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...CoCo bottom line to date: 16 CDs, 8 million copies sold, and two MTV International awards: 1999 Best Female Artist and Best Chinese Music video in 1998 for Di Da Di, her biggest hit to date. House of fashion Chanel named Coco its first "Asian-Pacific Celebrity Ambassadress" because, as the company's regional director of image and external relations Bonnie Gokson says: "She's just perfect. And she wears our clothes very well." (The fact that her name is also a Chanel trademark doesn't hurt either.) The designation means lots of clothes, makeup and guest appearances throughout Asia...
When she performs, Coco is all business. At a banquet room recently in Hong Kong's Grand Hyatt hotel, CoCo is doing a soundcheck before a Chanel pret-a-porter show. Earphones on, she belts out A Love Before Time. She is into it, but the others in the room sense something isn't right: CoCo sounds like a weak lounge singer at a crowded bar. Her performance smile fades as sister Nancy gives her the bad news. Throwing her shoulders back, the singer barks commands to the soundman, masking her anger with a shiny smile. With precision, Nancy...
...runways of Milan and Paris last month capes, fur hats and over-the-knee boots were the accent items that will separate the serious fashion devotee from the merely stylish. Capes, either short and swinging or long and luxe, were featured at Prada, Fendi, Louis Vuitton and Chanel. Big fur hats, with or without tails trailing down the back, showed up at Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Blumarine and Louis Vuitton. And the boots? Try Roberto Cavalli, Celine, Chanel, Dries Van Noten, Dolce & Gabbana and, well, just about anyone. The trick to the mix is to limit yourself to no more than...
...Laurent has reportedly attended only one other fashion show ever. What brought the semi-reclusive designer out to the Jardin des Plantes? Ask Sidney Toledano, president and chief executive of Christian Dior Couture, and he'll tell you: fraternit*. After all, Karl Lagerfeld, another legend who now designs for Chanel, was backstage taking photographs. And John Galliano, Dior's women's designer, was watching with actress Cate Blanchett in tow. "It was a great moment for Paris," Toledano said...
...these photos because you want to know what those madcap geniuses were up to at the haute-couture fashion shows in Paris last week. In a naked plea for publicity, Seredin and Vasilev unveiled a dress made from Vogue covers (left), as well as a knockoff of the classic Chanel suit done entirely in not-quite-body-covering pearls. Christian Lacroix appeared to take inspiration from the fluttery fashions of ice skaters (lower right), clashing patterns, colors and whatever else he could find. Elle noted Lacroix was "both sublime and ridiculous." Of course he was. Finally, John Galliano's collection...