Thursday, September 11, 2008

Coco Chanel Movie


Shirley McLaine stars in true story of the fabulous life of Ms. Chanel, one of the most revolutionary artists of all time. Tune in to Lifetime for reruns of this fabulous love and fashion story.

Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (b.1883 - d.1971)

She learned to sew at a Catholics monasary were she spent seven years in her youth. She paved the notion that women should be comfortable, and dress for themselves, not their men and she began with hats! She was the inventor of the Chanel suit, a knee length skirt with boxy jacket, the little black dress (which began as a strapless, backless number!) and was premiered at Playboy’s 3rd edition of the magazine. Coco Chanel revolutionized haute couture fashion by replacing the traditional corseted silhouette with the comfort of simple suits and long, lean dresses. We can also thank her for super soft jersey becoming trendy, and being an icon of the flapper revolution. Karl Lagerfeld is, since 1983, the art director of Chanel. But of course Chanel is most world renowned for it’s Chanel No 5 perfume. Ironic that Chanel became synonymous with elegance, wealth, and elitism, as well as the ultimate sign of French high class when the originator came from an orphanage. Cinderella story at it’s finest. Nice.

1 comment:

Harper said...

Coco's story is inspiring, but I found this film distractingly bad. Shirley was completely miscast and didn't even bother to do an accent or co-ordinate herself with the other Actress playing Coco. Bad hair, Bad clothes (in the earlier segments), Bad TV acting. I think Coco herself would've had a fit over this show.