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Monday, September 28, 2009
On Saturday I escaped a play with far too much shouting and ran into the arms of lush, period bio-pic, Coco Before Chanel...quelle relief!
Tea at the Paris Ritz, original art, 9" x 11"
The film charts the rise of an ambitious, difficult woman as she made her way finally to Paris and became the icon we all know. I only wish Tautou had been as tough and fierce as I imagined Chanel to be. But the film is so beautifully shot and executed - I recommend it highly.
Franceguide.com will take you along Coco's route through France as well as offer you a chance to win a trip to Paris. Do it!
In the last scene Coco is sitting on her famous mirrored stairway (so she could easily see at a glance what was going on in all the floors of her couture house!) waiting for the show to begin. I hope there will be a sequel.
Last Spring I heard famed photographer, Douglas Kirkland speak on his time shooting and shadowing Chanel for 3 weeks when he was a young man for Look Magazine.
Photo by Douglas KirklandJust 27 and he had never been to Paris before!
Can you imagine!
Photo by Douglas KirklandAt first he was only allowed to shoot the models, never Chanel. But she was soon charmed and he had carte blanche...
Photo by Douglas Kirkland
The best tidbit? In those 21 days, Kirkland never once saw Chanel remove her hat.
Did you know you too can stay at Chanel's apartment at the Ritz?!
Suite #302 - 3 rooms overlooking Place Vendome, were home to Mademoiselle (as she was always called), for 37 years from 1934 until her death in 1971 at age 89. The Ritz has lovingly restored with assistance from Karl Lagerfeld every small detail...A Vogue video tour of Mademoiselle's apartment...
This imaging of how the perfume bottle Chanel No.5 is exactly designed to fit the shape of Place Vendome was cleverly photoshopped by Notcot.comBONJOUR Coco!
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