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Photos courtesy of Chanel
Chanel launched a new glossimer collection called Révélation in the spirit of the easy elegance of Gabrielle Chanel. The collection features a palette of lipglosses and a nail colour. There are 10 lipglosses from subtle sheen to sparkly metallic, a color to compliment every look with ease. Each lipgloss retails for $29.50 and the nail colour retails for $27.00. Available starting in April 2013.
With the official start of Summer just days away, there’s no better time than now to get into the spirit of the season — and that includes fingers and toes. In hues that evoke fiery sunsets and sun-kissed skin, Chanel’s limited-edition Le Vernis nail lacquers may be just the thing. And, with names like Island (a pearly nude), Delight (a shimmering bronze), and Holiday (a superbright coral) these colors are sure to put you in a vacation-ready mood faster than most.
See all the Chanel Summer 2012 nail shades, including the available-online-only Beige, which — despite its no-frills name — is a creamy neutral that’s anything but plain.
A Chanel tweed jacket is ageless and never goes out of style. Although, I don’t have the pleasure of owning one myself, when I do, they will become passed down from generation to generation.
This story printed in ELLE magazine shows us how we can wear this iconic piece with just about anything and look like a million bucks. Photographed by Thomas Whiteside, the models Ella Verberne, Josilyn Williams, Veranika Antsipava and Vika Kuropyatnikova were styled by Lester Garcia in looks ranging from sporty to ladylike to avant-garde. LOVE IT!
Photography: Vincent Lappartient
Blue is one of my favorite colors and dark eyeliner as well, so obviously I love the Chanel Spring/Sumer 2012 Haute Couture Show makeup. Peter Philips, Creative Director of CHANEL Makeup created the runway beauty looks, and we all know we’ll go crazy for the nail polish. How pretty is the Sky Line nail color?! Love the name!
Skin prepared with HYDRA BEAUTY SERUM Hydration Protection Radiance (available April 2012)
The Complexion:
- PERFECTION LUMIERE Long Wear Flawless Fluid Makeup SPF 10
- ECLAT LUMIERE Highlighting Face Pen
- CORRECTEUR PERFECTION Long Lasting Concealer
- POUDRE UNIVERSELLE LIBRE Natural Finish Loose Powder
The Eyes:
- EXCLUSIVE CREATION ILLUSION D’OMBRE Long Wear Luminous Eyeshadow in Apparition and Destination (available July 2012)
- EXCLUSIVE CREATION LE CRAYON YEUX Precision Eye Pencil in Bleu Aérien (available July 2012)
- STYLO YEUX WATERPROOF Long Lasting Eyeliner in Marine
- LE CRAYON KHOL Intense Eye Pencil in Marine
- CRAYON SOURCILS Sculpting Eyebrow Pencil
- INIMITABLE WATERPROOF Mascara in Black
- RECOURBE CILS DE CHANEL Precision Eyelash Curler
The Cheeks:
- JOUES CONTRASTE Powder Blush in Rose Ecrin
The Lips:
- ROUGE COCO BAUME Hydrating Conditioning Lip Balm
- LE CRAYON LEVRES Precision Lip Pencil in Natural
- ROUGE COCO Hydrating Crème Lip Colour in Superstition
The Nails:
- EXCLUSIVE CREATION LE VERNIS Nail Colour in Sky Line (available July 2012)
* The Exclusive Collection BLEU ILLUSION will be available at specific points of sales in July 2012
Photos courtesy of Chanel
Loving the Chanel 2012 Paris-Bombay Métiers d’Art Show Makeup, yes to black eyeliner! DELICIOUS!! Peter Philips, Creative Director of CHANEL Makeup used the following CHANEL products to create the runway beauty looks:
Skin prepared with HYDRA BEAUTY SERUM Hydration Protection Radiance (available April 2012)
The Complexion:
- PERFECTION LUMIERE Long Wear Flawless Fluid Makeup SPF 10
- ECLAT LUMIERE Highlighting Face Pen
- CORRECTEUR PERFECTION Long Lasting Concealer
- Exclusive Creation POUDRE COMPACTE in Route des Indes de CHANEL* (available June 2012)
The Eyes:
- Exclusive Creation ILLUSION D’OMBRE Long Wear Luminous Eyeshadow in Nirvana * (available June 2012)
- STYLO YEUX WATERPROOF Long Lasting Eyeliner in Ebène
- LE CRAYON KHOL Intense Eye Pencil in Black
- CRAYON SOURCILS Sculpting Eyebrow Pencil
- INIMITABLE WATERPROOF Mascara in Black
- RECOURBE CILS DE CHANEL Precision Eyelash Curler
The Cheeks: JOUES CONTRASTE Powder Blush in Brume d’Or (available June 2012)
The Lips: ROUGE COCO SHINE Hydrating Sheer Lipshine in Empreinte (available May 2012)
The Nails: Exclusive Creation LE VERNIS Nail Colour in Diwali * (available June 2012)
* The Exclusive Creation Collection ‘Bombay Express’ will be available in specific point of sales in June 2012
Closer look at the makeup …
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / GoRunway.com
I WANT IT ALL!!! The Chanel Les Jeans De Chanel Nail Collection is awesome!!! The highly anticipated nail collection created exclusively by Peter Philips, Creative Director of CHANEL Makeup, will launch on September 8th at Fashion’s Night Out events across the country and on chanel.com. The nail collection will be available from September 8 through the end of the month, sooooo run, not walk!!
The trio of of blue lacquers were inspired by quintessence of casual chic: denim. A gradation of three shades, the colors range from deep to medium to very pale blue, LOVE. Even the names are super cute: Blue Rebel, Blue Boy and Coco Blue.
The tour de dress-up continues for Freja Beha Erichsen in a couple of newly-released Chanel Fall 2011 ads. The first leaked set of images showed Beha Erichsen in a Chanel eyemask or a lace veil and panties, but now the campaign goes more playful — Freja as cat, with Chanel’s signature camellias as her ears — definitely the mark of campaign stylist Carine Roitfeld on the brand.
For Chanel’s Fall 2011 eyewear collection, Karl Lagerfeld turned to one of Chanel’s most iconic fixtures: the chain. Used to reinterpret classic Chanel eyewear shapes — aviators, square frames, cat-eyes — the chains are woven with lambskin leather and come in muted Fall hues like wine, taupe and navy. For the ad campaign, Lagerfeld employed another Chanel classic: long-time muse Claudia Schiffer. Which ones are your must-haves? I want them all 
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You long ago gave up trying to find Chanel’s must-have spring color, Black Pearl. And Mimosa is probably on the endangered species list. Well, don’t worry about it. It’s time to freak out over the new fall Chanel nail colors.
Chanel introduced Graphite on its Fall 2011 runway back in March, but this is the first time we’ve seen other colors from the collection. Sophy Robson, who is a UK-based nail artist and runs my new favorite nail art site, got her well-manicured hands on the lacquers and was kind enough to post pictures of them. Are you just dying over the Peridot? SWOON!!!….. 
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I am lucky enough to own my very own Chanel bag and boy do I love it! The leather, the hardware, the weight … it just all very blissfully luxurious, like a warm towel after a cold swim, or like that first hug from your mom after two weeks at sleep-away camp. The perfect combination of longing and design is embodied in the Chanel 2.55, and now it’s time we see how it’s all put together.
The iconic purse has been around since February, 1955 (get it? 2.55?) and it has remained a classic and enduring addition to any wardrobe, from high society, to celebrities, to hipsters with a credit card. There’s nothing cheap about the 2.55, and at close to three thousand bucks, some might assume it’s stitched up with 18KT gold thread.
While there aren’t any commodities involved in the bag, the care, the materials, and of course, the legacy, all contribute to its insane price point. The Chanel-savvy over at the PurseBlog were lucky enough to attend an event that featured one of Chanel’s purse makers at work. Their photos are almost as beautiful as the final product and show the creation of the of the structure of the bag, the delicate suturing of the iconic double Cs, and the fastening of the beloved hardware. It’s cool if you start drooling, I know I am.
I was surprised to see in the photos that a sewing machine is used. I blindly assumed the purse would be hand-sewn, like an Hermes. While the photos certainly demonstrate how human the process is, the machine threw me off a bit. Does it change much? No, not really. The handbag is still flawless and covetable. The craftsmanship and attention to quality and detail is what make the bag timeless, and if it takes a machine to make it so, so be it. There’s nothing in the photos of the birth of a Chanel bag that looks unnatural or cold — the creation still looks organic and made with love. But then again, I compared a Chanel bag to a hug from mom, so my affection for the purse may be obscuring the truth.
What do you think of the making of a Chanel purse, and were you surprised a sewing machine is used?
Photos courtesy of PurseBlog.
