A bit of fashion history


	A bit of fashion history

valann 47

6-17-2008 2:20 AM

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coco chanel, fashion, paris

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6-17-2008 11:40 AM

urbanlife

I think that is awesome trivia that Coco Chanel "designed the Chanel No 5 bottle in 1921 to match the shape of Place Vendome." Great Clip!

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b71f5d44-e3d2-4941-9eef-f202166670b7/453F64E0-D5BF-406F-A46B-4FD43C3DE925/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=10737" href="http://been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=10737" style="font-size: 11px;">been-seen.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=10737"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/been-seen.com/img/313FF631-6359-4028-A090-0DBBA423B19B" alt="Chanel bottle...........................(3227.jpg)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=10737">Look closely at the picture of the French capital above, which has been altered slightly for artistic effect. The orange square is <A target="_blank" href="http://www.paris.org/Monuments/Vendome/" title="Place Vendome" class="newslink">Place Vendome</A>. It's also a bottle of <A target="_blank" href="http://www.chanel.com/" title="Chanel website" class="newslink">Chanel</A> No 5. Coincidence? Apparently not. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=10737"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/been-seen.com/img/DCFBF623-5008-43CF-B3FD-6E316ED5216A" alt="Chanel bottle...........................(3226.jpg)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=10737">Coco Chanel designed the Chanel No 5 bottle in 1921 to match the shape of Place Vendome, where she lived for 37 years at a <A target="_blank" href="http://www.travelchannel.com/ideas/picks/ci.Coco_Chanel_Suite,_Hotel_Ritz_Paris.artTravelIdeasFmt?vgnextfmt=artTravelIdeasFmt&ch=2b785934dc165110VgnVCM1000009f183e0aRCRD&initArticlevgnextoid=bb22977f1dee6110VgnVCM100000698b3a0aRCRD" title="Ritz suite" class="newslink">suite </A>in the Ritz.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=10737"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/been-seen.com/img/9BCF75D4-52F4-431C-99D4-23835ED0C37B" alt="Chanel bottle...........................(3229.jpg)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=10737"><P>The photoshopped pictures certainly look convincing, but we've heard another story - that it's the bottle stopper that mimics the shape of the square, rather than the bottle itself.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=10737"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/been-seen.com/img/2B161B2D-FE35-4FD4-88F9-1B0A0AC99327" alt="Chanel bottle...........................(3231.jpg)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=10737">The first two are from 1921, which suggest her original inspiration might not have been the Parisian square. In the third, which is from 1924, the bottle looks slightly octagonal, but the stopper is more so. The fourth, from 1950, is closer to today's shape, but still not quite the same shape as Place Vendome.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=10737"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/been-seen.com/img/54ED242B-BB71-485B-B702-5524244BB5F6" alt="Chanel bottle...........................(3230.jpg)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=10737">'Chanel's legendary founder Gabrielle Coco Chanel was inspired by the Place Vendome and incorporated its design into the stopper of the N5 fragrance.'</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/453F64E0-D5BF-406F-A46B-4FD43C3DE925/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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