Audrey Tautou

Paris, city of lights and lighting up, has done the unthinkable. They’ve banned the new poster ads for Coco avant Chanel , starring Audrey Tautou as the famous fashion designer. The reason? In the posters, Audrey (as Coco) is smoking a cigarette. Coco was a famous smoker, as photo evidence of the designer proves. She was also probably one of the most famous residents of Paris in the history of the city. Paris’s ban on smoking in public areas took affect the beginning of this year, and by many accounts, the ban has been pretty successful. While I think it’s a good idea to ... Read Full Story

My weekend was all about fashion and dating ... on screen. I have watched two interesting movies that I'd like to share with you here (trailers included). Lovely French actress, Audrey Tautou , slips into the gowns of French high fashion legend, Coco Chanel who traded a wedding band with a thimble, the time of a biopic. Supervised by high fashion living legend, Karl Lagarfeld , the movie promises to deliver. It depicts the life of Gabrielle Chanel, later nicknamed Coco, from her childhood at an orphanage to her provocative rise as a household name in the fashion world. However, if you find the ... Read Full Story

Posted in Fashion Blog » Insiders' City Guides » Fashionable Culture Blog Amelie actress Audrey Tautou has been cast as the infamous Chanel creator Coco Chanel. The film depicts Coco's early life as she adapted the fashion of her generation and into her own. The resemblance between Coco and Audrey is quite uncanny and she was cleverly cast as the famous designer who paved the way we look at fashion today. Coco's mannish take on the ladies suit can be seen in oversized boy blazers and wide legged trousers, and the quilted Chanel handbags that have been repeated and updated will never go out ... Read Full Story

For me it was totally logical to believe that Audrey Tautou, star of Coco Avant Chanel , would be dress in head-to-toe Chanel for all her promotional appearances for the movie, but that is not the case. At the Rome photocall earlier this week, the French actress, with her cute doe eyes and elfin crop, wore a Miu Miu colour block belted dress . On it's own the dress just look OK, but as always Audrey was the epitome of chic, teaming her dress with black peep-toes. This dress is available to purchase from My Theresa for £641.03/€750/$997.50. For the Madrid premiere, she opted ... Read Full Story

All eyes were on Audrey Tautou at the Paris premiere for Coco Avant Chanel , which took place last night. Audrey stars as Gabrielle Chanel, known as Coco, before she became famous. The film, of course, features dresses from the Chanel collection. Karl Lagerfeld, Creative Director of the House of Chanel , supervised the re-creation of costumes and accessories, so we will have a magically journey through the archives. At the premiere Audrey was, as you would expect, dressed in Chanel . Her strapless black and white floral print dress was from the Spring 2009 Couture collection. The wonderfully chic actress wore her dress ... Read Full Story