swoop it up in a heartbeat. Sigh, back to life, back to reality. The good thing is, we don't have to pay a runway price to wear such beautiful couture details. All you have to do is look for unique, extravagant embellishme...

Published Fri, Nov 6