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Dresses from the Designers of the Celebrities
Runway Couture:
Chanel
The Little Black Dress-it
all started with Coco Chanel. In 1923 Coco Chanel said that simplicity is the keynote
of all true elegance. Coco Chanel always kept the
clothing she designed simple, comfortable, and
revealing, as you can see in her collection of
prom
and wedding dresses. Unlike most designers in Europe, she kept the
woman inside the clothes at the center of her creations.
"I gave women a sense of freedom; I gave them back their
bodies: bodies that were drenched in sweat, due to
fashion's finery, lace, corsets, underclothes, padding." She
took what were considered poor fabrics like jersey and
upgraded them.
Chanel's style is popularly associated
with the image of the 1920s flapper,
a "new breed" of self-confident young women that
challenged the established c oncept
of socially acceptable behavior. The flappers
demonstrated their independence through new looks and
attitude, such as short skirts and haircuts, openly
using cosmetics, and being seen to smoke and drink
cocktails. Compared to previous generations of women the
flappers also showed an increased level of activity,
pursuing athletic sports, driving their own automobiles,
and going out to nightclubs where they could listen to
jazz music and do energetic dances such as the Charleston.
(Right
Akoya Pearl Necklace from Madison Avenue Mall)
"The poetry of fashion lies in creating illusion." -Coco
Chanel
The look of Chanel lives on.
After all, the little black dress continues to be the
cornerstone of women's wardrobes around the world.
But today, many more
prom
girls and brides are embracing the romantic, frilly
side of Chanel The little black dress, the iconic
collarless tweedy jacket, the quilted bag with chain
straps, the black and white palette are all signatures
of the label and still very popular today. Even her
fragrance, Chanel No 5, remains a bestseller.
Chanel herself, was the symbol of elegant design
philosophy. similar manner, then hand sewn to the
body of the jacket. The heavy trims, cast metal buttons
and the curbed chain sewn to the hem have a functional
purpose by adding weight to a garment that is really
nothing more than fashion fabric and lining.
The end result is a supremely comfortable
garment, more like a sweater than a traditional jacket.
Most of her fashions had a staying power, and didn't
change much from year to year-or even generation to
generation.
Chanel came out with her first signature fragrance, Chanel #5
in 1921. The perfume
was the first to have a designer's
name attached to it, and it has enjoyed tremendous
success since its introduction.
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