Chic at Chanel

I wasn't invited to Scotland for the Chanel Metiers d'Art show at Linlithgow Palace in December but I was invited to the New York showroom to see the pre-fall 2013 collection recently.  We all know Chanel is known for its amazing textiles and embroidery but you can't appreciate it until you see it up close.  My favorite pieces are the tweed covered bracelets above and the flask bags.  I mean what could be chicer than sneaking a drink from your Chanel flask at a football game.  Too bad they won't be available for the Superbowl. 

I am going to save my pennies for the patchwork tweed boots on the left.  They will definitely jazz up all grey outfits next winter. 

Photos by Heather Clawson for Habitually Chic

The Little Black Jacket

I have a meeting in Soho today and while I'm down there, I can't wait to stop by The Little Black Jacket exhibition. Karl Lagerfeld photographed over 100 iconic people in the iconic little black jacket for a new book The Little Black Jacket: Chanel's Classic Revisited by  Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld that will be released this fall.  The photos will be on display at 18 Wooster Street from June 8-15, 2012. 

“The Chanel jacket was actually inspired by an Austrian men's jacket. Coco Chanel invented a type of  piece  that had never before existed in this particular form, and no-one can take this achievement away from her. It is an icon that embodies the essence of the Chanel style. Some things never go out of fashion in the world of fashion: jeans, the white shirt and the Chanel jacket." - Karl Lagerfeld

“I designed the Chanel suit for women who move”, Gabrielle Chanel is reported to have said. “I’m a great admirer of the female race. I wanted to give women clothes that they would feel comfortable in, that they could drive in but that, at the same time, would emphasize their femininity."

"It's a classic that goes with everything." - Sofia Coppola

"I now own one and I happened to wear it today to this shoot and amongst some other things in my life, I consider it a prize possession. I feel very lucky." 

- Sarah Jessica Parker

Waris Ahluwalia

"When you own something of this luxury you don't give it away, you pass it down to the next generation." - Kirsten Dunst

Kanye West

Tilda Swinton

Olivier Theyskens and his photo.

Beautiful Backdrop

I thought the house in the Upstairs Downstairs feature in the September issue of Harper's Bazaar looked familiar. Turns out it's Chateau de Groussay that I posted about here and here.  As I've stated before, I love fashion shoots that are shot in beautiful homes and this one includes a few rooms that I've never seen before.  Besides the gorgeous gowns, I'm now dreaming about those red upholstered French chairs and that blue settee.  What was most exciting besides the house is that it was photographed by Karl Lagerfeld.  I can only imagine the glamour factor on set the day of the shoot. More importantly, I wonder if Karl needs a photo assistant.

Photos by Karl Lagerfeld