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Back in November we have discovered the ad campaign for Chanel Paris-Shanghai featuring Baptiste Giabiconi [BAPTISTE GIABICONI / CHANEL PARIS SHANGHAI] but did you know that Paris Shanghai is also a movie written and directed by Karl Lagerfeld. A movie about a "trip Coco Chanel on made in her dreams". Bien sur the movie features the gorgeous Baptiste Giabiconi. And also Sebastien Jondeau. We now invite you to watch the movie below.  

[Shanghai, December 3. Image via Getty.] A model displays an outfit by German-born fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld during the Chanel Paris Shanghai fashion show in Shanghai on December 3, 2009. The show featured Lagerfeld's new collection Paris-Shanghai under the Chanel brand. AFP PHOTO/PHILIPPE LOPEZ (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)  

In 1913, the young couturiere Coco Chanel attended the premiere of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring , witnessing the birth of a musical revolution that, like her own designs, ripped down the artifice of the old regime to usher in something profoundly modern.  

You may have already seen the latest Chanel campaign featuring Lily Allen: in it, Lily poses with a series of male models, flaunting the new 'Coco Cocoon' range of accessories. Her bouffant and big sunglasses are reminiscent of Audrey Hepburn...  

If you missed your chance to cuddle up to Karl Lagerfeld's suit-wearing bear, unfortunately now you've missed the chance to cuddle up to another of his fuzzy creations. This past weekend, a golden SpongeBob SquarePants, re-designed/imagined by the famous gloved designer, was auctioned off for nearly $2000 at an event in Paris that sought to raise money for the WWF (the World Wildlife Fund, sadly not the now-defunct World Wrestling Federation...  

Singer LILY ALLEN performing live on stage at her concert at the Theaterfabrik in Munich, Germany. (Photo Agency)more pics » Lily Allen performing in a Chanel dress. The playfully stylish Lily Allen, who enjoys a "special relationship" with Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld, has announced plans to open her own clothing store, tentatively called Lucy In Disguise.The 24-year-old Briton reportedly ...  

Rumours about Lily Allen leaving the music industry have been lingering around the gossip scene like the smell of milk left out of the fridge for too long. Despite Lily not making them official, she has furthered fuelled the rumour...  

... Lagerfeld perched some specs on it, painted fingerless gloves and attached what I thought was a pharaoh's postiche but is actually a very rakish plastic tie with a symmetrical windsor knot. Bully. The money was raised for the WWF which it turns ...  

For the fourth installment of their limited edition helmets, Les Ateliers Ruby have paired up with Karl Lagerfeld brand to create collector’s helmets in editions of 12. Featured in the Karl Lagerfeld Fall/Winter 2009 Collection the motorcycle helmets have also sparked an illustration of the ideal ‘Ruby Woman’ which is to be turned into a [...]  

We know wearing a cycle or scooter helmet isn't overly sexy and it can mess up your hair but that's no excuse to go without, especially when you consider the consequences. Ok, we'll stop with the preaching now and tell...  

Karl Lagerfeld, who is 76 years old: "The world can count on me for a long time. Retirement is not one of the topics with which I deal. Why should I? I still have so many projects that I sometimes don't know where to begin. Chanel will still need some clothes when I'm 89." [Handbag.com] Read more posts by Amy OdellFiled Under: quotables, designers, karl lagerfeld  

Karl Lagerfeld says wearing jogging pants makes you put on weight.The German fashion designer thinks wearing the comfortable item of clothing is "dangerous" because people eat more as the trousers have an elasticated waist.He said: "I never wear jogging pants. Those things are dangerous. Because they have an elastic band. It stretches and then you ...  

In a new interview with the German magazine Freundin Karl Lagerfeld dismisses the idea that he is ready to retire from Chanel anytime soon. According to Handbag.com Karl isn't going anywhere. As for his weight, Karl says that elastic waists are the enemy of thinness. The 76-year-old designer has swatted away persistent rumours that he is set to stand down from his position as the helm of Chanel, insisting, "The world can count on me for a...  

Purple Magazine’s Olivier Zahm has worked alongside Karl Lagerfeld again(see Purple Fashion # 12), this time on a project for Chanel, introducing the first Chanel Magazine. Art Directed and Designed by Zahm, the magazine is set to have his signature appeal as it hits Chanel stores all around the world. Source: Purple Diary  

Baptiste! • Lanvin confirmed it sold a stake to a minority investor, which will help the label grow and add more stand-alone stores. [Vogue UK] • Claudia Schiffer said she wants to launch a line of cashmere clothing or handbags in the future. [WWD] • Syms founder Sy Syms died of heart failure this week at the age of 83. [WWD] • Karl Lagerfeld shot Baptiste Giabiconi for photos that will be featured in the new Chanel store in Shanghai...