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Collaboration between art and fashion has a long history. Designers like Coco Chanel and Christian Dior were famously inspired by artists like Jean Cocteau and Christian Bérard. But in the current age of opulence, in which contemporary artworks sell at auction for tens and sometimes hundreds of millions of dollars, the relationship has become even more entwined. Art fairs like Miami Art Basel and the Venice Biennale have emerged as important marketplaces for luxury brands like Gucci, Cartier and Bulgari. A fashion-forward designer like Jacobs works with trailblazing artists like Prince and Japan's Takashi Murakami...
...Scott Fitzgerald on the tree-lined streets of Paris made my café au lait-deprived heart turn the pages for more. Hemingway steered me through his time in Paris at a snappy pace, without belaboring any one point. This vision, however, is Paris without Dior sunglasses and Chanel-infused air: the café’s “yellowed poster stating the terms and penalties of the law against public drunkenness was fly blown and disregarded as its clients were constant and ill-smelling.” Though today’s Parisian squares may be marred...
...flannel shirt, and a fedora. It was an ironic hipster combination which would terrify any Harvard male. I decided I liked this individual.Suddenly a woman sauntered by us. She was wearing high-waisted white satin shorts over black leggings. She was sporting a vintage black leotard and Chanel flats. She even had side-swept bangs. I decided I liked her even more. “This place is awesome,” I yelled to my friends as they dutifully followed me into the party. “What charming bohemians these students are! What fashion mavens...
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Massenet, who has inherited the slender frame of her former-Chanel-model mother, says what she gives up is personal indulgence. "I don't work out. I don't get manicures, pedicures. I don't get my hair done as often as I should," she says, "and my social life has taken a beating. I'm sure friends think I'm out somewhere glamorous, but I'll be home reading a story with my kids." Ask her what she wishes were available to buy at the click of a mouse, and she answers, "Sleep! I can't tell...