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One of the most stylish and enchanting fashion exhibitions has arrived in New York’s Central Park. Chanel Mobile Art, the multi-dimensional traveling exhibition opened on Oct. 20 and will run until Nov. 9.
Conceived by Chanel’s artistic director, Karl Lagerfeld, as a way to honor the 50th anniversary of Coco Chanel’s classic quilted stitched-leather handbag.
This futuristic pavilion created by Zaha Hadid features the works of 20 artists who have been inspired by the iconic bag.
Mobile Art launched its two-year worldwide tour in Hong Kong in February 2008, before traveling to Tokyo, where it was on view at the National Yoyogi Stadium Olympic Plaza. Following its presentation in New York, Mobile Art will travel to London and Moscow, concluding its tour in Paris in 2010.
Among the guests: Andre Balazs, Serge Becker, Fabiola Beracasa, Emma Bloomberg, Tory Burch, Barbara Bush, Milly de Cabrol, Georgina Chapmann, Drena De Niro, Liliana Cavendish, Gia Coppola, Boykin Curry and Celerie Kemble, Prince Dimitri de Yugoslavia, Jamison Ernest, Rogan Gregory, Marjorie Gubelmann, Simon Hammerstein, Dana Hammond, Tallulah Harlech, Amanda Hearst, Ann Jones, Genevieve Jones, Princess Firyal of Jordan,
Dayssi Kanavos, Doutzen Kroes, Ivana Lowell, Ghislaine Maxwell, Princess Alexandra of Greece, Jean Pigozzi, Aby and Samantha Rosen, Rachel Roy, Amy Sacco, Mortimer and Jacqueline Sackler, Luigi Tadini, Vanessa Traina, Victoria Traina, Alexander von Furstenberg, and Raquel Zimmermann. Paola Antonelli, Hope Atherton, Donald Baechler, Vanessa Beecroft, Melissa Bent, Nicolas Berggruen, Irving Blum, Barbara Bertozzi Castelli, …
Adriana Cisneros, Sante D’Orazio, Lisa Dennison, Kim Heirston, Caio Fonseca, Thelma Golden, Marian Goodman, Agnes Gund, Pamela Hanson, Paul Kasmin, Fran Lebowitz, Peter Marino, Mirabelle Marden, Tobias Meyer, Aimee Mullins, Diana Picasso, Andres Serrano, Gary Tinterow, Maya Lin and Daniel Wolf. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kate Bosworth and James Rousseau, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard, Michelle Williams, Blake Lively and Penn Badgley, Helena Christensen, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, Emily Mortimer, Padma Lakshmi, Katie Joel, Lauren Hutton, Alan Cumming, and Leigh Lezark, Geordon Nicol, and Greg Krelenstein of The Misshapes.
The exhibition aims to showcase the brand’s originality, versatility, high-end appeal, and, of course, its place in the future of fashion.
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