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Coco Before Chanel by designer Catherine Leterrier


By Sama Team | October 1, 2009


"Coco Before Chanel", the biopic of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, hit theaters last month in the U.S. Audrey Tautou (Amélie, Da Vinci Code) stars as legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel in this biopic penned by director Anne Fontaine, and based on the Chanel biography L'Irrégulière (The Nonconformist) by author Edmonde Charles-Roux. This is the story of a poor girl who transformed into a legendary fashion designer...

We don't want to talk about the movie itself (it received mixed reviews when it came out in France in April) and we want to focus on costume design. Elle Magazine had an interesting interview with the film’s costume designer, Catherine Leterrier. If you're into costume/fashion design, don't miss this article published on the online edition of Elle Magazine:

"When I did all this research on her younger period, I saw how stunning she was, and how modern. She could be in ELLE magazine now! Madeleine Vionnet, Jeanne Lanvin—they were divine designers, but nobody wanted to look like them. Chanel was a star immediately, even before she was really successful, because she was so good-looking. Everything she had on herself, everybody wanted to have immediately."

In case you want to know more about "Coco Before Chanel", here is the Official Trailer:



#1


Sama Reader Dittta

I’ve seen the movie and it’s not that bad. It’s mainly a love story, not much about Gabriel Chanel. But it’s still ok.
Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 10:27 am

#2


Sama Reader Frank_Pin

Frank_Pin

Audrey Tautou is cute, typical French girl :)

Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 1:55 pm

#3


Sama Reader eGlobeR

eGlobeR

I didn’t know Chanel was French…… I know, I know ;)

Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 2:13 pm

#4


Sama Reader BettyKohn

I love Chanel Haute Couture but I’m not interested at all by seeing this movie.

Tautou is cute but Cotillard is ‘more French’ than Tautou I think.
Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 5:08 pm

#5


Sama Reader CaptainMoore

Is Tautou famous in France? I always wondered..
Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 5:21 pm

#6


Sama Reader Thomas

I had the chance to see this movie a long time ago and Audrey Tautou truly shines as Chanel. It’s not a movie about fashion, it’s learly the life of Gabriel Chanel before she became famous. Sometimes it’s a little boring but the overall movie is good. Not a very good one but we’ll see when the other movie about Chanel comes out: Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky directed by Jan Kounen with the beautiful Anna Mouglalis :)

CaptainMoore, Audrey Tautou is famous but not the biggest star, far from it.
Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 8:12 pm

#7


Sama Reader Moshuo

Audrey Tautou is not very famous in France, either is Marion Cotillard. I don’t like both of them, I think they are haughty and doesn’t represent the French talents. We have much better actresses than them in France but they don’t do American movies so nobody knows them excepted French people. Too bad :oops:

Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 9:54 pm

#8


Sama Reader Yull

I love Vanessa Paradis, she’s married to Johnny Deep. Love her teeth :twisted:

Friday, October 2, 2009 at 1:28 am

#9


Sama Reader Hulksman

My favorite french actress is Sophie Marceau she’s beautiful and my age.

Yeah I know, I’m getting old guys!!
Friday, October 2, 2009 at 10:06 am

#10


Sama Reader LILLYAC

LILLYAC

I have seen Coco avant Chanel and I loved it! Especially Etienne :P

Friday, October 2, 2009 at 1:41 pm

#11


Sama Reader Meddi

Sophie Marceau is still very good looking for her age (40) but I prefer a younger actress like Julie Depardieu (daughter of Gerard Depardieu).

-Meddi
Friday, October 2, 2009 at 1:59 pm

#12


Sama Reader Arnold

Yull LOL :P

Lillyac, that actor playing Etienne is Benoît Poelvoorde, he’s from Belgium, great actor indeed!
Friday, October 2, 2009 at 4:37 pm

#13


Sama Reader Goeff

I saw a movie a while ago it was french starring Vanessa Paradis…….. Something like Le fille sur le pond.

Very interesting movie.
Friday, October 2, 2009 at 9:15 pm

#14


Sama Reader Moshuo

I like Julie Depardieu very much!! But she will never be famous in the US, she’s not ‘exportable’ the way Tautou et Cotillard are. :roll:

Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 10:43 am

#15


Sama Reader Witz

M. Cotillard and A. Tautou look alike.

I vote for Cécile de France, she’s from Belgium, like Benoît Poelvoorde.

Belgium Power :P

Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 2:27 pm

#16


Sama Reader Komkiper

Komkiper

Jean Claude Van Dam is belgian too, right?
Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 3:02 pm

#17


Sama Reader Thomas

Moshuo – I also like Lea Drucker

Goeef – The exact title is La fille sur le pont

Komkiper – It’s Jean-Claude Van Damme

Damn, I sound like a teacher here :)

Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 6:54 pm

#18


Sama Reader Goeff

Thx Thomas, I should try to learn french ;)

Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 11:50 pm

#19


Sama Reader ErickNO

ErickNO

Romy Schneider was german and french and she was beautiful.

Max Dana made her portrait and it’s amazing……. Max is a woman of taste :P

Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 9:37 am

#20


Sama Reader Oleg

Agreed EricNo, Romy Schneider was the perfect actress to me and I was very gald when I learned Max Dana made a portrait of her. I think she also did one of Simone Signoret if I remember well, we talked about it on her blog a long time ago.

I don’t know Julie Depardieu but I know Juliette Binoche and she’s gorgeous!!!
Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 12:04 pm

#21


Sama Reader Mark

No offense but French movies are…….. weird :twisted:

Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 2:18 pm



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