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Straits Times
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
Style News: Chanel jewellery designer's final collection, Havaianas x Gigi Hadid, Decorte pop-up
Late Chanel jewellery designer takes final bow Celestial motifs are at the centre of French maison Chanel's latest haute joaillerie line Reach For The Stars – the last by its former chief of fine and high jewellery, Patrice Leguereau, who died of illness in November 2024. The swansong of his 15-year tenure is a mix of old and new. Familiar notes, like the long tail of a comet and abstractions of the lion he so favoured – for founder Coco Chanel was a Leo – get much play, but the soft curves of wings make their debut too. Celestial motifs shine in Chanel's haute joaillerie line Reach For The Stars – the last by its former chief of fine and high jewellery, Patrice Leguereau, who died in November 2024. PHOTO: CHANEL White gold and natural polished diamonds recur in the range that includes necklaces, belts, earrings and a tiara. But sapphire proves most effective, appearing in pink, blue and even a subtle yellow, while the soft reds of spessartine garnets and some black spinel add interest. It is quite a romantic line, with some sets approaching Sailor Moon levels of girlishness – granted, they are much more opulent. The piece de resistance is the Wings Of Chanel necklace shaped like a pair of unfurled wings that fit around the neck. It is set with a 19.55-carat padparadscha sapphire of a rare pink, and drops into a string of little moons and stars that can be detached and worn as a bracelet. Info: Contact Chanel for prices Havaianas x Gigi Hadid lands on June 30 Supermodel Gigi Hadid's new capsule collection for Brazilian flip-flop brand Havaianas comprises four styles. PHOTO: HAVAIANAS Supermodel Gigi Hadid's new capsule collection for Brazilian flip-flop brand Havaianas will go live on June 30. Comprising four styles, the drop is the casual footwear brand's buzziest in recent memory, following an appearance by Hadid in late May – feet shod in a butter yellow, square-toe pair of Havaianas. US fashion media was quick to seize on the oddity of her bared ankles and toes – really, the whole paw – on the grotty streets of New York, forecasting a 'flip-flop renaissance'. It is a notion perhaps most amusing in Singapore, where the rubber slipper is ubiquitous. Hadid's set comes in classic Havaianas shapes and candy tones – soft-orange, yellow, purple, and blue and green – with retro, pin-up-inspired prints. Each pair bears her signature on the sole and is packaged in a beach-inspired box, with hanger and postcard. Info: Available from June 30 exclusively at Prices to be announced Decorte's Takashimaya pop-up Decorte's AQ Pore Blackhead Dissolver and AQ Perfumed Hair Mist. PHOTOS: DECORTE From June 19 to 25, Japanese beauty brand Decorte, known for its focus on regenerative skincare, will set up shop at Takashimaya's The Atrium. The week-long pop-up gathers Decorte AQ's skin, hair, body and fragrance products in one place and features two new products. The first, the AQ Pore Blackhead Dissolver ($120), is a cleansing serum meant to smooth pores and dissolve excess oil on the face. It is touted as gentle, going for the lipids in sebum plugs and dissolving them right down to the roots, removing the 'grease' and proteins that clog pores. The second, the AQ Perfumed Hair Mist ($80), gives the locks a sweet Magnolia champaca fragrance. Info: From June 19 to 25 , 10am to 9.30pm at Level 1 The Atrium, Takashimaya, Ngee Ann City, 391A Orchard Road Tyler, The Creator reboots two vintage Converse sneaker styles Two iconic Converse silhouettes from the 1970s are making a comeback in Tyler, The Creator's latest collaboration with the sneaker brand. PHOTO: DOVERSTREETMARKETSINGAPORE/INSTAGRAM Tyler, The Creator's 20th collaboration with sneaker brand Converse arrives in Singapore a t Dover Street Market Singapore on June 20. It is part of a new range named 1908 – the year Converse was founded – in which forgotten archival Converse styles are reimagined by rap's one-time enfant terrible. Two 1970s silhouettes are coming back this time : the Coach Jogger, designed as an Olympic running shoe in 1976, and the Naut-1, a boat shoe circa 1971. The Coach Jogger reboot keeps the narrow look and thin sole of the original, but trades its retro branding for the loopy script of the American rapper's shoe line, le Fleur*. The 1908 Naut-1 styles are going funky too. One design comes in a print of the 34-year-old musician's favourite dog and canine mascot of his apparel line, the Airedale Terrier. Info: Available in-store at Dover Street Market Singapore, 18 Dempsey Road, open from 11am to 8pm daily; and online at DSMS E-shop ( . Prices to be announced Join ST's WhatsApp Channel and get the latest news and must-reads.
Vogue
05-06-2025
- Business
- Vogue
Chanel Reaches for the Stars With Its High Jewelry Event in Kyoto
As with all Chanel High Jewelry collections, the basis for Reach For The Stars stems from the life of Chanel herself. This time her quote: 'If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing,' provided the impetus for the collection. The pieces are statement-making and intended for red carpet moments—an extension of Chanel's first and only high jewelry collection in 1932. 'Maybe it's a more classic theme in a way, but at the same time it's a very bold and sophisticated approach to the glamorous style of Chanel,' said Dorothée Saintville, the brand's International Product Marketing Director of Watches and Fine Jewelry. As with all Chanel High Jewelry collections, the basis for Reach For The Stars stems from the life of Chanel herself. Photo: Courtesy of Chanel Japanese craftsmanship was a longtime focus of the late Creative Director of Chanel fine and high jewelry, Patrice Leguéreau, who started this collection before he passed away late last year. Saintville stepped in to join President of Watches and Fine Jewelry Frederic Grangié to shepherd this collection to fruition and continue to drive the creative vision and expansion of Chanel High Jewelry. The stone's intense, warm pink tone with hints of orange and yellow embodies Leguéreau's intention to capture the sensation of golden hour, explained Saintville. Photo: Courtesy of Chanel A hero piece of the collection features a significant padparadscha sapphire. The stone's intense, warm pink tone with hints of orange and yellow embodies Leguéreau's intention to capture the sensation of golden hour, explained Saintville. 'When Patrice thought about this collection he said: 'I imagine pieces kissed by the light of the sun at sunrise or sunset.' ' Imagination, romance, and modernism mark this new collection and the inclusion of wings expands its lexicon. 'There is no rule [of the introduction of new symbols],' added Saintville, 'it's part of the endless reinterpretation of our DNA.'
South China Morning Post
04-06-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Chanel's Reach for the Stars high jewellery debut in Kyoto: how the house drew inspiration from Gabrielle ‘Coco' Chanel's take on Hollywood glamour for one of its ‘most important' collections
The high jewellery grand tour is in full swing. Less than a week after Cartier debuted its new high jewellery collection in Stockholm , Chanel invited a select group of clients, editors and celebrities to Kyoto, Japan's ancient capital, for the reveal of its new Reach for the Stars collection. The range is not just a homage to the celestial bodies that have long been a signature of the house's jewellery repertoire, but also a nod to its founder's background. In her one and only high jewellery collection – unveiled in Paris in 1932 – Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel famously used motifs such as the comet for a constellation-inspired line of diamond-embellished pieces that has gone down as one of her most remarkable achievements. Advertisement Wings of Chanel necklace in white gold, platinum and natural polished diamonds with a cushion-cut Padparadscha sapphire. Photo: Handout A couple of years earlier, the designer had travelled to Hollywood, where she designed costumes for movies such as Tonight or Never (1931), starring Gloria Swanson. That short stint in Tinseltown was the starting point for Reach for the Stars, which celebrates Hollywood's golden age and its stars. Pretty much every single piece – from the cheekily named Take My Breath Away and Dreams Come True sets, to the Wings of Chanel necklace – is meant for a glamorous red carpet 'This collection is almost like a dress code,' president of Chanel watches and fine jewellery Frédéric Grangié explained in an interview in Kyoto. 'When I look at the collection and recall some of those movies, I feel that some of the pieces are like evening dresses. It's a very glamorous collection, but when Coco Chanel was in Hollywood she treated glamour in a completely different way. She was coming from a couture background as one of the greatest designers ever, and created very light dresses with a focus on the back and also silk or muslin sleeves, which gave them a 'winged' silhouette.' The comet is back as a leitmotif, appearing in some shape or form in every single piece, but Reach for the Stars truly shines in its introduction of a new motif that Grangié alluded to: the wing. The Take My Breath Away necklace in pink gold, white gold and natural polished diamonds. Photo: Handout Patrice Leguéreau – the late director of Chanel's jewellery creation studio who conjured up this range before his untimely passing last year – was inspired by one of Coco Chanel 's famous maxims: 'If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.'
