Feb 29, 2008
Chanel and the World's Trendiest Carousel
The production at this morning's Chanel show at the Grand Palais was so good that I wondered to myself: what they will do next year—land a helicopter on the stage?
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I'm going with the Broadway comparison because there was this pretty, functioning carousel (Carousel is my favorite of all the Rodgers and Hammerstein œuvre), and we even got to see Canadian supermodel Coco Rocha dance a little! It was less Brigadoon and more Grease, though. (Watch to the end of the video at the bottom of this post—she does a little hand jive.)
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After the girls modeled their looks, they hopped onto the carousel one by one. Then, it started spinning.
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I was happy to see fun leg wear at the Chanel show. During Fashion Week, I suffer from outfit envy—there are all sorts of dramatic, beautifully tailored coats that I love, both on the runway and on the editors. But it's really hard to get the effect of a Givenchy or Alaia coat unless you're buying the real thing. If the price is right for these Chanel tights, I will totally consider walking into the Chanel store and buying the lace ones with the opaque black back. Then I'm just a pair of two-tone heels away from this black-sweater-and-jean-skirt look. Hey, do those two-tone shoes ever go on sale?
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Photography: Elisabeth Fourmont
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Chicago's fashion news editor Elisabeth Fourmont takes you from the front rows of the runway to behind the scenes at the designer ateliers and parties of Paris and New York Fashion Weeks. She also chats with Chicago retailers and models in town for the shows, and posts snapshots of the runway, the streets, and all things aesthetically pleasing. Elsewhere, you can find Elisabeth writing about fashion and France on her personal blog, 
Reader Comments:
This looks amazing!!! Those giant pearl strands are fabulous!
And the tights are to die for. Let us know if you find out how much.
ali wants teh tights
The tights that you want are gonna be about $800 (the nude/black ones only $300.) Can someone please find out the music played for the show, I need to find it!!!
Thanks!
wa-hat??!?!? 800!!! i hope they become really popular and some cheap store makes a knockoff.
Guess I'm better off saving up for the Alaia coat. -Elisabeth
Found out some of the music...
It was mixed by a French DJ, but the song in the video clip is called "Blind" by NY artist Hercules & Love Affair.
Enjoy!!
PS
if you mean the coat that Coco Rocha was wearing, it's only about $8,400. LOL
What about the second song in the show?
This was my favourite show of the year. Some of the best looks Lagerfeld has put out in years. The two-tone stockings are absolute genius(a probably slimming too!)and i'll buying them the minute they go on sale. I'm also dying to know who performs the second song in the show, it's been stuck in my head for weeks since the show.
Ok figured it out, "Beatific" by Glass Candy
I went to a Chanel store and they said they didn't sell the nude and black tights. Where can I buy them?