“Karl [Lagerfeld] has an inspiration cupboard where he keeps little prized vintage tokens – not all of them Chanel - but just special little finds that he uses to help him. He opened that up to us and said ‘Help yourselves’. It was incredible,” Chattoune told us. “Anything we didn’t have the budget for he helped us with – like the gold buttons we used on Coco’s pyjamas and the occasional feather. Of course there was a huge pressure as we had to seek the approval of the house of Chanel with every sketch we drew but we enjoyed the challenge.”

 Unlike Audrey Tautou’s insouciant gamine look, as seen in Coco Before Chanel, Anna Mouglalis’ version of the world’s most famous designer is seductive and altogether more grown-up.

“Ourselves and the director wanted to show a sexier, more powerful side of Coco,” said Chattoune. “We wanted to show her temper and I think the way she dresses in this film reflects that. By this point in her life, Coco was very successful – she had money and a shop and could afford to buy nicer clothes.”

“She’s a true goddess,” said Givenchy’s creative director, Riccardo Tisci to WWD. ”She’s always been very feminine – super-fragile, very aristocratic.”

The model is currently undergoing hormone replacement therapy ahead of a full sex change. Tisci originally hired Lea as his assistant using her as his fit model behind-the-scenes at the luxury label.

AMERICAN CLASSIC

 The American Classic line expresses the true American spirit of the Hamilton collection. These watches are about adding a signature of 21st century style and functionality to the unique shapes and characters of classic Hamilton models. Some of the original inspirations date back as far as the 1920s and are well established as design icons. The range includes pioneer designs such as Ventura, Everest and Lloyd, with their eye-catching lines, as well as timeless, essential classics such as Trent, Dodson, Boulton and Ardmore. The

Jazzmaster range also takes us back to the future with its timeless elegance.

KHAKI

The Khaki line comprises the Hamilton military watches with their long and strong tradition. “Khaki” originates from the Hindu word for earth or dust and has long been the color used for military uniforms. Today the color is associated with adventure and the current Khaki watches in the Hamilton collection are direct descendents of their heroic forerunners that served the forces in both world wars. Within the Hamilton Khaki line there are four families: Aviation, Action, Field and Navy, all with individual identities characterized by different functions, cases, colors, strap materials and hand or dial designs.

HAMILTON IN THE SKIES

Hamilton has a long aviation heritage dating back to 1919 when its aeronautical watch looked after the first American airmail postal service between Washington and New York. Watches from Hamilton continued to play a leading role in the pioneer age of aviation with pilots using them to check their position in the air, calculate air and wind speed, and to time radio communication on route. By the 1930s Hamilton was the official watch of the commercial airlines, TWA, Eastern, United and Northwest. In 2005 Hamilton became involved in the spectacular Red Bull Air Race series with its own pilot and plane. Again in 2006, Nicolas Ivanoff, competes with the world’s leading acrobatic pilots in his proudly branded Hamilton plane.

HAMILTON IN HOLLYWOOD

Hamilton has had a close relationship with Hollywood since the 1950s. The first movie to portray Hamilton product was the Oscar-nominated “Frogmen” in 1951 when the diving expertise of the characters and watches was put to the test. In the 1960s Elvis Presley followed suit and wore the Ventura in “Blue Hawaii”. To date Hamilton watches have appeared in over 300 movies. The distinctive shapes and styles of the timepieces remain hugely popular with leading stylists and costume designers. Hamilton honors and celebrates the work of these individuals through special annual awards.

Inside, Vogue’s fashion team identifies the trends that matter as we move forward into a new season of style. A restrained mood prevails in the New Minimalism trend, where luxe fabrics and clean cuts combine in clothes from Stella McCartney, Celine, Balenciaga and Gucci that are pared-down and infinitely wearable.

On the flip side, we saw a lot of bold, juicy colours on the catwalks of Versace, Charles Anastase, Rochas and more – see them all in the Colour Bomb trend.

Things get ultra feminine with the Romantic Lace trend, where gossamer, see-through lacy looks appeared at Christopher Kane, Erdem, Dolce & Gabbana and Antonio Berardi.

Legs take the spotlight with Terrific Trousers from Gucci, Chloe, Marc Jacobs and Pucci, while for evening the big news is a Grunge Glamour combination of a long, silky skirt and a comfy jumper.

On your feet, this season, you’ll be wearing High-heel Hikers. From Michael Kors to John Galliano, winter’s boots come with a lug sole and outdoorsy lacing and buckles.

Unlike your typical cookie-cutter concierge company, Pure Entertainment Group provides an all-encompassing luxury lifestyle experience, making it a priority to treat each member as a part of its family while providing access to a worldwide network of A-list suppliers in luxury travel, entertainment and lifestyle.

While it first began as a mostly private company, which served to fulfill the more basic needs of its members, it wasn’t long before the concept behind Pure Entertainment Group really took off, according to Steve Edo, CEO and founder of Pure Entertainment Group. With an extensive background in travel, combined with insider knowledge of the luxury market, Edo decided it was time to expand the concept of Pure, and in 2008, introduced a new array of bespoke luxury concierge services.

“Now, Pure Entertainment Group has built a database of partners and friends all around the world, and we help clients with a wide array of services (luxury travel arrangements, bespoke experiences/events, entertainment concierge and corporate hospitality, personal concierge services),” says Edo. “This company is definitely going global.”

With a passion for creating lasting memories, Edo has built a company that takes great pride in fulfilling a clients’ request, no matter how extravagant it might be. Whether it’s securing a luxury yacht charter, arranging a once-in-a-lifetime Zero Gravity flight experience, or perhaps planning a tour of Cairo and the Nile River with privileged access, Pure is confident that they will exceed any and all expectations. 

When joining the company’s membership program, you are in a sense joining an elite group of people who not only appreciate the finer things in life, but also value the idea of creating lasting memories with the ones they love.

Wrist watch movements are quite possibly the original high performance machine. Compared to automobile engines, watch movements are much more efficient and reliable. Even mechanical watches that keep moderate accuracy to within about 10 to 20 seconds a day still operate at well over 99.99 percent accuracy. Plus, they can do that operating 24 hours a day for years. Can you think of a single automobile engine that can boast that? I think not. Still, automobiles have the benefit of being emotionally enhancing vehicles,that can provide the thrill of speed, something wrist watches cannot offer. As a testament to going fast, Chopard created the limited edition L.U.C Engine One Tourbillon watch, designed to look much like a performance engine block.

Its case design is very clever. Exterior dimensions make it a rectangle at 35.4-mm wide by 44-mm high, though bulging ends give the dial a much more round appearance — a style quite similar to the classic case made famous by Daniel Roth. Here in all titanium, the watch has polished surfaces on the top and bottom, with satin finished middle sections. It is an amazingly light case, which a presence that mere pictures simply cannot convey properly. The case is matched to a custom, tapered hand-sewn black alligator strap.

The movement doubles as the dial, and has two textured vertical strips appearing like the top of an engine in a luxury car as seen if ones pops open the hood. The L.U.C 1TRM movement is manually wound, and in-house made and designed by Chopard. It has 60 hours of power reserve, complete with a power reserve indicator meant to look like fuel gauge. It is also among a rare breed of COSC Chronometer certified tourbillon movements — making it more than simply appear like a high performance machine. Chopard further design the movement engine to sit on special shock absorbing blocks.

Being included in the L.U.C family of watches, the Engine One Tourbillon has the signature L.U.C style hands (which are beautifully legible). The tourbillon doubles as a seconds indicator with a built-in hand for this purpose. Hour indicators are placed on the bottom of the sapphire crystal, in-line with the style of other Chopard motor sports and automobile themed timepieces. Wearing the watch gives the owner a distinctly proud feeling, as though it communicates their love of sports cars and watches at the same time. Though, the Engine One Tourbillon is a more playful timepiece in comparison to many other L.U.C timepieces that are more ‘classic’ in demeanor.

With an offering of only 150 pieces, the watch further serves as (another) reminder of Chopard’s 150th anniversary. The limited edition set has a high-luxury price that will clearly appeal to well-off gear heads. Those who enjoy multiple cars may opt for this Chopard in lieu of another automobile — given the price — as their next purchase. But if they wait too long, there won’t be any left. Priced at $74,400.

 Arnault, the founder, chairman, and ceo of LVMH – the large luxury goods conglomerate which includes Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Fendi, knocked last year’s winner Auchan supermarket owner Gérard Mulliez off the top spot. Liliane Bettencourt, one of the principal L’Oreal’s shareholders came third at £14.3 billion.

 Also rating highly on the list came Hermès and Bertrand Puech families came in forth with £7.1 billion. Chanel’s Alain Wertheimer came eighth place at £7.76 million.

The CSI***** Prix Jaeger-LeCoultre de la Ville de Cannes prize went to the Australian, Edwina Alexander, for delivering a faultless performance on Cevo Itot du Château in a highly demanding jump-off.

She was joined on the podium by the French show jumper, Kevin Staut, on Le Prestige St Lois and Irish Jessica Kürten, on Castle Forbes Libertina. Both riders faulted on the very last obstacle in the course: an oxer painted in the colours of the City of Cannes.

As the winner, Edwina Alexander, took away 95,000 EUR along with a Grande Reverso 976 engraved with the words, “Jaeger-LeCoultre, Cannes 2010”.

So far in 2010, Jaeger-LeCoultre has also been present at the “German Jumping and Dressage Derby”, and the company will be supporting the “International Concours Valkenswaard” show jumping event in Holland in August. These three events form part of the “Global Champions Tour”, of which Jaeger-LeCoultre is the official partner and timekeeper.

Jaeger-LeCoultre has always maintained close ties with the equestrian world, and particularly with polo with its legendary Reverso, designed in 1931 especially for polo players.

TAG Heuer organised a contest on the web, including GQ.com, DailyMail.co.uk, JamesAllenon f1.com, McLaren.com and TAGHeuer.com. Entrants were asked to submit 4 questions they would like to ask Jenson Button, and the person who composed the best questions won the opportunity to interview him face to face !

The event was followed by an exclusive cocktail party, and the interviews can be seen on each of the five websites next week. Jenson spoke about how he feels just one week before the Silverstone Grand Prix and how he appreciates wearing its Carrera 1887…