With Gabrielle Chanel having spent much time in Scotland during the 1920s with her lover the Duke of Westminster, and the fashion house incorporating Scottish cashmere into its collections season after season, it seemed particularly apt that this … [Read more...]
Dior Goes Celebrity Free
This weekend in the States, Dior previewed their new campaign for their best loved fragrance J'Adore without a celebrity face in sight, instead focusing on a back-to-basics more traditional beauty philosophy. Claude Martinez, President and … [Read more...]
Inside Chanel, Marilyn Monroe & Chanel No.5
Inside Chanel, the retrospective site dedicated to the unearthing of the iconic fashion and beauty brand, has launched new, never seen before footage of Marilyn Monroe, the Hollywood starlet who in one simple, innocent phrase, launched the legend of … [Read more...]
Karl Lagerfeld’s Drawing Of President Obama
Karl Lagerfeld is undoubtedly one of the most talented designers in the fashion industry. Known as the Kaiser, the German Chanel designer is an emperor of style, creating multiple fashion lines and photographing unique fashion types. Now Karl is … [Read more...]
Chanel’s Christmas Pop Up
Men take note; there are few things we covet more than finding a monochromatic interlinked-C emblazoned package beneath the Christmas tree. And this year, Chanel are making it easy for us (and you) thanks to their Chanel Christmas Grotto which opens … [Read more...]
Stella Tenant Is The New Face of Nars Cosmetics
The world of fashion and beauty have customarily been obsessed with youth. At least until recently when a spate of distinguished and long-esteemed supermodels have returned to the fore. And with that comes the welcome return of classic beauty Stella … [Read more...]
Part Two of Chanel’s No. 5 Ad
Chanel have launched the latest instalment of the Chanel No. 5 fragrance ads featuring Brad Pitt. But this time the brand have thrown a couple of models into the mix, who bear something of a resemblance to both Angelina and ex Jennifer … [Read more...]
Brad Pitt’s Chanel No. 5 Advert
What better way to brighten up a cold, grey autumn morning than with a smouldering Brad Pitt, seductively talking to a .erm . .perfume. Well, we can imagine he's talking to us, can't we? For the very first time we hear a man's, Brad Pitt's no … [Read more...]
Girl Crush: Cara Delevingne
Cara Delevingne is the ultimate golden girl of Fashion Month. The 20 year-old Brit supermodel has stormed high profile runways at New York, London, Milan and Paris gracing nearly 40 catwalks in total. Not only is she the must-have model of the … [Read more...]
Keira Knightley At The Worldwide Premiere of Anna Karenina
Chanel has officially announced that Keira Knightley wore Chanel Beauté at the worldwide premiere of Anna Karenina in London on September 4th. Her look was created by the renown professional makeup artist Lisa Eldridge, who has worked with many of … [Read more...]
Chanel’s Fashion’s Night Out Nails
Not that we need any excuse to head on down to Vogue's shopping spectacular, Fashion's Night Out, but for all those who are more likely to splurge on a beauty buy than the latest fashion must-have, we have some news for you. Chanel's creative … [Read more...]
Chanel’s New Rouge Allure Video
As the additional shades are added to the Rouge Allure Lipstick line, Chanel have released yet another darling video. Shot by Solve Sundsbo as a tribute to Erwin Blumenfeld, the legendary Dadaist fashion photographer famed for his plethora of Vogue … [Read more...]
Chanel’s Little Black Jacket Exhibit Heads To London
Earlier this year we expressed our excitement as Chanel's fashion photography exhibition, The Little Black Jacket - an ode to one of the most iconic and covetable pieces in fashion, opened in Tokyo. And now, after a tour that has taken in Tokyo, … [Read more...]
Chanel Launches Third Coco Scent, Coco Noir
Those covetable interlocking C's and signature squared cut-glass bottle have had a darkly gothic update as Chanel announce the launch of their brand new fragrance, Coco Noir. In homage to the founder Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, who famously … [Read more...]
Sneak Peek: Chanel Pops Up
Chanel's hotly-anticipated Covent Garden pop up beauty boutique is set to open to the public tomorrow, but this afternoon Beauty and the Dirt were lucky enough to take a sneak peek - and a couple of snapshots - and needless to say, those interlocking … [Read more...]
Chanel Pops Up In Covent Garden
We're surprised you haven't heard our squeals, but I'm pretty sure you can sense our excitement emanating through your computer screens at the news that Chanel are set to host a beauty and fragrance pop up concept store in London's iconic Covent … [Read more...]
Chanel’s New Film, Miroir Miroir
Peter Phillips is the global Creative Director of Chanel, a position described by Vogue magazine as “the most coveted job in cosmetics.” His latest project has been creating the new CHANEL Makeup Confidential film, Miroir Miroir, which features a … [Read more...]
Chanel Bombay Express
Taking inspiration from India, Karl Lagerfeld's pre autumn/winter 2012 collection, held at the Grand Palais, was a heady and regal mix of golds, silvers, fuchsia pinks and pure, virginal whites. Surreal princesses swept the catwalks swathed in metal … [Read more...]
Chanel The Little Black Jacket
Relocating from its recent home in Tokyo to New York City, where it will launch in 2 days time, The Little Black Jacket exhibition showcases 113 images of celebrities, models and muses, handpicked and photographed by Karl Lagerfeld and styled by … [Read more...]
Chanel Nail Colour Collection Signed
After the cabaret-style 'Shade Parade' that was Chanel's autumn winter m-animation showcase, Peter Philips has returned to the medium of film to exhibit his latest nail polish collection. Directed by London film maker Ruth Hogben, … [Read more...]
Brad Pitt: The New Face of Chanel No. 5
For the very first time in its 90 year history, Chanel have named a man as the face of their inimitable Chanel No. 5 Fragrance. And no ordinary man at that, but the equally inimitable Brad Pitt (although we are well aware that this pic really doesn't … [Read more...]
Last Minute Mother’s Day Gifts
Every mother (and indeed woman for that matter) loves to receive flowers, but this year, why not opt for something a little more original with Rebel Rebel's cleverly quirky signature bouquet of 'Flowers in a Handbag'. Yes, that's right, opt for a … [Read more...]