Word: chanelling
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...Over at Chanel, director of couture Joy Hendriks had her own problems. Recently chastised by her boss for allowing two customers to wear the same dress, seasons-old, to a party in Monaco, Hendriks was facing a packed appointment book. Like most couture directors, Hendriks is expected to keep track of every outfit she sells?not just to whom she sells it, but where and when they intend to wear it for the life of the garment. ?At Chanel,? she sighs, ?we sell more than two dresses a season. It?s not easy...
...trends seen on the haute couture runways: no corsets, like at Versace, Gaultier and Christian Dior; no cut-outs, as seen at Gaultier and Versace; no buckles a la Valentino and Versace (shockingly, no reference to bondage at all!); but what was there was stunning. The suit Coco Chanel created so many years ago came out looking entirely new, with jackets tucked into skirts and belts slung low on the waist. Jean-Paul Gaultier also did a spectacular job of redoing what he does best. Tuxedoes, a trench coat, jeans, corsets were all back with a new twist?a panel...
...that it wasn't entertaining. At least once a day, Florida secretary of state Katherine Harris modeled something from Chanel or Mrs. Howell's Gilligan's Island collection. Harris, a supporter of Governor George W. Bush, would issue a totally nonpoliticized ruling favoring Bush, and then Florida attorney general Bob Butterworth, who chaired Vice President Al Gore's state campaign, would issue a totally nonpoliticized response favoring Gore...
...independent sites. At the height of the e-tail start-up boom last fall, such niggling details didn't matter. Like most other e-commerce ventures, the beauty sites were thinking only about getting big, fast. Sooner or later, they thought, the big brands like Lauder, Lancome and Chanel would come on board. "The start-ups' lack of knowledge was painful," says Allan Mottus, an analyst who consulted for several beauty sites. "They should have taken their $50 million and thrown a big party rather than invest in a market where they couldn't sell 70% of the products...
...highlighted different notes from the perfume Pleasures, launched in 1995. Says Khoury: "We saw double-digit increases in sales of the core Pleasures fragrance while A Garden of Pleasures was on counter." Dior positioned Lily, its 1999 limited-edition release, as a modern interpretation of the 1956 classic Diorissimo. Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and Lancome have all put limited-edition scents into the marketplace. Escada has launched its eighth annual limited-edition scent, called Lily Chic...