Karl Lagerfeld’s period film Once Upon a Time, which stars Keira Knightley as Coco Chanel, is finally here–all 15 glorious minutes of it.
The designer-cum-director reportedly gave the actors, including Knightley, Clotilde Hesme, Lindsey Wixson, Stella Tennant, Tallulah Harlech, their lines just moments before shooting–which makes a lot of sense when you watch the film.
Four-year-old Chanel model Hudson Kroenig will be in it too.
A master of every art form, Karl Lagerfeld directed a film to showcase Chanel’s spring 2013 collection, and some child-sized Choupette apparel.
We really hope it’s for sale…
As lovely as that gesture was, Karl Lagerfeld is strangely not on board with all aspects of same sex equality.
According to the AP, he is against gay couples being allowed to adopt children.
What were you doing when you were four? Learning your ABCs? Peeing your pants? Probably you weren’t walking in a Chanel show like Hudson Kroenig.
Last night’s Métiers D’Art show in Scotland marked the adorable tot’s third trip down the runway for Chanel.
Much credit is due to those hard working editors, models, and designers in the industry who juggle motherhood along with their demanding fashion careers. But what about the dads? They may be a slightly rarer occurrence in the industry but we’d like to recognize those hard working (not to mention) hot dads dominating the fashion Read more →
Karl Lagerfeld is known for keeping a stable of “it” girls and boys around and the latest is the three-year-old son of model Brad Kroenig, Hudson. So far, Hudson has walked in two Chanel shows, including yesterday’s, in which he walked the runway holding Heidi Mount’s hand and wearing a purse. Eric Wilson has caught on to Kroenig’s rising star and thus he is probably the youngest model to get a Times profile.
The article, headlined “A Minimum Age? Not for This Model” is not long, because he’s three, but it’s real cute.
Are Chanel sets runways or playgrounds? It’s becoming increasingly difficult to tell–not only because they’re now incorporating elements like seashells and sand–but also because they’re starting to draw a pretty young crowd. It all began a year ago when the then-two-year-old son of model Brad Kroenig accompanied him down the runway for the Spring 2011 Read more →
You remember Hudson Kroenig. He’s the three-year-old son of model Brad Kroenig who melted hearts when he walked the spring 2011 Chanel show last year holding his dad’s hand. He’s also starred in a Fendi campaign, has bespoke baby Chanel clothes, and sleeps with a Karl Lagerfeld doll gifted to him by the Kaiser himself.
So naturally, a he got the Coveteur treatment. The site profiled their youngest subject ever today when they shot the closet of mini-model Hudson Kroenig. It’s adorable and ridiculous and a little unsettling all at once. Daddy Brad Kroenig, Largerfeld’s longstanding muse and pal, provides commentary which sort of reads like a SNL parody of the fashion industry. But it’s real.
Some highlights:
