Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel Spring Summer 1994

One of my favorite Karl Lagerfeld collections for Chanel is the spring/summer 1994 collection.  It was an ode to Coco Chanel but cheeky and fresh.  

Yesterday...

Isn't this ahh-mazing?!  I desperately would like to find this beach towel and the back pack...

and Today...

at RARE vintage:

1994 Chanel swimsuit/bodysuit can be purchased here.

love, kisses, pearls and camellias, Juliana

Avoir du Chien with Chanel

'Avoir du chien' is an expression, it means chic!  Chanel had 'du chien'.
Carlyne Cerf de Dedzeele

So let's do du chien with Chanel:

Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel pink bodysuit/swimsuit with camellias, pearls and Chanel graffiti available for purchase at RARE vintage.

Chic is such a great word because it captures a certain spirit.  Bettina Ballard, an editor for Vogue back in the day, wrote in her wonderful biography, In My Fashion, about the 'hard chic' of the 1930s.  The hard chic she was referring to were Elsa Schiaparelli's 1930s tidy little dinner jackets with their long slim gowns and their undeniable elegance and shot of shock with a collection of bugs for buttons.

Chic is something unexpected.  Like our ahhh-mazing Krizia caftan I posted yesterday with its embroidered panther cooly draped over the shoulder like a kitten ready to pounce.  Or this also ahh-mazing bubblegum pink Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel bodysuit/swimsuit that we just received at RARE vintage.  Karl reinvigorated Chanel with some chic rule breaking.  He took elements of Chanel and made it chic and cool by making it playful.  You've got your camellia, your 2.55 quilted bag, your pearls, your CC logo, your Coco... you've got it all on a bodysuit/swimsuit.  Tres chic!

love, kisses and avoir du chien, Juliana

Gone Gaga!

I was very fortunate to see and dance to Lady Gaga performing at the Met gala earlier this month and then a week later saw her again at Trudie Styler's Rainforest Benefit.   Which by the way was an incredible concert at Carnegie Hall, with Sting of course, Elton John, Debbie Harry, Dame Shirley Bassey and Bruce Springsteen.  The entire night was amazing but I did especially love Elton John singing Madonna's song Like a Virgin with nearly naked boys leaping around him.  

Lady Gaga was introduced by Elton John and the crowd basically went crazy.  Elton John's introduction for her was wonderful.  He said that she is an incredible performer and can really do it all.  She can play the piano, she can sing, she can dance and she can write.  

Here is Lady Gaga at the World Music Awards wininng multiple times in a Norma Kamali studded swimsuit that she found at RARE vintage!