{"id":159,"date":"2010-11-05T00:00:18","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T04:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abitcoquettish.wordpress.com\/?p=159"},"modified":"2015-08-29T15:44:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-29T19:44:12","slug":"the-things-id-do-to-be-a-chanel-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/the-things-id-do-to-be-a-chanel-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"The Things I&#8217;d Do to Be A Chanel Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chanel has a cult following.\u00a0And rightfully so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It\u2019s Chanel.\u00a0<em>C h a n e l <\/em>. The one and only fashion house which everyone undoubtedly knows of, and can spot its [easily and illegally reproducible] double C logo. The brain child of Gabrielle Coco Chanel, and now under the reign of Karl Lagerfeld. You can\u2019t quite help but be sucked into the hype and [happily] fettered by the chains of their classic 2.55 quilted handbags and a whiff of the only perfume (need I even say the Chanel No. 5?) a woman should ever wear. Even if you tried resisting the magnetic pull of the Chanel-obssesed cult of the fashion world. You\u2019d fail, miserably, and rather painfully. There is no use in trying to avoid the sequined hot shorts and Jade nail varnish from the Spring\/Summer collection of 2009 (I think); believe me. Personal experience never lies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But seriously. The things I\u2019d do to wander through Coco\u2019s home, to be\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.leblogdebetty.com\/\"><strong>Betty<\/strong><\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.parkandcube.com\/\"><strong>Shini<\/strong><\/a>, to flip through Karl Lagerfeld\u2019s sketchbook and inspiration notes, to saunter the streets of Paris eating delicate\u00a0<em>macarons<\/em> from paper bags carrying a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/fashionation.files.wordpress.com\/2006\/10\/chanelwhite2.jpg\"><strong>cream-colored 2.55<\/strong><\/a> in the crook of my arm. I\u2019d sip\u00a0<em>caf\u00e9 au lait<\/em> from the shoppe on the corner below my apartment, leaving lipstick stains from my Rouge Coco, and nibbling on\u00a0<em>croissants du chocolat<\/em> whilst flipping through French Vogue. Ah,\u00a0<em>c\u2019est la vie<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/chanelrougecoco-vanessaparadis3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"160\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/the-things-id-do-to-be-a-chanel-girl\/chanelrougecoco-vanessaparadis\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/chanelrougecoco-vanessaparadis3.jpg?fit=764%2C1038&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"764,1038\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chanelrougecoco-vanessaparadis\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/chanelrougecoco-vanessaparadis3.jpg?fit=754%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-160 size-full\" title=\"chanelrougecoco-vanessaparadis\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/chanelrougecoco-vanessaparadis3.jpg?resize=764%2C1038\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"1038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/chanelrougecoco-vanessaparadis3.jpg?w=764&amp;ssl=1 764w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/chanelrougecoco-vanessaparadis3.jpg?resize=221%2C300&amp;ssl=1 221w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/chanelrougecoco-vanessaparadis3.jpg?resize=754%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 754w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anyway. This advert is perhaps one of my favorite Chanel has ever done for its cosmetics line; Vanessa Paradis looks absolutely stunning in this campaign. I\u2019m\u00a0<em>beyond<\/em> obsessed with this particular shot\u2014it\u2019s a breath of fresh air: feminine, effortless, sensual, yet\u00a0effervescent and whimsical at the same time. Amazing, isn\u2019t it, how the one image can capture the very essence of both Chanel and the French woman impeccably so. From the simple updo\u2014sophisticated, chic, and effortless \u2013 to the flawless complexion and makeup,\u00a0<em>au naturel.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I really am infatuated with this advert. I can\u2019t stop admiring it, even as I write this. I want it hanging by my vanity, to inspire and remind me of this innately fabulous and carefree French woman where sensuality is achieved without much effort. I\u2019m quite enamored with the light dusting of a taupe shadow (NARS\u2019 Bali eyeshadow, perhaps?) over the lids paired with mascara\u2014liner would only darken and make heavy the look. And that lipstick.\u00a0<em>Incroyable<\/em>. I need it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Which shade is she wearing? Could it be No. 5 (five is the lucky number, after all),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.temptalia.com\/chanel-rouge-coco-snea-preview-review-photos-swatches\"><em>Mademoiselle<\/em><\/a><em>?<\/em> Let me know. Even though I\u2019d buy Mademoiselle just for the name (and color, of course)\u2026<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">. \u00a0 . \u00a0 .<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">\u00a0x<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>{image <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\">via<\/a>}<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chanel has a cult following.\u00a0And rightfully so. It\u2019s Chanel.\u00a0C h a n e l . The one and only fashion house which everyone undoubtedly knows of, and can spot its [easily and illegally reproducible] double C logo. The brain child of Gabrielle Coco Chanel, and now under the reign of Karl Lagerfeld. You can\u2019t quite help but be sucked into the hype and [happily] fettered by the chains of their classic 2.55 quilted handbags and a whiff of the only perfume (need I even say the Chanel No. 5?) a woman should ever wear. Even if you tried resisting the magnetic pull of the Chanel-obssesed cult of the fashion world. You\u2019d fail, miserably, and rather painfully. There is no use in trying to avoid the sequined hot shorts and Jade nail varnish from the Spring\/Summer collection of 2009 (I think); believe me. Personal experience never lies. But seriously. The things I\u2019d do to wander through Coco\u2019s home, to be\u00a0Betty and\u00a0Shini, to flip through Karl Lagerfeld\u2019s sketchbook and inspiration notes, to saunter the streets of Paris eating delicate\u00a0macarons from paper bags carrying a\u00a0cream-colored 2.55 in the crook of my arm. I\u2019d sip\u00a0caf\u00e9 au lait from the shoppe on the corner 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