London, Mar 20: Karl Lagerfeld has cast Keira Knightley for the role of designer Coco Chanel in a short movie that he is going to direct.
The short movie will celebrate 100 years since the legendary designer opened her first Chanel boutique in the French seaside town of Deauville, the Mirror Reported.
Knightley will be starring alongside models Stella Tennant, Tallulah Harlech, Brad Kroenig and his son Hudson in the movie.
The film will be screened in May during the fashion house's cruise collection, to be held in Singapore. (Ani)...
The short movie will celebrate 100 years since the legendary designer opened her first Chanel boutique in the French seaside town of Deauville, the Mirror Reported.
Knightley will be starring alongside models Stella Tennant, Tallulah Harlech, Brad Kroenig and his son Hudson in the movie.
The film will be screened in May during the fashion house's cruise collection, to be held in Singapore. (Ani)...
- 3/20/2013
- by Amith Ostwal
- RealBollywood.com
British actor will feature in film directed by Chanel's head designer to mark 100th anniversary of French fashion house
Chanel's creative director, Karl Lagerfeld, is to turn his hand to directing this week with the shooting of a short movie starring the Keira Knightley.
The British actor will play Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel in the film to mark the French fashion house's 100th anniversary. It will be filmed in the chic seaside town of Deauville, where the first Chanel boutique opened in 1913, financed by her lover Captain Arthur "Boy" Capel, a wealthy British aristocrat.
The cast also includes model Stella Tennant and actor Tallulah Harlech, daughter of Lagerfeld's longtime friend and collaborator Lady Amanda Harlech.
Lagerfeld, Chanel's head designer, has ordered the building of "detailed retro sets" in the seaside resort where, in the days before she became an international success, Chanel used to send her sister, Antoinette, and aunt, Adrienne,...
Chanel's creative director, Karl Lagerfeld, is to turn his hand to directing this week with the shooting of a short movie starring the Keira Knightley.
The British actor will play Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel in the film to mark the French fashion house's 100th anniversary. It will be filmed in the chic seaside town of Deauville, where the first Chanel boutique opened in 1913, financed by her lover Captain Arthur "Boy" Capel, a wealthy British aristocrat.
The cast also includes model Stella Tennant and actor Tallulah Harlech, daughter of Lagerfeld's longtime friend and collaborator Lady Amanda Harlech.
Lagerfeld, Chanel's head designer, has ordered the building of "detailed retro sets" in the seaside resort where, in the days before she became an international success, Chanel used to send her sister, Antoinette, and aunt, Adrienne,...
- 3/20/2013
- by Kim Willsher
- The Guardian - Film News
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