Coco Chanel's
iconic piece is being honoured in a photographic exhibition curated by Karl
Lagerfeld. It's a worthy tribute
In 1916 a French fashion designer set out to redefine the way women dressed. Bored with and uninspired by the rigid sartorial options of the day, she sought to do away with formal dressing and to place something looser and altogether more dynamic in its place.In less than two weeks, canada goose jacket discount will transform an actor during a dress rehearsal of “Sweeney Todd.” Her name was Coco Chanel. Her vision? A perfect black jacket with which she wanted every woman in Paris to fall in love. These days, it's not only the women of Paris but women in cities right across the globe who consider Chanel's little black jacket the most alluring, awe-inspiring item of clothing on the planet.
Its appeal today, as it was back in Chanel's heyday, is its ability to transcend the frivolity of trends. A century ahead of the likes of Stella McCartney and Phoebe Philo, who count an ability to reflect the wants of modern women in their designs as a major strength, Coco Chanel was a force for change. And as a nation of women who take pleasure in wearing exactly what we like, we owe everything to the memory of fashion's greatest ever first lady.
This is a fact Chanel's current creative director Karl Lagerfeld knows only too well. “Every designer dreams of inventing the Chanel jacket,” says Lagerfeld, who considers protecting its legacy a key part of his job spec.Plain knee length kurtas with straight pajamas and canada goose parka jacket looked elegant and wearable. “The eternal can only last if it stays up to date at the same time. For this reason the jacket is eternal.”
The jacket continues to evolve at a steady pace. While the first Chanel jacket was of Tyrolean origin, inspired by the uniform worn by the men who worked at Baron Pantz Hotel in Austria, today it comes in a host of guises. In fact, rare is the Chanel collection in which a modernised version of the piece does not feature. In Lagerfeld's latest collection, unveiled in Paris last week, the jacket was given a new lease of life through leather trims and a looser silhouette.
Tonight a photographic exhibition dedicated to celebrating Chanel's most iconic piece arrives at London's Saatchi Gallery from Paris. Curated by Lagerfeld and former French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld, the exhibition feature famous faces such as actresses Tilda Swinton and Kirsten Dunst and model Edie Campbell,A new residential www.cheaphotcostume.com in china school equipped to international standards .It's no longer something women wear to make a statement. Paired with duvetica jackets and black tights. and shows the little black jacket at its very best.
Appropriately, Roitfeld and Lagerfeld chose a simplistic, timeless version of the Chanel jacket to photograph. Their aim was to demonstrate its legacy but also to celebrate its relevance in 2012. Among the most beautiful photographs is an image of US supermodel Joan Smalls, who wears two little black jackets tied around her body. Equally striking is a shot of Tilda Swinton, who demonstrates the item's androgynous aesthetic. “It's an incredible item of clothing,” says Roitfeld “and it belongs to everyone”.
Well, almost everyone. While Lagerfeld would love to see the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duchess of Cambridge in the Little Black Jacket, he admits “it would be too much to ask of the Queen”.
In 1916 a French fashion designer set out to redefine the way women dressed. Bored with and uninspired by the rigid sartorial options of the day, she sought to do away with formal dressing and to place something looser and altogether more dynamic in its place.In less than two weeks, canada goose jacket discount will transform an actor during a dress rehearsal of “Sweeney Todd.” Her name was Coco Chanel. Her vision? A perfect black jacket with which she wanted every woman in Paris to fall in love. These days, it's not only the women of Paris but women in cities right across the globe who consider Chanel's little black jacket the most alluring, awe-inspiring item of clothing on the planet.
Its appeal today, as it was back in Chanel's heyday, is its ability to transcend the frivolity of trends. A century ahead of the likes of Stella McCartney and Phoebe Philo, who count an ability to reflect the wants of modern women in their designs as a major strength, Coco Chanel was a force for change. And as a nation of women who take pleasure in wearing exactly what we like, we owe everything to the memory of fashion's greatest ever first lady.
This is a fact Chanel's current creative director Karl Lagerfeld knows only too well. “Every designer dreams of inventing the Chanel jacket,” says Lagerfeld, who considers protecting its legacy a key part of his job spec.Plain knee length kurtas with straight pajamas and canada goose parka jacket looked elegant and wearable. “The eternal can only last if it stays up to date at the same time. For this reason the jacket is eternal.”
The jacket continues to evolve at a steady pace. While the first Chanel jacket was of Tyrolean origin, inspired by the uniform worn by the men who worked at Baron Pantz Hotel in Austria, today it comes in a host of guises. In fact, rare is the Chanel collection in which a modernised version of the piece does not feature. In Lagerfeld's latest collection, unveiled in Paris last week, the jacket was given a new lease of life through leather trims and a looser silhouette.
Tonight a photographic exhibition dedicated to celebrating Chanel's most iconic piece arrives at London's Saatchi Gallery from Paris. Curated by Lagerfeld and former French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld, the exhibition feature famous faces such as actresses Tilda Swinton and Kirsten Dunst and model Edie Campbell,A new residential www.cheaphotcostume.com in china school equipped to international standards .It's no longer something women wear to make a statement. Paired with duvetica jackets and black tights. and shows the little black jacket at its very best.
Appropriately, Roitfeld and Lagerfeld chose a simplistic, timeless version of the Chanel jacket to photograph. Their aim was to demonstrate its legacy but also to celebrate its relevance in 2012. Among the most beautiful photographs is an image of US supermodel Joan Smalls, who wears two little black jackets tied around her body. Equally striking is a shot of Tilda Swinton, who demonstrates the item's androgynous aesthetic. “It's an incredible item of clothing,” says Roitfeld “and it belongs to everyone”.
Well, almost everyone. While Lagerfeld would love to see the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duchess of Cambridge in the Little Black Jacket, he admits “it would be too much to ask of the Queen”.
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