Hints and tips:
...Unlike fashion houses such as Dior or Chanel, jewellers do not usually have access to catwalk shows to showcase their products, she says....
...Whether it’s a presidential nominee campaigning in a pantsuit, an actress accepting an award in a slick tuxedo, a singer who makes them her signature (hello Patti Smith, Annie Lennox, Janelle Monáe) or just...
...More recently, Dazed Beauty commissioned him to depict scents by brands including Alexander McQueen, Chanel and Byredo....
...It’s that mention of brands (Chanel, Fendi) that holds a clue....
...Women like Simone Veil, Simone de Beauvoir, Angela Davis and Patti Smith.”...
...That’s why I loved Ziggy Stardust and Patti Smith and T Rex, even Frankie goes to Hollywood in Gaultier, and Boy George! I loved that 1980s stuff — I still do.”...
...I own artisanal clogs that would befit a Quaker woodsmith, strappy snakeskin stilettos by Louis Vuitton and black-toed Chanel slingbacks that imbue the most banal of outfits with instant chic....
...Chanel’s move came after Patek Philippe, the Swiss watchmaker, cut prices by as much as 14 per cent in China....
...Patti Smith Another style icon with a distinctly Tolkien-like appearance, the 68-year-old poet, singer and author smashed it at Glastonbury, where she completed a tour of her 1975 album Horses (and presented...
...“I buy all sorts of brands — Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Prada, Gucci,” said the financial consultant....
...This cautious attitude produces the first slightly surprising conclusion around our dinner table: despite China’s penchant for western luxury brands, no one is holding their breath for Chanel to open a boutique...
...McKinsey tells the story, for example, of one Shanghainese housewife who got the VIP treatment from Chanel: when the wealthy wife showed up at the Chanel shop in the ultra-luxurious Peninsula Hotel in Shanghai...
...Other celebrated guests included Patti Smith, Bob Dylan and Arthur Miller, who stayed for six years. The hotel saw no shortage of drama....
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...Welch performed at Chanel’s spring/summer 2012 show....
...Additional reporting by Patti Waldmeir in Shanghai and Eric Sylvers in Milan...
...Some brands, traditionally known for their clothes and accessories, notably Chanel, Versace and, most recently, Louis Vuitton, are rebalancing traditional portfolios by entering the sector....
...But Chanel and Murphy were not the only Breton-believers. Jazz icon Juliette Greco wore them; so did Picasso....
...Of the 17 initial ad client partners Apple announced when it unveiled iAds in June, at least two have pulled out: Chanel and Adidas....
...“The world economic crisis has generally passed Chinese consumers by,” says Chanel....
...Additional reporting by Patti Waldmeir and Shirley Chen in Shanghai...
...Expo has even inspired its own line of luxury goods: Chanel has launched an Expo handbag that looks like a Chinese food box and Prada has a tote with grass sprouting in front of the Oriental Pearl Tower,...
...Witness the Expo mega-stands from Chanel, Prada, and Versace, among many other global fashion brands....
...Shows at the Foundation have featured a range of creative forces from Jean-Paul Gaultier, Takashi Murakami and David Lynch to, next year, rock star Patti Smith....
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