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Destination dressing: South of France
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This is how legends live: Our tour through Coco Chanel’s apartment
While in Paris during the couture shows, editor-in-chief Bernadette Morra had a rare glimpse into one of fashion’s most treasured troves: the apartment once inhabited by a one Mademoiselle Coco Chanel. Luckily for us, she brought her Flip Camera. Come inside!
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Fashion news: Nicola tells us exactly what Gaga was wearing, Johnny Weir is all real and Blake makes girls green with envy
Hey Wangsters! Click on over to the designer’s newly relaunched site, where you’ll find ready-to-wear pieces available for the first time, as well as all kinds of exclusive content. [Alexander Wang]
Here’s a fashion play-by-play of Gaga‘s latest video, “Born This Way”, straight from the horse’s (her stylist’s) mouth: [Nicola Formichetti]
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Editors’ video: Spring 2011 trends
New York! Milan! Paris! Oh, my! FASHION editor-in-chief Bernadette Morra sits down with fashion director Susie Sheffman and senior editor, fashion news Sarah Casselman to discuss the hottest trends, moments and runways of the spring 2011 season. Complete with runway footage of the shows, we present our ultimate primer for the freshest season.
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The daily steal: Eiffel Tower tissues, $2
Mourning the end of Paris Couture Week in style, we’ll be tending to our sad sniffles with these chic Eiffel Tower tissues from Forever 21. ($2, forever21.com)
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Couture diary: Life is a zip at Van Cleef & Arpels
With so many press and wealthy clients in Paris for the haute couture shows, many of the luxury jewelers in the Place Vendome are using the occasion to launch new collections. So off I went to Van Cleef & Arpels to see their new Zips. It was the Duchess of Windsor (the sometimes scandalous, always stylish legendary Wallis Simpson) who first suggested in 1938 that the house craft a zipper necklace in precious materials, but it wasn’t until the 1950s that technology caught up with the duchess’s imagination. By then, Wallis was over it. And though her character is seen wearing a Zip in The King’s Speech, the real duchess never did.
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Couture diary: Karl dazzles at Chanel + a guilt-free dessert!
Chanel Finale (Karl adjusts Kristen McMenamy's bridal gown)
It’s the morning of the Chanel couture show and the Hotel Castille is jammed with Chanel press attachés from around the globe. Breakfast arrives late, and I gulp down tea and scrambled eggs before dashing off to the Chanel Fine Jewellery boutique in the Place Vendome.
