Tag Archives: Karl Lagerfeld

The Secret(s) of Chanel No. 5

2009’s Coco Before Chanel starring Audrey Tatou was a dramatic look at the sometimes tragic motivations of the couturier who founded one of the world’s most famous fashion houses, disclosing a little bit about how sailor stripes and other Chanel signatures entered our fashion vocabulary. Meanwhile Lagerfeld Confidential, a documentary on Karl Lagerfeld released in [...]

Karl Lagerfeld at Paris Fashion Week F/W10

Backstage at Lagerfeld Save the sunglasses and that snowy white hair, Lagerfeld’s fall runway could be called a procession of bouffanted mini-mes (or to be clear, mini-hims). Marching nonchalantly to the electro-pop beats of The xx, models emerged from behind a maze of neon blue panels in a series of structured black-and-white looks that were [...]

Vogue Party at Crillon at Paris Fashion Week F/W 10

Opening of Vogue Bar at Hotel de Crillon. Click “Read More” for additional images.

The Beauty of Karl Lagerfeld @ Paris Fashion Week S/S10

Overall Look: Soft, Fresh and Young Skin: Flawless, dewy, healthy. Cheeks: Rosy and flushed. Eyes: Liquid lined with a light wash of white shadow, finished off with mascara on both top and bottom lashes. Lips: Strawberry red. Hair: Wavy hair with soft flyaways was swept back off the face then sectioned and pinned into a [...]

Karl Lagerfeld @ Paris Fashion Week S/S10

A group of anti-fur protesters chanted “Shame on you!” outside of the entrance of Karl Lagerfeld’s morning show—not that many guests were wearing their best furs at 10am. And although I do not condone animal cruelty in any sense, I thought it mentionable that a few demonstrators, perhaps even the loudest shouters, were wearing leather [...]