Word: chanelling
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...core audience of non-conformist young women. But looking around the Orpheum, there indeed were an awful lot of young women in head scarves, but there were a remarkable amount of men of all ages, and more than a few women of indeterminable age dressed in their Chanel best...
...only three concessions out of an astounding 22 in-store restaurants - with Mo's, a new Harrods-run American diner targeted at trendy teens. Selfridges in the last seven months has refurbished its Food Hall and added two new restaurants - the Gallery, a stylish café overlooking the Prada, Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Fendi boutiques, and the Base Bar, a hip sandwich eatery in the basement music department - to its existing 15 (three are concessions). Under Barat's direction, Selfridges even won the Royal Warrant for Food, an honor that allows the store to deliver groceries daily to Buckingham Palace...
...nanny has an unobstructed view of the sometimes comic gap between a child's needs and a Chanel-wearing mother's idea of those needs. Mrs. X tells Nan that Grayer likes steamed kale and coquilles St. Jacques. On the rare day when he has no scheduled activity, "permissible nonstructured outings" include the French Culinary Institute, the Swedish consulate and the orchid room of the botanical garden (fun!). She brings in a "long-term development consultant" when Grayer doesn't get into his first school of choice. In short, they give him everything but their attention...
Throughout all this, Gold's only false move may have been not taking out his brand earlier. Plagiarism is epidemic in the furniture industry, and there are few designers who haven't borrowed, if not stolen, from his work. But, as is not the case with Chanel perfume or Rolex watches, few people care whether their slipcovered sofa is an authentic Mitchell Gold or a knockoff, and that could hurt him. Nonetheless, there's no arguing with his influence: he is everywhere. Walk into any hipster apartment from New York City to Nashville, Tenn., and you will see his work...
...emphasize the individuality of their models by shooting them in familiar environments. For example, the extravagant Italian Marchessa Picenardi is dramatically sprawled between two of her own, large, nude sculptures and Cecil Beaton indolently reclines in his checquered dressing gown on a silken bed with a baroque headboard. Coco Chanel gazes into the distance with a cigarette in one hand and an enormous gold necklace contrasting with her austere black dress. Elsa Maxwell, a famous hostess, whose Fete Champetre was believed to be the party of the decade, is dressed as a young, insolent boy. The list goes...