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Monday May 6th, 2013

Winona Ryder Covers Interview, Kate Middleton Inspires a Bag Trend, and Suzy Menkes Doesn’t Like Punk
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Winona Ryder Covers Interview, Kate Middleton Inspires a Bag Trend, and Suzy Menkes Doesn’t Like Punk

A seemingly age-defying Winona Ryder (Wino forever?) graces the latest cover of Interview. {NY Daily News}

Giancarlo Giammetti, star of Valentino: The Last Emperor and longtime business partner of the brand, is penning a juicy autobiography including more than 50,000 photos snapped over the last 50 years. {WWD, Subscription required.}

Suzy Menkes doesn’t sound too thrilled about The Met’s highly anticipated Punk: Chaos to Couture exhibit. {NY Times}

What inspired the birth of Chanel No.5? Comprising 240 curated elements, the “No.5 Culture Chanel” exhibit launched in Paris yesterday to offer a deeper understanding about the fragrance’s origins. {WWD, Subscription required.}

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Thursday November 3rd, 2011

Color Chanel Jackets and Play Chanel Memory Games on Chanel’s New Site
Fashion Is Fun

Color Chanel Jackets and Play Chanel Memory Games on Chanel’s New Site

Yesterday’s number one fashion-themed time-wasting game was coming up with #fashionicecream names (which Andre Leon Talley recently weighed in on, btw). Today, we’ve discovered yet another game to kill our productivity thanks to a really cool new website called Culture Chanel, a microsite Chanel launched in conjunction with an exhibition they’re doing in Beijing. The site is a well-designed pandora’s box of Chanel-ness, but what really drew us in is the Kid’s Space, which we guess is technically for children, but we like it too.

The first game is “Colorings,” which is basically a virtual Chanel coloring book.

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Published at 5:30 PM