Chanel’s “Boyfriend” woman’s timepiece launched last night during New York Fashion Week with a soiree’ befitting of the covetable name in fashion. The meatpacking district was the hotspot for the event with the theme of “ Lost Without My Boyfriend.” Handsome waiters flanked the entrance serving cocktails while fashion and watch press mingled and viewed the timepieces.
The Boyfriend watches were lined up like ducks in a row with crocodile and leather bands in red, navy blue or black. The watch is available in two sizes; 34.60 mm or 26.70 mm. Other choices are 18K with brilliant-cut diamonds or without. The larger face has 66 diamonds and the smaller model has 64. Both sizes were available in automatic self-winding or quartz.
The event-featured stations where guests could press large Chanel buttons which ejected rub-off watch tattoos— there was a station where tattoos could then be applied right on the spot. At the rear of the room was a large white leather sofa where guests lounged and view a film. A white old-style Coca Cola vending machine sat near the hores d’oeurvres bar which contained small glass bottles of personalized Coke with “Boyfriend”, emblazoned on the label. There was a whimsical and easygoing vibe to the affair.
The Boyfriend watch launched in Paris earlier in the year at their fine jewelry boutique in Place Vendome and it was said that it would launch worldwide in September. The “Boyfriend’s” case is reminiscent of the first watch launched by Chanel in 1987 called the Premier—its octagonal shape referenced Place Vendome in Paris where Madame Chanel lived.
The “Boyfriend” features a finely guilloche’ dial without any hour numbers, an onyx set crown and a sapphire crystal. Alligator strap colors come in black, red white and navy blue.
American Horror Story alum Emma Roberts is the star – and mean girl – in Ryan Murphy’s latest production: Scream Queens.
Roberts, who is Julia Roberts’ niece, may have gotten her start on Nickelodeon, but she’s a long ways away from Unfabulous now with multiple roles in the horror genre under her belt.
In Scream Queens, Roberts plays Chanel Oberlin, a character who, you guessed it, wears a lot of Chanel because she’s “the peacock of the group and has to really stand out.”
The new horror-comedy anthology is set at Wallace University, where Chanel is the president of Kappa Kappa Tau sorority and where a series of murders by the Red Devil takes place.
Chanel is supported by her minions (appropriately dubbed Chanel #2, 3 and 5), played by Abigail Breslin, Billie Lourd and Ariana Grande. Together, the clique runs the school.
Roberts herself had a brief stint at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville,NY, back in 2011. But alas, SLC doesn’t have any fraternities or sororities so we probably can’t anticipate her to have any personal college experiences guiding her in this new queen bee role.
Of her character, Roberts commented to Variety, “She isn’t exactly the nicest person, definitely not warm and fuzzy. She’s a bitch, for lack of a better word.”
But the show itself isn’t all tears and fears. “Scream Queens is horror, but it’s a dark comedy,” she said. “We were surprised by how funny the script is.”
In real life, Roberts maintains a close friendship with her co-stars. She recently told Glamour, “Billie and I have sleepovers. We’ll call each other and be like, ‘Hey are you scared? Yep. Me too, I’m coming over.’ You always need that girlfriend you can get in bed with.”
In addition, her and Lea Michele, who plays hilarious Hester (nicknamed “Neckbrace”) are workout buds. “Lea and I keep each other in shape – we do Pilates.” We checked out Michele’s fitspiration last week for Instant Follow Friday when we covered the Glee alum.
Also IRL, Roberts is something of a street style fashionista, so stalk her Instagram to see her best ~looks~ and every so often, a pic with beau/ex-fiancé (and American Horror Story star) Evan Peters.
When one thinks of all the great stories behind the rise of a successful music act, Gucci Mane is surely at the top of the list, no?
The currently incarcerated rapper’s team announced via Twitter that Gucci Mane will release an autobiography sometime in 2016, which promises to reveal more about the man behind the moniker.
As reported by Complex, the folks manning Gucci Mane’s Twitter account shared details of the yet unnamed autobiography. The tweets began flying in Wednesday afternoon with scant details about the book yet plenty about Guwop’s place in the game. There was mention of Gucci’s prolific releases, and it’s hard to argue with that assertion considering the sheer volume of music he’s released although he’s in jail until 2017 on federal gun charges.
“An autobiography of the life of Guccimane is also on the horizon and will be released within the next year,” read the leading tweet of the announcement from Gucci’s camp.
“Gucci is looking to capitalize off of all avenues from merchandising and touring, to social media, endorsements, and television,” added a following tweet.
Gucci has certainly been involved in the careers of some of the biggest acts in the South, and his team made sure to remind everyone of the vital role he’s played in growing the scene there.
Considering the Trapology mixtape Gucci delivered this summer and an upcoming movie this fall, there’s no reason to doubt the Trap House rapper on his designs in becoming an author. Will you be reading? Sound off in the comments if so.
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Gucci Mane has had a busy summer. Even though he's still in jail the Trap House rapper dropped off (yet) another mixtape in July, announced plans to release his first movie this fall, and even joined LinkedIn last month. Today we also got a new Gucci Mane verse on Rick Ross' latest single as well as an announcement that he plans to release an autobiography.
News of the autobiography came via Gucci's admirably active Twitter account earlier today. So far all we know is that the biography is in the works and should be released within a year, which gives us all plenty of time to digest everything else Gucci does from now until then.
Photo: Brad Barket/Getty Images for Couture Council
In the lead up to Fashion Week, the party scene has become, how shall we say, civilized. Earlier yesterday ladies (and gents) who lunch took their places for a haute but not haughty celebration of all things elegant. On the West side, Manolo Blahnik flew in from London to receive FIT’s Couture Council Artistry of Fashion Award. The iconic designer was humbled by the honor, saying, “It hasn’t really settled in my mind—you need time to get accustomed to it.” Inside David H. Koch Theater, a cadre of his well-heeled clients and fans including CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalists Brett Heyman and Eva Zuckerman were in attendance—many ready to rattle off their favorite style. “Definitely the BB in suede or bust,” exclaimed Heyman, with Zuckerman adding in a sly, joking tone, “The three-inch pump because I’m so tall already that I don’t need the height.” Also taking in the festivities were Alec Baldwin, Arthur Elgort, Camila Alves, and Uma Thurman, who presented Mr. Blahnik with his award, calling him “a true artist and craftsman who continually invents and reinvents.”
Meanwhile across town on the East Side, Louis Vuitton and Vogue came together to cohost a midday meal with Lauren Remington Platt. The Vensette founder was joined by chic young things including Lily Kwong, Nell Diamond, and Shirin Von Wulffen, to celebrate Vuitton’s recently renovated third floor. Floral design from Ron Wendt lifted the late summer day into a chic fall paradise while cute canapés and nibbles allowed everyone to linger until the next presentation. With the festivities only beginning, here’s hoping for an equally stunning and demure party season.
Kristen Stewart has appeared in campaigns for Chanel eyewear and is a regular front-row audience at its shows. Now, the "Twilight" actress will star as Coco Chanel in a short film directed by Karl Lagerfeld, who also conceived of the plot, dialogue, costumes, and casting for the film. Variety reports that the movie will give viewers a fictional, behind-the-scenes glimpse at a biopic being made about Coco Chanel.
The creative director for Chanel told Women's Wear Daily that Stewart will star as an actress impersonating the young Coco Chanel, while British actress Geraldine Chaplin, daughter of iconic comedian Charlie Chaplin, will play the middle-aged Chanel. The film will air in Chanel's 12th annual Métiers d'Arts show, scheduled for December 1 in Rome.
The film will predominantly take place in a corridor and a "producer's office." This is Lagerfeld's third film inspired by the life of Coco Chanel and his second collaboration with Geraldine Chaplin. She has previously starred as Chanel in the Lagerfeld's first short, "The Return."
In 2013, he also directed a short film about the fashion designer, entitled "Once Upon a Time... in the Cité du Cinéma." The 15-minute movie featured Keira Knightley in the role of Coco Chanel and Clotilde Hesme as her aunt Adrienne Chanel. According to Fashionista, Lagerfeld gave the actors their lines just moments before commencing the shooting.
It turns out that Stewart will once again channel her deadpan disposition. Lagerfeld commented on the actress' performance saying, "She played it really, really mean. You only see her in tests and she's complaining about everything. She's mean with the director; mean with the producer."
Stewart has been working on numerous Franco projects. She is set appear in a film directed by Oliver Assayas called "Personal Shopper," a ghost story that occurs in the fashion underworld set in Paris. Stewart also received a Cesar Best Supporting Actress award for her role as Valentine in "Sils Maria." The Assayas-directed drama film also starred Juliette Binoche and Chloë Grace Moretz and premiered in competition at Cannes in 2014. Stewart was the first American actor to win a Cesar, the French counterpart of the Oscars.
As a student in Glasgow, she discovered her talent for dressing windows while working at high street store Next.
Now, more than 20 years on, Faye McLeod is visual image director at one of the world’s most sought-after luxury brands –Louis Vuitton.
And her work is viewed as such art within the fashion industry that images of many of the most stunning window sets she has created are set to be published in a book.
Faye, 43, who joined Louis Vuitton in 2009, has been described as the Willy Wonkaof set design for the magical creations she has designed at the company’s 467 stores.
Louis Vuitton visual creative director Faye McLeod
The firm have Maison stores in many of the world’s most distinguished shopping streets including New Bond Street in London, Fifth Avenue in New York, and the Champs-Elysees in Paris.
But Faye says it doesn’t matter where in the world her work is going to be on display because the passion and attention to detail that goes into each window is always the same.
She said: “I hate walking past windows where what you see doesn’t make sense.
“For me, there has to be a meaning to a window. It can’t just be a decoration and a product – everything has got to have a story.
One of Faye's windows at the 57th street Louis Vuitton in New York.
“My job is to be a visual storyteller. Everyone appreciates a window. You want people to have an emotional reaction. You just maybe walk past but something stays in your head. You are creating pieces of art inside a window.
“If you were in the Tate, when you put art in there, you would have it looking perfect. You would have it well lit, clean, signaged. For me, that is how windows should be.
“They have got to be exactly like a piece of art in a museum. They are the billboard to your brand.”
Scot Faye, who also helps to create the company’s fashion show runway sets, is based at the their Paris headquarters and works with a team of more than 20 staff on her designs.
Faye loves her job working on the Louis Vuitton windows, especially at Christmas.
Stories that have inspired her eye-catching windows include bees that are kept on the roof of some Louis Vuitton stores and cases the company made for a circus in Paris.
She said: “We did a ‘Sweet as honey’ window. The idea of that came from a jar of honey and we designed this sputnik of flower icons and bees.
“This girl turned up in my office after a week of working at Vuitton with a jar of honey.
“I was like, ‘Where does it come from?’ It turns out Vuitton have hives on their roofs.
“I thought we could really work with this – it’s honey, bees, our icons are flowers and it all made sense to us.
“Our circus windows all came from a reference from the 100 Malles book, which was about Vuitton and the circus. Vuitton made these trunks for the circus in Paris so it could go travelling. Everything we do has a reference.”
Other famous windows created by Faye include large displays of gold dinosaur skeletons, including a T-rex with a handbag, and a collaboration with artist Yayoi Kusama which featured a backdrop of red and white polka dots.
Faye first discovered her creative flair for dressing windows when working at Next in Glasgow. She went on to work for Selfridges and Topshop.
A woman takes a photograph of Faye's window display in the Louis Vuitton shop on New Bond Street in Mayfair.
She said: “It’s an amazing job. I can’t believe I get paid to do it.”
Mary McGowne, founder of the Scottish Style Awards, said: “Faye McLeod is the undisputed No1 set designer working in fashion. No one comes close to creating the magic and voyeuristic fantasy of her shows.
“Such is the impact of Faye’s work that each season there is a palpable sense of anticipation of what to expect.”
Dr Sue Thomas, associate professor in fashion at Heriot-Watt University, said: “Her work, thinking and creativity are amazing – world-class. She is a genuine originator in the profession. Her team give windows stories and magic.”
Models walk the runway during the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2014-2015 in Paris.
The book Louis Vuitton Windows, featuring 35 storefront displays created by Faye and colleague Ansel Thompson, will be published this autumn.
