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The Palais Galliera in Paris has a new exhibition that opened its doors on October 1st and is running through March 14th of 2021.  This is the museums first Parisian retrospective and it follows Chanel's career in fashion as she revolutionized haute couture.  There are several parts to the exhibit including a chronological section dating back to 1916.  It features iconic articles of clothing including the little black dress.  You'll also find a room dedicated comple …

The new release of Chanel's Métiers D'Art Collection for 2020 has got us all up in our Karl feelings.  We want to be excited for Virginie Viard, who for the first time solely produced this collection, but she's playing it safe and relying on what fashion insiders and Virginie herself call "the house codes" which include camellias, tweeds, chains and pearls.  Of course everything is beautiful and chic, because Chanel wouldn't have it any other way, but the ode to Chanel's apartment …

Lately the Chanel powers that be have been bringing sets together for me without any effort.  It's quite uncommon to find three separate matching pieces from the same collection in three different places, but it's happened twice.  The main image is the bracelet, necklace and earrings from the Cruise Collection that was Paris-Dubai and the second image is the paint splatter or what some call the Jackson Pollock Collection.  I'm selling them separately, but it's always fun to get a …

I used to think finding the perfect "Little Black Dress" was the biggest fashion dilemma, but now I know better. Finding something to wear with your LBD is a much more ambitious undertaking. At first it was the shoe predicament until Louboutin changed our world. Then it was the jewelry plight until of course, Chanel came into our life.We've just listed this four strand runway necklace from the Spring of 2003 and it is as relevant today as if it were produced in the current season.  We …

The fashion houses have so many seasons now that it's becoming harder and harder to distinguish one from the next, as one show is ending and another has almost begun.  While there used to be just two collections a year for Chanel which included Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter, there are as many as six collections a year now which I will delve deeper into the details of in my next BLOG post.  For now, let's focus on Cruise.The idea of the Cruise is quite literal as Coco Chanel wanted to …