Here’s Agyness, showing up at yet another event (this one was Chanel related as if you couldn’t tell by the cardboard cut-outs of Karl in the background!) in her never-ending quest to be stamped the first supermodel of the new millennium. God love ya, Ma. It’s a pretty strange aspiration, but someone’s gotta want it!

^^To Agy’s right is some show attendee wearing an adorable Chanel dress. Which, good thing I wasn’t there ’cause I would have been forced to rip it off her body.

Sigh, feeling blech these days…..

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Straight up, the dress, which is Chanel, is amazing. You see a garment like this and it’s one of those moments when you are made to understand the difference between ready to wear and coutoure. My issue with Madge in this dress, however, is that she’s so tiny that it doesn’t look as good on her. And she has a tendency to do that–wear outfits that fit her personality rather than her frame. But oh well, she’s Mo. Her critics over the past quarter of a century have come and gone and she remains standing. A bad-ass female if ever there was one!

My other issue is that I’m not crazy about this kind of stark, black, white color contrast. To my eye, it breaks up the dress’s lines too much.

More images (which are all from Wire.com) of the dress, Mo’s accessories and her shoes after the flip.

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Chanel is such an on-fire brand these days that no doubt images from its Resort 2009 show are all over the web (it helps that it was in Miami and it got all-the-usual-suspect celeb attendance), but oh well, even though I may be late, here are a few items I appreciated. And then one look I’m not so sure about!

^^Look at the logo. Karl is FEELING himself and the Chanel name and no doubt enjoying rubbing it in his competitor’s faces that the double C’s are one of the last logos left standing that the cool girls are not only willing, but happy to flaunt front and center. If "Breakfast at Tiff’s" were being filmed today, this dress would be a fine choice for Audrey.

Two more if you click to the right!

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Be still my beating heart! Land your eyes on this amazing Chanel clutch, which was carried by one of the recent Resort Line 2009 show’s attendees.

^^The color, the atomic flower graphic, the discrete Chanel logo, not to mention the folksy yet modern take on quilting…I have to ask, what about this clutch isn’t perfect? (And not for nothing, but the gold Chanel bracelet isn’t a joke either!!)

Happy to be back in BK! (I’ve been in Austin, TX for the past two days),

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With the U.S. economy being half a mess and everone feeling all cautious, it’s not surprising that the runways are pulling back, too (Alexander McQueen’s wealthy-lil-Goth girl show excepted). As such, we’ve been looking, readers, trust me, and we haven’t seen a whole lot from the fall 2008 runways to write about. Sure, the clothes being shown on the French runways are GORGEOUS, but that’s nothing new. This time around the inspiration is all in the details, case in point Chanel:

^^Not sure how I feel about the raincoat, but the two-tone stockings are kick-ass and the way they match up with the shoes is what makes the Chanel name such a hot property on Canal Street.

^^Textured stockings are probably gonna be a big deal this fall, but I just like how arresting this shot is–everything is black but the play of texture, tone and proportion make it amazing.

^^I’m into clutches these days and I like how this one adds some dash to the collection

There’s a couple more shots from the show if you click to the right

Thanks!

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