My Balmain/Chanel-esque Forever 21 Jacket

One happy shopper!

The Price is Right.

Balmain

Classic Chanel

I took my daughter to Forever 21 last week to buy some summer pieces, and of course I perused the store to search for fun accessories for myself and stumbled across the chicest jacket that had Balmain (minus the shoulder pads) and Chanel written all over it; and get this...it was marked down from $32.80 to $10.99.


Jackpot!!!

Coral Craze

House of Chanel


Oscar de la Renta patent leather coral sandals


Donna Karan Spring 2010


Amber Rose in coral.

Coral is such a pretty color and the palette ranges from soft to bright. This vibrant color reminds me that Spring is around the corner!!

Chanel Cruise 2010

Karl Lagerfeld presents Chanel's Resort 2010 collection on the banks of the Lido in Venice, Itlay.

Staging a luxurious sunset show on the banks of the Lido in Venice where Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel frequently visited in the 1930s. Over a few weeks, tons of sand were brought to the site to level the beach, while custom Chanel cane furniture, bamboo, banana trees, and 300 peonies and hydrangeas were transported in by boat. The runway was made of natural wooden slats to imitate a boardwalk. As far as the collection, Lagerfeld mixed gothic glamour and a preppy nautical look.

Paris Fashion Week Fall 2009: Chanel

The House of Chanel is the epitome of glamour. This fall collection pays tribute to Coco Chanel with the tweed suit and hat that made her a fashion icon of her time!

Paris Fashion Week Spring 2009: Chanel

Karl Lagerfeld had Coco Chanel's mansion, 31 rue Cambon recreated inside the Grand Palais for the Chanel Spring 2009 fashion show Friday morning!! The picture shown is actually Karl and his models walking the runway in his beautiful collection and it looks just like they are walking the streets of Paris. The collection takes me back to the early glamour of Chanel.

Coco Chanel

Lifetime's Premiere of Coco Chanel, starring Shirley MacLaine was, in my opinion, a hit. Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was and still is fashion royalty. The story starts at her humble beginnings in France to the height of her empire of Chanel. Many of us may be unaware that Coco Chanel actually started designing and selling hats then added clothing years later. In 1922, Chanel introduced Chanel No. 5 perfume, which is still popular today. Chanel was the first of many fashion designers to sell perfume alongside their fashion collection. The influential Chanel suit was launched in 1924, which consists of a knee length skirt and a boxy style jacket, accesssorized with gold buttons and streams of long pearls. Chanel popularized the little black dress in 1926, which could go from day to night. I know every fashionable woman owns a little black dress; so Coco Chanel continues to influence the fashion world even today.