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Tuesday, 4 December 2012

The Tradition of Métiers d'Art by CHANEL

CHANEL 'Paris-Édimbourg' Métiers d'Art Show which will be held today at 6pm at Linlithgow Palace. - The invitation is a bright watercolour portrayal of the prestigious Linlithgow Palace, not far from Edinburgh, former residence of the Stuart family and place of birth of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland. Everything – or almost – is ready for the first Scottish fashion show by maison Chanel that has chosen to hold this year's Métiers d'Art in this evocative location.

The fashion show celebrates the very high-level know-how of the craftsmen that work for Chanel: the Métiers d'Art collection pays homage to the bijou's studio Desrues, to the feathers' studio Lemarié, to the Maison Lesage for the embroideries, to the shoes craftsman Massaro, to the Maison Michel for the hats, to the goldsmith Goossens, to the flower producer Guillet, to the crochet embroideries by Montex and to the gloves by Causse.

Twelve tents have been fitted in the surroundings of the castle; however, the exact venue of the show – which, we are sure, will not fail to amaze the audience – is yet to be revealed: it could take place in one of the especially decorated inner courtyards of the Linlithgow Palace.

After Byzance and Bombay, Chanel has chosen Scotland: "I was inspired by the rich heritage of Chanel in Scotland, and the craftsmanship of Scottish tweed and cashmere, that are an integral and iconic part of Chanel’s collections", said Karl Lagerfeld. The house of fashion is connected with Scotland since a long time ago: in 2012 it also bought Barrie Knitwear, an Hawick-based company that has kept creating cashmere knitwear items for 25 years for the house of fashion founded by Gabrielle Chanel.

For this occasion I'd like to present you a little selection of my posts of ancient Métiers d'Art collections by CHANEL, just follow the linkage, and you'll see all those precious presentations, locations and backstage emotions. Love, Andrea

CHANEL 'Paris-Bombay' Métiers d'Art 2011/12 Show at Grand Palais, Paris

... Lagerfeld’s sources of inspiration for 'Paris-Bombay' were no slouches in the extravagance stakes; India’s Maharajas lived, and embroidered and jeweled and adorned themselves like gods, so, scattered throughout the collection like rubies and emeralds across the floors of the Mysore Palace were appropriately rich flourishes like multiple strands of pearls placed over the hips of a bouclé suit, a liquid-gold lamé dress with sari-like draping, and a monumental necklace of chains and pearls, and a recurring look here a lavish Nehru collared coat or pointed hem dress, say, worn over leggings or boots that resembled leggings, so long they stretched all the way to the top of the thighs.

'CHANEL 'Paris-Bombay' Métiers d'Art 2011/12 Collection'

Métiers d'Art by CHANEL | From Paris, Byzance to Saint-Tropez

CHANEL's 'Paris-Byzance' - The venue is a white marble terrace at the Ciragan Palace, a former residence of a sultan. It offers a place to admire the Bosphorus, lulled by the regular sound of the waves. The Bosphorus is everywhere: a part of the city and a stimulating yet soothing presence. At nightfall, it is time to go inside the palace where the show's backstage area has been set up, Beneath Murano-glass chandeliers - no doubt reminders of the sultan's lavish lifestyle - the girls are being prepared with chignons worn very high on the head and eyes rimmed in black and red eyeliner. Models are standing in the wing dresses in tweed chasubles with hints of gold, velvet harem pants or draped chiffon dresses, all of Byzantine inspirations.

Be curious, and take a view at this wonderful post!

'Métiers d'Art by CHANEL | From Paris, Byzance to Saint-Tropez'

CHANEL 'Paris-Byzance' Métiers d'Art 2010/11 Collection

... Lagerfeld had transformed the second-floor couture salon at the brand's iconic Rue Cambon store into a sort of Ottmanesque chill-out room, with low stained glass tables and two rows of patterned square pillows.

The look at the salons walls, entirely embroidered or the occasion in tiny bronze sequins. The season's theme, 'Paris-Byzance' was inspired by the Empress Theodora and the lost culture of Byzantium. ... Mostly, however, the reference came via Coco's Byzantine-inspired Gripoix jewelty, which is instantly recognizable today.

'CHANEL 'Paris-Byzance' Métiers d'Art 2010/11 Collection'

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Photo Credit/Source: Courtesy of © CHANEL
Photography by © Delphine Achard, © Benôit Peverelli, © Olivia da Costa for CHANEL

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Find CHANEL 'Paris-Bombay' Métiers D'Art Collection in exclusive CHANEl stores and special places like Saint-Tropez's Ephemeral Boutique

CHANEL The Ephemeral Boutique

From April 28th to October 7th 2012

10am-1.30pm / 3.30pm-8pm (4.30pm-9pm in July and August)

1, avenue du Général Leclerc

83990 Saint-Tropez

France

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Photos: Olivia Da Costa for © CHANEL

Enjoy my CHANEL-post -

'CHANEL | Making Of The Paris-Bombay Campaign'

Ephemeral Boutique | Chanel's Summer in Saint-Tropez

After Tokyo this spring, and for the second year running Chanel has taken up residence at L' Hôtel Mistralée, a two minute walk from the Place des Lices and the Old Port. Until October the sumptuous interior of this 19th century manor house has been transformed to create a contemporary décor. The "Paris-Bombay" and 2012 Spring-Summer collections are displayed throughout the house, in the magnificent private gardens and by the swimming pool, juxtaposing the opulence of the house with modernity and boldness.

A highly sophisticated seasonal pop-up store set against a unique backdrop for the French maison that will make the best use of the sumptuous XIX century architecture while adding to it geometric patterns and colours that won’t fail to make a grand impression.

For the occasion, Chanel launch a limited edition beach tote bag that comes with a two-sided woven straw mat and a beach towel, on sale from June 23th - ça va sans dire – exclusively at the Saint-Tropez boutique.

CHANEL The Ephemeral Boutique

From April 28th to October 7th 2012

10am-1.30pm / 3.30pm-8pm (4.30pm-9pm in July and August)

1, avenue du Général Leclerc

83990 Saint-Tropez

France

Enjoy your holiday shoppings! LoL, Andrea

A little history of Chanel's ephemeral boutiques, enjoy!

CHANEL And JAPAN Pop-Up Boutique Opening - For the occasion of "The Little Black Jacket" exhibition opening in Tokyo March 23th 2012, CHANEL opened its Ephemeral Boutique in Tokyo from March 24th to April 15th, 2012. Read more >>>

CHANEL - The Ephemeral Boutique in Tokyo

'Métiers D'Art by CHANEL | From Paris, Byzance to Saint-Tropez'

And, not to miss!
CHANEL Cruise 2013 Show on May 14th 2012 at Versailles

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Photos: Courtesy of Chanel

CHANEL 'Paris-Bombay' Métiers d'Art 2011/12

First wonderful impressions of the todays CHANEL 'Paris-Bombay' 2012 Métiers d'Art Collection. The presentation was held in the famous Grand Palais, Galerie Courbe, Cours le Reine, with an amazing setting.

“We’ve had Paris-London, we’ve had Paris-Shanghai, so it felt like time to go off the circuit, to somewhere less expected,” said Karl Lagerfeld after Tuesday’s Chanel’s Métiers d’Art show, entitled Paris-Bombay. “And Coco [Chanel] loved Indian jewelry. But it’s not a cheap tourist tour of India! It was sophisticated, no?” Indeed it was Karl. How could it not be? This is Chanel’s annual love letter to all of the incredible and venerable ateliers whose work allows for this Métiers d’Art collection (exquisitely worked prêt-à-porter with rarified price tags to match, and which delivers to stores around the same time as pre-fall) and the haute couture to exist; the house’s patrimony of time-honored French craftsmanship preserves it for generations to come at a time when fashion is being ever more outsourced to be made all over the globe. At Chanel’s disposal, the combined force of the likes of Lesage (the embroidery house headed until a very short while ago by the recently passed 82-year-old François Lesage), buttons and jewelry by Desrues, metalwork by Goossens, flowers of lace, silk, and velvet by Guillet, and the newest addition to the stable, announced only yesterday, Montex, another storied Parisian embroiderer.

Enjoy the CHANEL Métiers d'Art Show at the end of this post! LoL, Andrea

Of course, Lagerfeld’s sources of inspiration were no slouches in the extravagance stakes; India’s Maharajas lived, and embroidered and jeweled and adorned themselves like gods, so, scattered throughout the collection like rubies and emeralds across the floors of the Mysore Palace were appropriately rich flourishes like multiple strands of pearls placed over the hips of a bouclé suit, a liquid-gold lamé dress with sari-like draping, and a monumental necklace of chains and pearls, and a recurring look here a lavish Nehru collared coat or pointed hem dress, say, worn over leggings or boots that resembled leggings, so long they stretched all the way to the top of the thighs. And what Maharani or these days, a titan of Indian industry like Megha Mittal, or the gorgeous young movie star Freida Pinto, who came to the show wouldn’t want the gem of a new Chanel bag, a modestly scaled quilted purse suspended from a fabulous and not-so-discreet bead-encrusted (courtesy of Lesage) guitar strap. That, like the ratty dreadlocked hair, was a neat and witty reference to the other riches of India, its position of countercultural lifestyle, from the era of the Beatles and their guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, to today’s nouveau-hippie enclave of Goa.

In the end, what made this collection so intriguing wasn’t an idea of India’s past, but its future. Despite the Raj–worthy backdrop created in the cavernous chamber of the Galerie Courbe in the Grand Palais, complete with an eye-popping table laid for a feast and Mughal carved stone walls, Lagerfeld’s vision of the country (which he has never been to, incidentally; perhaps he sides with the idea that you can see a place more clearly when you look at it from afar) captured its sense of modern urbanity, honing in on the likes of Mumbai’s place in the unfolding power-landscape of the twenty-first-century world. There were great coats in fur-edged bouclé, or tone-on-tone embroidered gray wool worn with velvet or brocade pants, flats, and those bags slung casually and nonchalantly across the body. They hinted without being heavy-handed with the starting point of the collection to a notion of a country with an unbelievably cultured and sophisticated past rushing headlong into the future. Lagerfeld amplified that idea by eschewing the cliché of an Indian color palette, drawing instead on black, rust, cream, and gray. And save for a few great pink chunky sweaters, there was very little of India’s national color, which Diana Vreeland managed to work into a cute little aphorism decades ago. So, Karl, if pink is the navy blue of India, what’s the navy blue of Chanel? He thought for a nanosecond. “Black. No. Black and ivory.”