CHANELLO

Passe? Nah. A bit over-done and gauddy - indeedy. But the serious problem here, is that I still like it. Does that make me tasteless?

I'm willing to take the risk ... or at least allow you to lie by omission....

CHANEL CHAIR

CHANEL does VT

A closer look at the newly released ads that uncle Karl dreamed up from his North Eastern country estate on Vermont's Lake Champlain. The images, heavily soaked in sepia, scream of a Virgnia Woolf, Jane Austen, yellow wall-paper memory of bygone literates of yesteryear. Now all I am left wondering, is where is all of his furniture?




P.S. - the model in the Chanel ads is newly emerging 21-year old Salt Lake native, Heidi Mount.

TREASURES

The House that Chanel Built

Madame Chanel's Apartment:



To the world of the fashion, the design and the globe-trotting elite, La Maison du Chanel never tires in its appeal. Whether it be commercial endeavors or photographic feats, the coverage never ceases and the allure never dims. Here are a few personal images from one of my various trips into the icon's gilded salon.

Take special care to note the prevalence of:

- pairs or sets
- gold
- wheat stems
- omens of luck and good fortune
- quilted fabrics
- chinese lacquered panels
- mirrors

It's like an eye-spy for the couture-cult.


Bisous, bisous.