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Camille Hurel + Karly Loyce Bloom In Rose-Rich Chanel Romanticism In Vogue Germany
Models Camille Hurel and Karly Loyce join Vogue Germany’s July 2019 tribute to Karl Lagerfeld ‘A Rose Is A Rose Is . . . “ Christiane Arp styles the two beauties in a carpet of rose-blooming, romantic looks from Chanel, lensed by Lagerfeld’s photography team./ Hair by Greg Everingham; makeup by Emmanuel Sammartino
Vogue Germany’s July 2019 cover story honors Karl Lagerfeld, celebrating the late designer in covers by Birgit Kos, Luna Bijl and Vittoria Ceretti. Styled by editor-in-chief Christiane Arp, the star trio is lensed in trademark Peter Lindbergh images wearing fall looks from Chanel and Fendi.
Adut, Anok + Kaia Spread Love In Fendi's Spring/Summer 2019 Campaign By Karl Lagerfeld
Rising stars Adut Akech, Anok Yai and Kaia Gerber front Fendi’s Spring Summer 2019 campaign, lensed by the now-deceased Karl Lagerfeld. For those who suggest that the love fest between Adut and Kaia above is staged for the ad campaign, the two young women are very close friends in real life.
As fashion struggles to acknowledge past sins around diversity and in our human relationships generally, we must also acknowledge the reality of inspiring relationships as well. While I am totally exasperated with Gucci and Prada over blackface sweaters and trinkets, and now we add Burberry’s lynching/suicide rope from the Fall 2019 show, I want to just scream.
Simultaneously, when deep relationships and friendships between black women and white women exist — as is the case between Adut and Kaia — they must also receive our positive acknowledgement. Many will accuse Lagerfeld of staging the intimate, powerful photo of Kaia and Adut that leads this post. Thankfully, it is for real, and I am grateful for their message for humanity. Goddess knows we need it. ~ Anne
Those Who Knew Karl Lagerfeld Best Share Thoughts About A Fashion Industry Great
Tributes are pouring in for Chanel creative director and fashion industry superstar Karl Lagerfeld, appearing here with his darling cat Choupette. AOC has a complicated history with Lagerfeld, having stood for my free press rights with his press representative. . . and not merely in email.
These tributes and commentary should stand as testimonials to the designer’s enormous body of work, articulated primarily by the people who loved and respected him.
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Karl Lagerfeld hires a big cast for a low-impact Spring/Summer 2019 ad campaign, shot by him. Models include Adesuwa Aighewi, Hyun Ji Shin, Kris Grikaite, Nora Attal, Rebecca Leigh Longendyke, Sarah Dahl and Vittoria Ceretti, styled by Carine Roitfeld.
ELLE’s director of fashion features Veronique Hyland shares a November 2018 look at Chanel’s nautical-inspired 2019 Resort Collection featuring models Joan Smalls, Natasha Poly, Yasmin Wijnaldum and Hannah Ferguson.
Actor Penélope Cruz sets sail in her maiden voyage for Chanel, lensed by Karl Lagerfeld in nautical looks for the brand’s 2019 resort collection. In one image, she wears a checked tweed beret and a sweater emblazoned with La Pausa, the name of the villa in the South of France built by founder Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel in the Thirties.
The Chanel Foundation bought La Pausa from the Estate of Wendy Reves in 2011. The asking price for the property, built for Coco Chanel by her lover, the Duke of Westminster, was $56 million. La Pausa has a second identity as the place where Winston Churchill spent about a third of each year during 1956, 1957 and 1958, as a guest of the Reveses.
Karl Lagerfeld Eyes Adesuwa, Grace Elizabeth, Luna, Vittoria + For Chanel Fall-Winter 2018 Campaign
Karl Lagerfeld pulls together his semi-annual girl gaggle for Chanel's Fall Winter 2018 campaign. The diverse case includes Adesuwa Aighewi, Grace Elizabeth, Hoyeon Jung, Luna Bijl, Nina Marker, Vittoria Ceretti, and Yoon Young Bae styled by Carine Roitfeld. / Makeup by Tom Pecheux; hair by Sam McNight
Top model and actor Abbey Lee Kershaw joins Adwoa Aboah and Gigi Hadid for Fendi's Fall Winter 2018.19 campaign, lensed by Karl Lagerfeld.
“The FENDI Women’s Fall/Winter 2018-19 advertising campaign shot by Karl Lagerfeld features the top sought after models of the moment perfectly embody and highlight the powerful and bold personality of the FENDI woman, as well as her free spirit. The modern and clean set of the campaign has a backstage allure, with an intentionally visible photographic backdrop and stand that conveys a new fresh and disruptive feeling.“
Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld has an opinion on absolutely every topic, and now he's told Numero magazine that he is "fed up" with the #MeToo movement. Lagerfeld takes issue with moves in the fashion industry to embrace new regulations in the interest of protecting young models.
Lagerfeld was interviewed by Numero on International Women's Day -- perhaps not the best idea.
[Numero] Anyway, moving on, today is International Women’s Day…
{KL] For me Women’s Day is every day of the year. Men’s fashion does little for me. I buy it of course, and I’m delighted that Hedi [Slimane] is going to Céline but drawing a men’s collection and having to put up with all those stupid models, no thanks. Not to mention the fact with all their accusations of harassment they have become quite toxic. No, no, no, don’t leave me alone with one of those sordid creatures.
Model Luna Bijl is styled by Christiane Arp in 'Aho!', a German-to-the-core, man overboard fashion story lensed by Karl Lagerfeld for Vogue Germany May 2018./ Hair by Franco Gobb; makeup by Christelle Cocquet
Kaia Gerber Makes First Luxury Brand Campaign Move With Chanel Handbags S/S 2018 Campaign
Rising model Kaia Gerber has landed her first Chanel campaign at age 16, taking another major career step in the brand's new spring 2018 handbag campaign. Chanel's creative director Karl Lagerfeld captures Kaia lounging at Coco Chanel's Parisian apartment with the 11.12, Gabrielle and Boy Chanel bags. Lagerfeld also announced that Kaia will collaborate with his eponymous label on its fall collection.
Adwoa Aboah Channels Coco In Karl Lagerfeld's Chanel Eyewear Spring 2018 Campaign
Rising model Adwoa Aboah is center stage in the 'she's got elegant glam' limelight, her white turban, pearls and camilla provide an iconic backdrop for Karl Lagerfeld's new Chanel Eyewear campaign.
The superb actor and feminist Meryl Streep showcased her Elie Saab off-the-shoulder peacock blue fashion statement at the Oscars. Streep is being honored for her 20th nomination for her role in 'Florence Foster Jenkins'.
The activist actor was not amused at the accusations leveled against her by Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld that Streep commissioned a custom Chanel creation but cancelled it when the House refused to pay her to wear it.
A representative for Streep fought back that Lagerfeld's statement was false and that it is against her personal ethics to be paid to wear a gown on the red carpet. Lagerfeld, who I personally believe has no time for Meryl Streep's feminist activism, subsequently admitted that the error was his and that he regretted the controversy. But Meryl dismissed Lagerfeld's so-called apology, saying that his comments has eclipsed her celebration-worthy 20th nomination.
"I do not take this lightly, and Mr. Lagerfeld's generic 'statement' of regret for this 'controversy' was not an apology," her statement read.
The imperious Karl Lagerfeld is accustomed to having the last word on everything and Streep wasn't having it. Bravo, Meryl! She accused the designer of defaming her -- which he certainly did suggesting that she accepted bribes to wear clothes --, her stylist and the "illustrious designer" (Elie Saab) whose dress she chose to wear. Streep also castigated WWD for printing the "defamation" in the first place.
The story received global attention, Streep said, and continues "to overwhelm my appearance at the Oscars, on the occasion of my record-breaking 20th nomination, and to eclipse this honour in the eyes of the media, my colleagues and the audience."
The always haughty Lagerfeld told WWD: "“After we gift her a dress that’s €100,000, we found later we had to pay,” he said. “We give them dresses, we make the dresses, but we don’t pay ... A genius actress, but cheapness also, no?”
A spokesperson for Chanel said that they had engaged in conversations with Streep’s stylist to design a dress for her to wear to the Academy Awards, but were well aware that she was considering options from other design houses: “When informed by the stylist that Ms Streep had chosen a dress by another designer there was no mention of the reason. Chanel wishes to express our continued and deep respect for Ms Streep.”
I suspect that Meryl Streep is up to her nostrils with self-important men. President Trump unleashed a Tweet storm against her earlier in the awards season. Trump & Lagerfeld actually make good company. ~ Anne
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