{"id":4264,"date":"2010-06-02T23:00:51","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T03:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lacouturiernyc.wordpress.com\/?p=4264"},"modified":"2017-11-23T14:39:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T19:39:43","slug":"the-things-id-do-to-be-a-chanel-girl-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/the-things-id-do-to-be-a-chanel-girl-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Things I&#8217;d Do to be a Chanel Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chanel has a cult following.\u00a0And rightfully so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s Chanel. <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&#8217;t 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&#8217;d 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&#8217;d do to wander through Coco&#8217;s home, to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leblogdebetty.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Betty<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parkandcube.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shini<\/a>, to flip through Karl Lagerfeld&#8217;s sketchbook and inspiration notes, to saunter the streets of Paris eating delicate <em>macarons<\/em> from paper bags carrying a <a href=\"http:\/\/fashionation.files.wordpress.com\/2006\/10\/chanelwhite2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cream-colored 2.55<\/a> in the crook of my arm. I&#8217;d sip <em>c<\/em><em>af\u00e9 au lait<\/em> from the shoppe on the corner below my apartment, leaving lipstick stains from my Rouge Coco, and nibbling on <em>croissants du chocolat<\/em> whilst flipping through French Vogue. Ah, <em>c&#8217;est la vie<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lacouturiernyc.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/05\/chanel-coco-rouge-vanessa-pardis.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4265\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/44c6c8dcf81911e18ca012313806b840_7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/44c6c8dcf81911e18ca012313806b840_73.jpeg?fit=612%2C612&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"612,612\" 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=\"instagram &amp;#8211; starbucks double shot for school\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/44c6c8dcf81911e18ca012313806b840_73.jpeg?fit=612%2C612&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4265\" title=\"chanel coco rouge, vanessa pardis\" src=\"http:\/\/lacouturiernyc.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/05\/chanel-coco-rouge-vanessa-pardis.jpg?resize=600%2C815\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"815\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>{ image source: g o o g l e s e a r c h i m a g e s }<\/em><\/span><\/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&#8217;m <em>beyond<\/em> obsessed with this particular shot &#8211; it&#8217;s a breath of fresh air: feminine, effortless, sensual, yet\u00a0effervescent and whimsical at the same time. Amazing, isn&#8217;t it, how the one image can capture the very essence of both Chanel and the French woman impeccably so. From the simple updo &#8211; sophisticated, chic, and effortless &#8211; to the flawless complexion and makeup, <em>au naturel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I really am infatuated with this advert. I can&#8217;t 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&#8217;m quite enamored with the light dusting of a taupe shadow (NARS&#8217; Bali eyeshadow, perhaps?) over the lids paired with mascara &#8211; liner would only darken and make heavy the look. And that lipstick. <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<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.temptalia.com\/chanel-rouge-coco-snea-preview-review-photos-swatches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mademoiselle<\/a><\/em><em>?<\/em> Let me know. Even though I&#8217;d buy Mademoiselle just for the name (and color, of course)&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u2665<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">bisous,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">La C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chanel has a cult following.\u00a0And rightfully so. It&#8217;s Chanel. C 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&#8217;t 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&#8217;d 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&#8217;d do to wander through Coco&#8217;s home, to be Betty and Shini, to flip through Karl Lagerfeld&#8217;s sketchbook and inspiration notes, to saunter the streets of Paris eating delicate macarons from paper bags carrying a cream-colored 2.55 in the crook of my arm. 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