Chanel Robots

A genius combination of Chanel make-up and stop animation.


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My Outfit!

Good Morning Lovelies!


This was the outfit I created using the blouse from my "This Week I Love" post on Monday. I decided to change it a little bit to make it more appropriate for 'apres work.' What do you think?


Again, thanks for being patient with me regarding the photos... I'm trying my best!

I'm wearing:


Blouse - H&M
Skirt - Blank
Shoes - Christian Louboutin
Purse - Chanel
Earrings - Juliette & Company
Rings - David Yurman and Forever21
Nail polish - Essie (can't remember the name!)


Let me know your thoughts!

Also, I'm off this weekend to:

I'm SO excited that I cannot contain myself! Anyone going?


Lastly, don't forget to enter my GIVEAWAY! It's such a gorgeous line... check it out!


KIU,

Twentysomething

My Outfit.

Good Morning and TGIF!


I wanted to do another outfit post before the weekend. This was an outfit I wore out one night... I never know what to wear in this weather as some days are freezing and others are hot. I just can't wait for spring!


I think this outfit is a mix of casual and edgy... and I'm loving mustard and animal prints this season. What do you think?

And now the close-ups:

I'm wearing:


Sweater - Forever21
Leggings - American Apparel
Shoes - Stuart Weitzman
Purse - Chanel
Bracelets - BCBG & Tiffany
Ring - BCBG
Watch - Nixon
Nailpolish - hands: Sally Hasen Insta-Dri in Silver Sweep and feet: Essie in Wicked


What are you all doing this weekend?

KIU,

Twentysomething

Versatile Blogger Award.

Good Morning Readers!

Just wanted to thank you all for the support again. It's been so much fun and I hope to keep on growing! 

I received a wonderful surprise the other day from Tazz of Verita Lane. She awarded me with the Versatile Blogger Award! My first one of these so THANK YOU Tazz!

So, from what I understand, I'm supposed to tell you 7 seven about myself. Here it goes:

1. I'm currently pursuing a Masters degree.

2. I'm a HUGE book worm and I'm currently reading:

3. One of my favorite foods is sushi (I couldn't pick my favorite!).

4. I couldn't pick my favorite designer either so here are a few of my favorites:

ABS - Allen Schwartz

THE one and only Karl Lagerfeld

Rebecca Minkoff

Alexander Wang

 5. My favorite styles icons... also couldn't pick a favorite!

Olivia Palermo

Lauren Conrad

Kate Hudson

Rachel Bilson

6. A few of my favorite artists:

Jeff Koons

Robert Mapplethorpe

Andy Wahol - How could I not?!

7. I love my friends! Sounds cliche, but it's true!

Now I'm supposed to pass along this award to other bloggers. I couldn't pick favorites either but I selected the following 5 for the Versatile Blogger Award:

Sartorialsidelines

Shybiker

Cafe Fashionista

A Play On Words

Addicted To Design

Congratulations!

Have a great day everybody! More outfit posts and giveaway winner on the way!

KIU,

Twentysomething

Photo credits:

I do not have the specific link for each photograph displayed as they were all taken from my personal, computer collection over the years. They were all found using Google Images.

Behind the Chanel Haute Couture Spring 2011 collection

Karl Lagerfeld explains his inspirations for one of the most beautifully modern haute couture collections: the pale elegant palette done in modern silhouettes was accented by delicate shimmers of embroidery- genius!

Chanel Haute Couture Spring 2011

Chanel's Eco Fashion

In a bold move, Karl Lagerfeld based the Chanel Fall 2010 collection around the image of melting polar ice caps- even the show invites featured a drawing of an endangered polar bear done by Lagerfeld. The collection was teeming with fur: fur-covered boots, boleros and even head-to-toe fur suits made it confusing as to why a collection meant to draw attention to climate change featured copious amounts of fur. Lagerfeld explained after the show that the fur was not real and added that, "Fake is not chic — but fake fur is." This concern about the environment is not new for Karl Lagerfeld, who in the past has advocated incorporating more natural fabrics into fashion.

Runway shows are usually brief escapes into fanciful worlds filled with gorgeous clothes, but Lagerfeld has strayed from that this season and chosen instead to bring his audience face-to-face with an ugly reality which will have an impact on us all. This show really speaks to Karl Lagerfeld's status as an artist and visionary; that he can pair finely-crafted pieces of beautiful clothing with raising awareness about a controversial issue so seamlessly.

photo: Chanel

And if there was any doubt as to whether the massive glaciers on the runway were real, the  thermal video of the runway show confirms that the massive white structure in the middle of the runway was actually made of 240 tons ice and fits in nicely with the show's theme, "Hot and Cold."

Because Karl Never Disappoints

The Genius behind Chanel

Fifty Years Later: Chanel Couture Spring 09

From Women's Wear Daily January 27, 2009

“The idea was a white page,” Lagerfeld said days before his show. But there are white pages and white pages. For his, Lagerfeld commissioned a floral paradise crafted from 4,000 meters of plain, pristine paper. He “wanted everything graphic itself, no bling-bling,” to realize the idea, which came to him just after his over-the-top Russian-inspired satellite show in December: “Everything was so pushed — housecleaning was needed.”

Hence the move from the Grand Palais — “I’m glad it was empty,” Lagerfeld quipped of the landmark, now housing the show of another fellow, Picasso — to a former bank just up the street on the Rue Cambon. Along with it, he shifted his set approach from the single-prop, megainstallations of swirling tower, giant carousel and re-created city street to a glorious paper heaven (grand stairway and 32 columns covered in pristine bowers; paper flower centerpieces and lace cloths dressing cafe tables) that looked like the best work of the cleverest wedding planner in town, or a walk-in version of David Pelham’s ingenious pop-up book “Trail.” (Rather than the book, Lagerfeld’s own 18th-century porcelains, as well as the modern interiors of Marcel Wanders and others, served as primary inspirations.) The set, done under the direction of Stéphane Lubrina, boasted 6,700 assorted-species blossoms and took 40 people 15 weeks to create. (The paper was glass, rather than wood-based, all ye who might get your scratchy organic panties in a twist.) “Mr. Wertheimer said something very nice,” Lagerfeld relayed in reference to his own spending proclivities. “He said, maybe a shortage somewhere, but not in your department.”

Certainly, here was no shortage of pure delight, a collection inventively conceived and impeccably executed, from the wondrous paper headpieces crafted by Japanese hair genius Katsuya Kamo to several chic takes on spectator sandals. And the real stars of the day: the clothes. Lagerfeld sent out fab day clothes working a supernarrow focus — tiered structure in various shades of white. Anchoring the look: a square shoulder, often in a short, straight capelet, as if sliced from an 8-1/2-by-11 page. These perched atop little jackets and crisp A-shaped skirts, interspersed with softer moments now and then, and with an occasional flash of crisp black trim. Similarly, save for a brief digression to black and prints, high evening continued along the great white way, with stark lines contrasting more ethereal options.

In lesser hands, it might have been a snooze. Lagerfeld, however, worked each look to distinction. A plain suit featured a swish of chiffon at the wrists; a dress’ curious lace motif was fashioned from feathers. As for Lagerfeld’s no-bling assertion — not really. In this lineup, tight rows of bugle beads formed shimmery stripes, paillettes masqueraded as polkadots and the bride wore an austere sequined Sixties Space Age jumpsuit outfit, her endless frothy train decorated with, among other elements, paper embroideries, done by none other than M. Lesage.

Still, the mood chez Chanel is that the paper trail won’t end in his nimble hands. Recession or no, the belief is that more than a few clients remain plenty flush with cash. Or they can break out the kind of plastic that’s good for the fashion environment.

See Chanel Runway Slideshow

A Look back: Vintage Haute Couture, Chanel 1959

The Enigma of Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld has earned his reputation as one of fashion's most mysterious characters by being eternally elusive with the media, so I was quite surprised to find that in 2006 cameras were allowed behind-the-scenes access to the offices and atelier at the House of Chanel. Not surprisingly, the first few frames of the first episode shows Karl waving a skinny ring-clad finger at the camera shouting, "No! No!"- there was clearly a period of adjustment.
I'm hoping that the resulting TV mini-series "Signe Chanel," available on Youtube, will answer some of my burning questions, such as "How does Karl design 20 collections a year?" and most importantly, "Does he ever take off those sunglasses?" The first episode ends with one of the assistants at Chanel dialing an endless list of phone numbers, hoping to get in touch with Karl. It's somewhat comforting to know that it's not just the media that Karl is avoiding: seems that he is a master of both style and stealth.