CASHMERE CHRISTMAS 2010!

JESSICA ALBA IN CHANEL CASHMERE - $2,550.00Resort and Holiday collections used to be full of colorful, exotic, yet playful items to give a woman's wardrobe that extra twist during her holiday travels.   Today, true Cruise collections are harder to find as designer fashion houses feel obliged to have a constant stream of new merchandise on the shelves - keeping in pace with fast fashion companies like Zara, H&M, and Uniqlo.   Many times, it is just another delivery to keep the flow going.

CHANEL is one of the few that still celebrates the core inspiration of a Cruise collection.   Karl Lagerfeld is out of this world - in more ways than one - so of course he is not held to the constraints of a marketing report.   Karl does what Karl wants.   Happily for the resort 2010/11 collection, Karl wanted St. Tropez as the inspiration and and setting.   Colorful, chic, and wearable items were the result.   Karl loves St. Tropez (who doesn't?) - and you will love the Cruise collection - now in stores.  ON THE RUNWAY IN ST. TROPEZ  Pick of the collection is this Cashmere knit dress.  Jessica Alba is glowing on the cover of Elle Magazine for December 2010.  This knit dress is the perfect gift for the Chanel lover in your life.   It is timeless, travels well, and can be dressed up or played down.    Your love will love to find this dress under the tree Christmas morning.  See the whole collection - CHANEL CRUISE  Priced at $2,550.00 it will also bring some holiday cheer to your gift budget (in a Chanel world anyway).

CHANEL Ready-To-Wear is one of the most protected collections in the industry.  Never sold on-line, CHANEL RTW is available nationwide at CHANEL boutiques, Neiman Marcus, Saks 5th Avenue, & at select Nordstrom & Bloomingdale's locations.   To find the nearest boutique click CHANEL LOCATER  or call the COCO Hotline - (800) 550-0005.

CHANEL "CRUISES" ST. TROPEZ

CHANEL CRUISE 2010/11 FROM ST. TROPEZWhile Karl Lagerfeld is no stranger to cruising or St. Tropez, the fashion powerhouse that is CHANEL does not have a boutique in the famed port village on the French Riviera.   That is until this year!  Back in May while St. Tropez was still in off-season hibernation, Lagerfeld kicked off the season by staging Chanel's Resort show on the harbour - literally!  VILLA CHANEL - ST. TROPEZVILLA CHANEL ENTRANCE - ST. TROPEZ (From October to May the hottest spot for summer fun in France is a sleepy little town with charm and style by the nautical mile). SPORT LUXURIES A LA CHANEL   With a nod to the 70's, Chanel celebrated an era that saw St. Tropez as the home away from home of the jet set and rich and famous.  (In fact, Brigitte Bardot put the village on the hot-spot map in 1956 when she starred in "And God Created Woman"). 

Of course luxury fashion is nothing new to St. Tropez.   The village boasts boutiques from French giants such as Hermes and Louis Vuitton that rival the flagship stores in ParisFASHION SPY HANGS 10 - CHANEL STYLE when it comes to charm and sophistication.   So how would Karl and the Coco-nuts make a splash?   POP UP VILLA of course!   That's right, the powers that be at Chanel took over an entire Villa to house a temporary Chanel boutique for the 2010 season!  How chic to say you bought that new tweed jacket in St. Tropez!  Really, this could be the ultimate in a luxury shopping experience.  Think about the process.  You wake up on your luxury yacht that is anchored in the bay.   You're motored to the harbour in your annex boat (of course your yacht is too big to pull into the port!).   You have a grande creme on the harbour as you do some people watching.  CHANEL ST. TROPEZ COLLECTIONYou window shop on your way to the CHANEL Villa, where you fall in love with the latest twist on a fashion classic... and then retrace your steps back to the sea, just in time for some afternoon sun!

Bravo CHANEL for taking the Pop up store to another place and time - as only the house that Coco built could do! 

The CHANEL resort collection is cruising into a boutique near you now!   click RIVIERA to see larger images.