Saw the film "Coco Avant Chanel" (Coco Before Chanel) today. Opening day. Let's just say my friends and I were very excited.
I won't go into great detail here, but I quite enjoyed it. Even if it was produced by the same people as the atrocious (and fictitious) Jane Austen biopic "Becoming Jane." The target audience here is obviously appreciative of fashion and beauty, and there was much to swoon over in the Chanel film. I found myself literally driven breathless every time "Coco" (she was born Gabrielle Chanel) presented a new outfit... say, by cutting up and reworking her lover's suit. Breathtaking! I also liked how her fashion philosophy was linked to the modernist movement and women's liberation. Yet they didn't even mention her potential relationship with Igor Stravinsky, which I think is surprising.
Also Audrey Tatou, who plays the infamous Mademoiselle Chanel, is herself worthy of swooning over.
Coco Chanel. I love this woman. ONE DAY I will own a vintage Chanel jacket. One day.
2 comments:
maybe Audrey Tatou is not, dare I say, as fierce... but Audrey Tatou!
My name is Barbara, i'm an artist assistant i would like to know the name of the author of coco chanel photo i see in this website ( one or all of them)to ask the permission to use that photo in a painting for exhibitions.
Thank u,
Barbara
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