Tag Archives: Chanel

Dossier in Conversation wtih Elizabeth Harper

Photography by Nigel Hosang. Styling by Angela Barrow. Hair and Makeup by Jennifer Nam. All clothing, Harper’s own.
Elizabeth Harper is the beauty behind Class Actress, a sexy, synth-heavy Brooklyn band. To get an insight into to her dramatic, vintage-influenced on-and-off stage style, Dossier stopped by her Greenpoint apartment as she prepared for her first [...]

Chanel at Paris Fashion Week F/W10

Oh Karl, you’re such a cheeky devil! As environmentalists and PETA activists are up in arms about global warming (or “global cooling” as a skeptical Lagerfeld calls it) and the fashion industry’s indulgence in cozy yet cruel fur pelts, Karl Lagerfeld says ‘pish posh’. Lowering the Grand Palais to sub-zero temperatures, the designer garnished his [...]

Dossier in Conversation with George Esquivel

Although it seems as though George Esquivel just burst onto the scene last summer with his CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund nomination, the LA-based, self-taught shoe designer has been honing his craft for almost 20 years.
The music-obsessed Esquivel got his start making one-of-a-kind shoes out of his garage for the likes of Pearl Jam, No Doubt, Perry [...]

Scorsese and Chanel Rendezvous in Williamsburg

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Chanel @ Paris Fashion Week S/S10

All images by Randy Harris
Parading smiling models—including Sasha Pivovarova talking on a cell phone—on a woodsy storybook set, Lagerfeld demonstrated his industry expertise with a comforting Chanel show. The designer’s nuanced use of eyelet lace, clogs, chiffon and thigh-high jewelry tapped into a sophisticated innocence and softness that had even the severely black-clad audience [...]