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31 rue Cambon, the address where Coco Chanel opened her first couture atelier back in 1921. Until today 31 rue Cambon resembles the heart of the Chanel empire. It houses a huge Chanel ready to wear and accessories store, the couture fitting rooms, Coco Chanel’s untouched private apartment including the famous mirrored staircase as well as the design offices. Personally I feel that a visit to this store is an absolute must for every fashion enthusiast. No matter whether you simply come to see this incredible place or intend to make a purchase.

Chanel jackets 2015 – Salzburg style …

Its a week ago that the latest Chanel Métiers d’Art collection, a kind of pre-fall show honoring the brands incredible craftsmen ateliers, has been presented in Salzburg. For all, who haven’t seen the show video yet I highly recommend to do so here. I already provided some informations on the handbags, shoes and jewelry that is going to arrive in June 2015. Now lets continue with the jackets!

chanel jackets 2015

Ranging from simple to elaborate the Chanel Salzburg runway was full of great classic jackets, pic style.com

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The Chanel Salzburg jewelry

After handbags and shoes … lets take a closer look at the costume jewelry from the Chanel Métiers d’Art 2015 Paris Salzburg collection! In line with the spirit of the whole show there was a strong ambivalence within the jewelry on the runway. There were these incredible pearl and Swarowski stone necklaces, bracelets and brooches that looked like lace or embroidery immediately awaking thoughts of the elegance of royal courts. Although costume jewelry some of the pieces were reminiscent of Buccellati’s incredible “Lace and Diamonds” collection.

Chanel pearl jewelry 2015

Pearl and chrystal necklaces reminiscent of lace or embroidery looked incredibly elegant on the Chanel Salzburg runway, pic style.com

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Chanel Salzburg shoe parade …

After talking Chanel Salzburg handbags yesterday lets come to the shoes today! Paris Salzburg was full of great shoes, that provided a perfect fusion of the codes of Chanel and the Salzburg theme of the collection. One of my personal top pieces were the Chanel combat boots 2015. Surely they showed certain parallels to the fall 2014 sneaker boots. But this time around they seemed to be more gracile thus making them a lot more wearable. In particular the all black shoes showed great potential to become one of the ultimate “It” pieces of the collection.

chanel combat boots 2015

The all black knee-high combat boots that drew inspiration from the fall 2014 sneaker boots as well as the brands iconic combat style seem to have real “IT” potential, pic style.com

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A closer look at the Chanel Salzburg handbags

Surely the bags presented on a Chanel runway only make up a small portion of the huge amount of new colors and textures that will finally appear in store with a collection. And yes the runway bags aren’t really classy. Maybe not even timeless. But despite of that I always love to have a closer look at them and love to be inspired by how Chanel employed couture embroidery techniques for the design of its runway bags! So lets have a closer look at the Chanel Salzburg handbags!

Chanel Salzburg handbags

Tapestry style embroidered Chanel flap bags seemed to be the standout of Chanel Salzburg bag wise, pic http://instagram.com/uyaramt, http://instagram.com/jonnyhrab

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Heidi and Peter meets Sissi and Franz

The Chanel Salzburg show came to a close and a day of constant instagram feed refreshments is finally over. The backdrop for the incredible Métiers d’Art collection, Chanels annual pre-fall show in honour of the craftsmanship of its ateliers, was an array of beautiful Rococo salons at Schloss Leopoldskorn near Salzburg. Paying tribute to Austria’s rich heritage in sweet treat a huge table artfully decorated with everything from Christmas cookies and Gugelhupf to Mozart Kugeln adorned one of the rooms. However, lets not get distracted by the incredible setting! What about the fashion?

Chanel Salzburg Show

Sweet Austrian delights adorned a table like an old masters painting, pic http://instagram.com/emmanuellealt

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What to expect from Chanel Salzburg

Chanel Salzburg, the brands annual Métiers d’Art collection, will be presented at Leopoldskorn castle near Salzburg tomorrow! As usual one day in advance of a Chanel presentation I try to sit down and think about how the upcoming collection might look like!

Chanel Salzburg

Invitation for Chanel Salzburg prefall presentation, pic http://www.pinterest.com/stylecloseup/chanel-obsession/

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The story behind Chanel’s annual Métiers d’Art show

Just 2 week after the official international launch of Chanel’s Dubai inspired cruise collection the brand is going to present its Métiers d’Art Paris Salzburg show next Tuesday, Dec 2nd. One day in advance the full version of the accompanying short film “Reincarnation” starring Cara Delevingne and Pharrell Williams will debut on chanel.com. So for all Chanel devotees a big week is laying ahead of us. Honestly within the past 20 years fashion show schedules got more and more complex and confusing. Initially there was a summer and a winter collection. Now its a summer and a winter collection, a pre-fall and a cruise with more basic pieces plus several capsule collection – “a seasonless cycle” as Anna Wintour calls it. But what is Métiers d’Art – the equivalent to other brands more basic pre-fall collections?

Métiers d'Art Paris Salzburg

Since 2002 Chanel shows its Métiers d’Art collection every year at the beginning of December. They already traveled around the world with collations including 2007 Chanel Paris Monte-Carlo, 2008 Chanel Paris London, 2009 Chanel Paris Moscow, 2010 Paris Shanghai, 2011 Paris-Byzance staged at 31 rue Cambon, 2012 Paris Bombay, 2013 Paris Edinburgh, 2014 Paris Dallas, pic style.com

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Floral Chanel sweaters and amazing shirts

Chanel cruise 2015, the Dubai show, has officially arrived in stores, and I already presented some of the most covetable pieces from the handbag, shoes, jewellery and jacket section. But this is not where the collection ends. There is also plenty of pretty knitwear and one of the most amazing shirts the brand has done in a while…

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Elisa Sednaoui at Chanel spring 2015 ready to wear presentation wearing floral Chanel sweater from cruise Dubai, pic vogue.fr

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Chanel cruise 2015 jackets aren’t they amazing?

Chanel cruise 2015 has officially arrived in stores. I already provided an insight into cruise bags, shoes and jewellery so lets continue with the jackets today. Chanel jackets are very much of a heritage thing of the brand. The iconic boxy, collarless pocket jacket shape was first introduced in 1954 by Coco Chanel and is popular until today! So is there a potential icon within the collection?

Chanel cruise 2015 jackets

Poppy Delevingne wearing black and white glitter tweed jacket from cruise 2015 while attending an event during London fashion week, pic http://www.pinterest.com/stylecloseup/chanel-obsession/

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Chanel jewelry Dubai collection

The Arabian themed Chanel cruise 2015 collection officially launches today! I already presented some of the most beautiful bags as well as shoes to you and want to continue with a closer look at the Chanel jewelry Dubai collection today!

chanel jewelry dubai

The chain link necklace is one of my favourites from the Chanel jewelry Dubai collection, pic chanel.com

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