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Fashion currency — Karl Lagerfeld with a new gold coin featuring the likeness of Coco Chanel. (Reuters) There might be less of it, but money can still be beautiful." --Karl Lagerfeld explains to WWD the raison d'être of his commemorative Coco Chanel coins. Four types of Chanel coins were...  

German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld presents a 5 Euro coin, designed by him, to commemorate the 125th anniversary of French fashion designer Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel's birth at the Hotel de la Monnaie, the ...  

Karl Lagerfeld is a fashion robot, who everyday does something to make the world beautiful. Karl’s designed a coin marking the 125th anniversary of Coco Chanel’s birth with her portrait on one side and a giant number five on the other. All 99 of the five ounce gold coins, worth 5,900 Euros have...  

Fashion Icons as Dictionary Designers - Karl Lagerfeld Illustrates 'La Petit Larousse Illustre' [Edit] 284 Views - Click for Gallery France, the ever-famed fashion capital of the world, has taken its emphasis ...  

Tallulah Harlech has become Chanel's latest 'it' girl. Karl Lagerfeld recently directed Tallulah and her mother, Amanda in a silent film, which will open Chanel's pre-autumn/winter 2009-10 collection next month.  

KARL LAGERFELD promises to make the Slav soul of Chanel quiver next month when he presents the fashion house's eagerly-anticipated, annual Metier's d'Art collection in Paris - which will this year have a Russian flavour.  

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Only one man has the means and the desire to commission a one-of-a-kind case from Louis Vuitton that holds 20 iPods, a charger and compartments for JBL speakers. That man is, of course, fashion...  

The latest ASOS luxe collection - Christmas party dresses, natch - has just hit the web, and as usual there are celeb / designer influences aplenty. Chanel seems to be the main influence, with two dresses that pay homage to Count Von Lagerfeld's couture creations. First up we have  

Did you know that Louis Vuitton, French manufacturer of leather "luxury" goods, will make you a special one off case for anything you ask for if you can throw down the cash to pay for the work? Apparently this isn't a new service, but I'd never heard ...  

Chicago-based Hart Schaffner Marx , the suit retailer favored by Barack Obama , has added this to its homepage:  “Dressing Presidential. Pick Your Power Suit. President-elect Barack Obama Found His at Hart Schaffner Marx.” [ WWD ]  Marc Jacobs would like to marry Lorenzo Martone , if the...  

My colleague Annie Scott recently wrote about how Louis Vuitton custom makes one-of-a-kind cases for special clients who can afford the service. One of our favorite examples of Vuitton's bespoke art is the iPod carrying case (above) the famed French firm made for Chanel kingpin Karl Lagerfeld...  

Amanda Harlech's daughter, Tallulah, plays a Chanel model in the short film directed by Karl Lagerfeld that will open Chanel's pre-fall show. "Karl has a very specific way he wants you to walk and look and turn,” she says. “Karl is hilarious. As serious and scary as he looks, he tells the best...  

Ever the fashion pundits, the French have extended their obsession for what is très chic by asking design legend and man behind the house of Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld, to design the 2009 issue of "Le Petit Larousse Illustrè." Translated in English as "Larousse Small Illustrated Dictionary," besides...  

The famous fashion designer Lagerfeld designed a 5 euro coin in order to commemorate Coco Chanel’s birthday anniversary.