Chanel in Vogue Charts the Shared History of the French Brand and the Magazine

Chanel became so famous that Katharine Hepburn played the designer in a 1969 Broadway musical, cocoa, Costumes by Cecil Beaton. When Karl Lagerfeld was hired to run the brand in 1983, the fashion world became obsessed with supermodels and began courting Hollywood. By the time of his death in 2019, he was world-famous. As Brown writes, in “an era when celebrity dominated culture, Lagerfeld himself became an icon.”

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“The collection is very Chanel, with a touch of humor, a touch of punk…it’s a tribute but with a playful twist,” Karl Lagerfeld told Vogue . Shalom Harlow wears designer ‘Tailleur Tutu’ from Chanel’s Spring 1996 collection.

Photography by Irving Penn, Fashion, April 1996

This is how the German designer described “Sleeping Beauty” when he first arrived at Chanel. In the process of awakening the brand, he standardized Fashion It was called a “rebellious mix of high and low” at the time. In the magazine, Brown described the juxtaposition of Chanel garments shot by different photographers, allowing “historical elegance and youthful rebellion” to coexist, which also defined Lagerfeld’s style.

As media outlets expanded, came more elaborate fashion shows and front rows packed with celebrities. American Fashion Founded in 1892. The magazine began its global expansion with the launch of a British edition in 1916, followed by a French edition in 1920. From 1999 to 2020, the magazine published a total of 15 issues. Fashion The launch of Chanel expanded the influence of the magazine and Chanel.

The glossy pages reflect not only changing trends but also an ever-changing roster of contributors (Annie Leibovitz joined in 1998) whose work reflects changes in visual culture. These artists had access to technology that Steichen could not have imagined. Portrait of Karl Lagerfeld FashionFor example, Brown points out that the famous 2003 “Alice in Wonderland” portfolio was created with Photoshop. At 5 a.m., the designer was photographed alone. (Stylist Grace Coddington has a cat named Coco that keeps her up all night.) Added footage of Natalia Vodianova (Alice) holding a pig.

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Christy Turlington Burns in Chanel Fall 1986 Haute Couture, photographed by Steven Meisel.

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Top row left page: G-DRAGON(Fashion South Korea), Yura Nakano (Fashion Taiwan), Mika Schneider (Fashion Japan), Rianne Van Rompaey (Fashion Italy). SecondOrtom row, from left to right: Chloe Magno (Fashion Taiwan), Alek Wek (Fashion Brazil), Marion Cotillard (Fashion China), G-DRAGON (Fashion South Korea).

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