Introducing LES FIDÈLES DE CHANEL.

Coco Chanel was a famously unique woman with her own visionary lifestyle and aesthetic. The iconic house of Chanel has always celebrated women of her likeness, with strong personal styles and engaging histories. In 2009, Chanel selected five women to be ambassadresses of the Brand. Known as “les fidèles de chanel”, they are (see image below, from left): Jen Brill, Caroline Sieber, Vanessa Traina, Leigh Lezark, and Poppy Delevingne.

LES FIDÈLES DE CHANEL, from left: Jen Brill, Caroline Sieber, Vanessa Traina, Leigh Lezark, and Poppy Delevingne.

Jen Brill, photo agent: 

Personal Style: High heels, red lips and red nails
Fashion Inspiration: Exene Cervenka from the band X
Beauty Icons: Lula (Laura Dern) and Perdita (Isabella Rossellini) from David Lynch’s Wild at Heart
Beauty Routine: Facials from Christine Chin, CHANEL Rouge Coco Lip Colour in Gabrielle and CHANEL Dragon nail colour
Her Cause: RxArt, which raises money to incorporate fine art in children’s hospitals

Caroline Sieber, stylist/brand consultant:

Shopping Destination: Paris
Favorite Purchases: Oversized quilted handbag and over-the-knee flat crocodile boots, both from the CHANEL Paris-Moscow collection
Beauty Regime: Caritas Paris for massages and facials, CHANEL Rouge Allure Lip Colour in Delicieuse
Her Cause: Lavender Trust, a charity that raises funds to support breast cancer awareness amongst young women

Vanessa Traina, stylist/brand consultant:

Beauty Icon: Lauren Hutton in the 1970s, specifically for her natural beauty – “and we both have the same gap in our teeth!”
Recent Purchases: A few key pieces from CHANEL, including a black classic tweed jacket, which incorporate easily into her wardrobe of mainly black separates and black leather
Top Three Treatments: Pedicures with CHANEL’s spring 2010 nail colour Particulière, CHANEL Hydramax + Active Sérum, and CHANEL Sublimage eye cream
Her Cause: The Nick Traina Foundation, which provides help for bio-polar children and suicide prevention for young adults

Leigh Lezark, headliner of the misshapes:

Style Icons: Siouxsie Sioux and Grace Coddington
Inspiration: Karl Lagerfeld
Best Shopping: Tokyo and Mexico City
Beauty Regime: Black hair dye, lots of moisturizer, a good flat iron, CHANEL Le Crayon Kohl eyeliner in Noir, a cleansing mask, and a morning coffee after walking her dog
Her Causes: New Yorkers for Children and Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers for the Disabled

Poppy Delevingne, model/actress:

Fashion Icon: Jane Birkin
Style Signature: Azzedine Alaia dresses worn under CHANEL jackets
Beauty Tips: Sleep at least 8 hours a night, carry CHANEL Correcteur Perfection cover-up sticks (she has two in her handbag), and CHANEL Sublimage Eye Cream for sparkly fresh eyes all through the day
Her Causes: Save the Children and the Make a Wish Foundation

CHANEL introduces Spring 2010 Makeup Collection: ‘Coco’ Chanel left an indelible imprint on countless women with beautiful, practical and lasting designs that enhanced a woman’s natural allure. Today, Peter Philips, Global Creative Director of CHANEL Makeup, honors her legacy with LES IMPRESSIONS DE CHANEL — a collection of clean, classic neutrals that are infinitely wearable and effortlessly chic. He used this collection to create a pure, fresh beauty look for the Spring-Summer 2010 Ready-to-Wear runway show. Quintessential shades, ranging from pink and beige to warm brown and khaki, enhance the complexion and illuminate the face, highlighting a woman’s natural beauty. On counter: January 2010.

EXCLUSIVE CREATION:
EMPREINTE DE CHANEL
RADIANT GLOW HIGHLIGHTING POWDER
Limited Edition

This highlighting powder combines subtly shimmering shades of rosewood, beige and brown for a uniquely flattering effect. Skin takes on a natural warmth and luminosity, as if bathed in the softest candlelight. Ideal for brightening the face or emphasizing the cheek or browbone with a unique beveled brush. Pure CHANEL: the world-renowned CC signature imprint. $65.00

LES 4 OMBRES
QUADRA EYE SHADOW
LES 4 OMBRES Quadra Eye Shadow in new Kaska Beige offers a warm, natural palette of beiges and browns that can be applied with a soft touch to delicately enhance the eyes. $56.00

ROUGE ALLURE
LUMINOUS SATIN LIP COLOUR
Four new shades of ROUGE ALLURE Luminous Satin Lip Colour offer a flattering range of soft neutrals, from light beige and warm peach to a natural mauve and soft plum. $32.00

BEAUTÉ DES ONGLES
PROTECTIVE BASE COAT
EXTREME SHINE NAIL LACQUER
Practicality takes on a new poise — and polish — this season, safeguarding nails against chipping. CHANEL maximizes the manicure with a new anti-yellowing base coat and quick-drying, high-shine top coat that work in tandem to strengthen and protect, while reducing the appearance of white spots. $23.00 each

EMPREINTE DE CHANEL
RADIANT GLOW HIGHLIGHTING POWDER $65.00
LIMITED EDITION

LIPS
ROUGE ALLURE
LUMINOUS SATIN LIP COLOUR $32.00

DÉLICIEUSE (APRICOT)
INSOUCIANTE (MAUVE)
INCOGNITO (ROSEWOOD)
IMPERTINENTE (BROWN)

LÈVRES SCINTILLANTES
GLOSSIMER $27.00

FUTILE (PINK)
MALINE (GOLD)

ROUGE DOUBLE INTENSITÉ
ULTRA WEAR LIP COLOUR $34.00

LE CRAYON LÈVRES
PRECISION LIP DEFINER $28.00

BEIGE (BEIGE)

FACE
POUDRE UNIVERSELLE COMPACTE
NATURAL FINISH PRESSED POWDER $44.00

BEIGE CLAIR (BEIGE)
JOUES CONTRASTE POWDER BLUSH $42.00
IMPRÉVU (COPPER)

NAILS
LE VERNIS
NAIL COLOUR $23.00

INATTENDU (NUDE)
TENDRESSE (PINK)
PARTICULIÈRE (GREY)

ROSE AGATE (PLUM BROWN)

EYES
LES 4 OMBRES
QUADRA EYE SHADOW $56.00

KASKA BEIGE (BEIGE–BROWN–PLUM–BRONZE)

OMBRE D’EAU
FLUID IRIDESCENT EYESHADOW $32.00

TORRENT (KHAKI)

OMBRE ESSENTIELLE
SOFT TOUCH EYESHADOW $28.50

SILLAGE (NUDE)
TRACE (BRONZE SHIMMER)

LE CRAYON YEUX
PRECISION EYE DEFINER $28.00

KHAKI DORÉ (KHAKI)

Available at www.CHANEL.com , CHANEL boutiques and department and specialty stores.

The CHANEL Metiers d’Art Collection 2009-2010 Paris-Shanghai

For some years, CHANEL has been ensuring the destinies and preservation of the skills of the Maisons d’Art: metal worker Desrues, feather maker Lemarié, embroiderer Lesage, shoemaker Massaro, milliner Michel, goldsmith Goossens and flower maker Guillet. Since 2002, Karl Lagerfeld has dedicated an annual collection to them, presented in exclusivity in a city that is part of, or is destined to leave its mark on, the history of the brand. In Shanghai on December 3rd, he unveiled his 8th edition of this collection, called “Paris Shanghai”. Shanghai is a city in constant evolution, a cosmopolitan theater to an extraordinary cultural boom, and where CHANEL has recently inaugurated its third point of sale in continental China over an impressive 480m2.

As a prelude to the show, the film “PARIS SHANGHAI, A FANTASY”, written and directed by Karl Lagerfeld, tells the story of Coco Chanel’s imagined voyage to China.

This collection brings together the expert skill of these Parisian artisans and the CHANEL ateliers to make a true French luxury. On an 85 meter long barge set on the Huangpu river bordering the Bund, more than thirty models have come from the four corners of the globe to bring Karl Lagerfeld’s tableau to life.

With Shanghai’s skyscrapers making a backdrop, Karl Lagerfeld revisits the Eastern Empire to give us his contemporary vision of CHANEL. One by one, his inspirations appear – the “Terracotta Army”, the urban romanticism of Chinese cinema, the glittering chic of the 1930s and the opulence of the imperial court. The slim sleeves hint at the shape of pagodas, the waist is small and slightly structured, the ruffles build up over one another. In black, red, khaki and midnight blue, the high-collared suits, richly embroidered fitted coats, knitwear with raised patterns and tunics inspired by the traditional Mandarin Qipao gown give structure to shoulders and slim the waist.

Accessories have not been forgotten. Long earrings and large pointed hats frame the face. Necklaces, brooches and cuff bracelets abound, bringing together pearls, coins and stones with opulence. On feet we see delicate ballerina flats with a strap and aged cork sole, leather boots and others in embroidered felt reaching the thigh, and precious sandals with sculpted heels. Bags, whether embroidered, sequined, in lambskin or in satin, are reinvented in a multitude of colors to create a fantasy.

Among the 800 guests were Vanessa Paradis, who flew in especially from Los Angeles, young actresses from the Asian scene, CHANEL ambassadress Anna Mouglalis, and all the star power that Shanghai offers with its influential people, celebrities and artists.

Zhou Xun and Vanessa Paradis

CHANEL ambassadress Anna Mouglalis

A fusion of East and West, the “Paris Shanghai” collection is when Karl brings Coco’s dream to life.

PARIS-SHANGHAI DECOR FACTS

- Preparation of the barge and construction of the show structure: 30 days of work involving 150 people.
- Barge: 85 meters long, 32 meters wide, 6.5 meters high, 500 tons, and able to hold 5600 tons.
- Structure: 6 meters high, tarpaulin roof stretched over black metal spotlight structures, 1800 square meters of tarpaulin.
- Total height: 12.5 meters.
- Interior, exterior and seats in matte black. On each end of the runway, two spotlight structures holding, in total, 180 projectors.
- Barge towed by three tugboats anchored in the Huangpu river, the location of the show; 50 minutes of navigation from the barge’s original location.
- 8 people were in constant surveillance of the anchors to ensure the barge didn’t move due the tides; the water level can increase or decrease by 3.3 meters.
- 5 video screens, each 4m x 4m in size, for Karl Lagerfeld’s film, which then rise to reveal a panoramic view of the Pudong skyscrapers through a PVC crystal window 70 meters long by 6 meters high.

- Access to the barge through a peninsula bridge adorned with white, yellow and orange pansies.
- 28 models brought from Paris and 3 from Shanghai
- 13 hairstylists
- 8 makeup artists brought from Paris and 15 from Shanghai
- 6 manicurists, all from Shanghai
-The show welcomed more than 1000 guests.

I can’t wait to watch the film Coco Before CHANEL. The film opens in NY and LA this Friday, 9/25 and will expand to several cities in weeks to come. Click HERE for the full list!

Contest: In celebration of the Coco Before CHANEL film premiere, Talking Makeup would love to give 2 lucky winners a chance to WIN full sized poster!!

How To Enter: All you have to do is view the beautiful stills from the movie (below images) and comment on which still number is your favorite. The contest will also run on Twitter, so make sure to follow us: www.twitter.com/TalkingMakeup

Thank you guys & good luck!

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Here is what’s hot this simmer from CHANEL! Looks like white is in!

“With white one can never put foot wrong.”-Coco Chanel

“The makeup look I created for the Haute Couture show was very carefully applied, not nude but pure-chic, soft and harmonious.”-Peter Philips, Global Director of Chanel Makeup.

Click image below to enlarge.

The CHANEL list:
White patent Upside Down 2.55 Handbag
CHANEL Limited-Edition Nail Colour in Blanc Petale
CHANEL Limited Edition Highlighting Powder in Fleurs Celestes de Chanel
J12 Watch White Ceramic 38mm Automatic
Icy white oversized sunglasses
Camelia ring, 18k white gold and cachalong

CHANEL unveils two new retail environments at Saks Fifth Avenue’s New York Flagship store. The newly renovated Fragrance and Beauté counter will offer consumers an exclusive environment to experience the world of CHANEL in an innovative way. CHANEL Ready to Wear will be available in the newly designed third floor boutique along with an expanded Accessories area on the first floor.

Inspired by the codes of the House of CHANEL, the contemporary 850 sq. foot counter draws clients into the world of CHANEL with dedicated areas for fragrance, makeup and skincare. The fragrance area invites customers into the world of CHANEL fragrance heritage with the debut of the patented Olfactive Bar designed by CHANEL deputy perfumer Christopher Sheldrake. Utilizing a new patented ceramic blotter system, the table houses the 43 fragrance concentrates encompassing the entire range of CHANEL perfumery. An on-site fragrance expert will offer clients an interactive olfactive journey through the house’s extensive fragrance offerings. An illuminated manuscript, the pages of which turn via a motion detecting sensor, will showcase the history of CHANEL fragrance, from historical images of Coco Chanel to the house’s renowned master perfumers.

The location will also debut the Les Exclusifs de CHANEL fragrance collection, including a global exclusive for BEIGE, the latest addition to collection of exclusive fragrances. BEIGE, a sensual outburst of hawthorn, freesia and frangipani, along with shimmering hints of honey, was interpreted by CHANEL Master Perfumer Jacques Polge. Additionally, the rare 225 ml, 450 ml and 900 ml bottles of the iconic Nº5 parfums will also be available, previously only obtainable by special order

“We are proud to partner with Saks Fifth Avenue to showcase our rich fragrance heritage, modernity in makeup and expertise in skincare,” says Christine Dagousset, executive vice president, CHANEL Fragrance & Beauté. “The luxurious space offers customers an exclusive, intimate and interactive environment to experience the world of CHANEL Fragrance & Beauté.”

An extensive makeup and skincare area offers customers a luxurious environment to explore the products with the assistance of a CHANEL Beauté expert. An oversized panel mirror alternates from a display of graphic quotes and videos, offering an unexpected and playful intrigue to passersby. Eight generously sized makeup artist stations invite the customer to interact with the products while a VIP consultation room features a luxurious area for a personalized consultation or private makeup application. The consultation room also features the signature “Miroir Lumiere” light box mirror, utilizing modifiable light technology exclusive to CHANEL to mimic natural light from day to evening in spring, summer and winter seasons. Inspired by the overwhelming success of the SUBLIMAGE anti-aging franchise, customers will have the opportunity to experience and learn about these best-selling products within the dedicated skincare area. Two seated skincare consultation areas allow clients to discover the CHANEL Précision skincare range and diagnose their individual needs.

The new CHANEL Ready to Wear boutique is a collaborative vision of Saks, CHANEL and New York architect Peter Marino, who designs boutiques for CHANEL globally. Marino’s extensive history with the House of CHANEL enabled him to develop a unique palette of materials and finishes based on the heritage of design and craftsmanship favored by Coco Chanel. The innovative black and white microcrystal storefront of the new boutique will feature a rotated glass box showcasing CHANEL signature mannequins draped in the season’s runway looks. Within the space, diaphanous glass planes layer the space and present the runway collections by theme.

Materials and finishes throughout are a nod to Coco Chanel’s pioneering creation of tweed fabrics. The walls are covered with luminous woven fiberglass and the millwork panels are made of carbon fiber, with threads hand-pulled exposing gold leaf beneath. The furniture is covered with custom CHANEL tweeds and the carpet is splashed with an abstract pattern of metallic crosshatching. A 10′ high video monitor will feature the Paris runway shows so customers can fully experience the current collection. In addition to the New York Flagship, CHANEL Ready to Wear is carried in 18 other Saks Fifth Avenue full line stores.

Les Exclusifs BEIGE 200 ml bottle retails for $190, No. 5 parfums 225 ml, 450 ml and 900 ml retail for $1,700, $2,350 and $3,200 respectively. Both fragrances will be available exclusively Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City in September 2008.

Lifetime will be airing a two-part miniseries this Saturday night, September 13th at 8PM Eastern Time… Of what, you ask? Of the one woman who has been the most influential fashion icon of the 20th Century!

“Coco Chanel,” is the rags-to-riches story of Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel and her journey through her early days as a young dressmaker’s assistant to her success as a pioneering icon.

“Coco Chanel” is the story of a glamorous woman who was hard to love and harder to ignore. This epic true story stars Shirley MacLaine, Malcolm McDowell and Barbora Bobulova.

To watch the trailer, meet the characters, or look at star photos, please head over to:
http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/movies/coco-chanel