Royal flush in Partenope
This is London (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Crystallised through the stark imagery of French Surrealism, ENO's new staging of Partenope is packed with riches.
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Designer Jewels are Forever a Girl’s Best Friend
Jewelry & Beading (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Oscar de la Renta Choker and Earrings Guest Author: John Hogan Passion for the Past Antiques Haute Couture or High Fashion Jewelry has been with us early as 1866 starting with Krementz and gaining momentum by 1900-1910 with designers such as Nina Ricci and Gabrielle Coco Chanel. Today we refer to such jewelry as Designer Jewelry. From the [...]
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Designers pay homage to adoptive brands
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Designers who presented collections for the famous old fashion houses of Paris, during the final days of the spring/summer 2009 shows seemed to set their egos aside to focus keenly on the original spirit of their adoptive brand.
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Luther and Cunningham Honored by France
Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Photographer Bill Cunningham and editor Marylou Luther received France’s high honors at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs on Sunday.
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Shirley MacLaine can energize you with Chakra Sky jewelry
Styledash (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Filed under: Accessories , Celebrities with Style Shirley MacLaine was a delight in the recent Wifetime movie about Coco Chanel . It was amazing how the character's accent transformed, over the course of her life, from Young French Femme to Tough Old Broad Who Isn't Taking $h-- From Anyone, with her ubiquitous Gauloises never smudging her perfect lipstick! Gallery: Shirley MacLaine Chakra Sky Jewelry...
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Videos: Paris Fashion Week - Giambattista Valli, Dior and Chanel
The Blog @ SASSYBELLA.com (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
With models sporting high quiffs, the Giambattista Valli spring 2009 fashion show at Paris Fashion Week was one for the pretty dress purists. Sexy figure numbers were sent down that would have looked stunning on perennial Valli fan, Victoria Beckham, but it was the fifties style dresses that caught my eye. Compleye with teacup [...]
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Dogs’ day out; praises and prizes in
Hindu (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
A large number of children came to pet or admire them at Madras Canine Club championship
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Shirley MacLaine as Coco Chanel? The movies just don't get fashion - guardian.co.uk
Uptown Girls RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Shirley MacLaine as Coco Chanel? The movies just don't get fashion guardian.co.uk, UK - 9 hours ago And the upcoming slew of fashion designer biopics is testament to the blithe short-term memory that afflicts so many film producers. ...
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Hadley Freeman: Shirley MacLaine as Coco Chanel? The movies just don't get fashion
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Hadley Freeman: Fashion works best when it is done with a sense of fun. Biopics tend to be overly reverent and sentimental
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Book Review - Coco Chanel: Three Weeks/1962
Styledash (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Filed under: Celebrities with Style , Product Reviews Coco Chanel seems to be a bit of a theme lately. There are movies and books coming out about Mademoiselle's life seemingly every hour, on the hour, and for good reason -- the woman led an incredibly interesting life, wholly deserving of being chronicled. We recently had a chance to review one of the more unique books about Coco Chanel -- Coco Chanel:...
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Amanda Christine Miller: Vintage Shopping Tip of The Week: Costume Jewelry
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
This month, artist and socialite Brigid Berlin is auctioning off her collection of prized costume jewelry at Doyle Gallery. Over 200 pieces will hit the...
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Age and youthful beauty combine to cast their enduring spell at Chanel
Times Online (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Here is the key to Chanel’s lasting success. The ageless (seventy-something, but who’s counting?) Karl Lagerfeld and the 18-year-old Emma Watson were photographed at yesterday’s Chanel show in Paris.
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The Paris-New York rivalry
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
A new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York studies the relationship between the Big Apple and the City of Light in their competition for status as the world's fashion capital.
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Outfit: little black dress, Marc Jacobs shoes
The Bargain Queen (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Coco Chanel invented it; Audrey Hepburn made it iconic. The Little Black Dress is still a go-to choice when you need to look good. What I wore: Dress: French Connection. $100+ = expensive for me! Singlet: $8.97, Century 21 Makes any neckline a lot more demure, plus a built-in shelf bra keeps everything respectably bounce-free ;) Shoes: Marc Jacobs, [...]
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Propelled by 'Army Wives' and 'Coco Chanel,' Lifetime Television Jumps 13 Percent Among W25-54 and 12 Percent Among W18+ in September
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Off-Net Acquisition 'Wife Swap' Averages 27 Percent Increase Across Three Different Time Periods Since Joining Schedule Most -Watched Third Quarter and September Ever for Lifetime Movie Network in P2+, Households and W18+ NEW YORK, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Powered by the #1 cable drama of the year among W18-49 ("Army Wives") and the second most-watched original cable movie of 2008 ("Coco Chanel"),...
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