A cruise signed Chanel in Cap d'Antibes

View of the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc, Cap d'Antibes, France, venue of the Chanel Collection Croisière Show 2012 held in May 9, 2011.

 

 Starting from the top left, in clockwise direction:

• A general view during the Chanel Collection Croisière Show 2012 at the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc on May 9, 2011 in Cap d'Antibes, France. 
• Vanessa Paradis (L) and Anna Mouglalis (R) attend the Chanel Collection Croisière Show 2012 at the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc on May 9, 2011 in Cap d'Antibes, France. 
• (L-R) Alexa Chung, Jefferson Hack, Poppy Delevigne and Laura Bailey attend the Chanel Collection Croisière Show 2012 at the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc on May 9, 2011 in Cap d'Antibes, France. 
• A general view of the fashion show of the Chanel Collection Croisière Show 2012 at the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc on May 9, 2011 in Cap d'Antibes, France.

EN -  Last week the Chanel Collection Croisière Show took place in Cap d'Antibes, French Riviera, at the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc that is possibly the most expensive hotel in the world, as Karl Lagerfeld himself pointed out. Cap d'Antibes is poles apart from Saint-Tropez (where the last Chanel Cruise collection was presented a year ago), even if they are distant few hours down the coast. "This is the other side of paradise", said the designer. The Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc has a degree of extravagance that former fishing village Saint-Tropez doesn't aspire to. Rita Hayworth and Aly Khan, former habitués of this hotel, inspired this collection. "I saw everything from a day at the beach to a wedding," commented the actress Rachel Bilson. Indeed this Chanel's Cruise collection covers an almost-infinity of options, last but not least because it stays in stores longer than any other of the collections that Lagerfeld designs each year for the label.

Models walk the runway during the Chanel Collection Croisière Show 2012 

at the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc on May 9, 2011 in Cap d'Antibes, France.

IT - La scorsa settimana la collezione Chanel Croisière è stata presentata a Cap d'Antibes, in Costa Azzurra, all'Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc, il quale è probabilmente uno degli hotel più cari al mondo, come ha fatto presente lo stesso Karl Lagerfeld. Cap d'Antibes è agli antipodi rispetto a Saint-Tropez (dove un anno fa è stata presentata la scorsa collezione Chanel Cruise), nonostante le due località distino l'una dall'altra soltanto poche ore di macchina lungo la costa. "Questa è l'altra parte del paradiso", ha detto lo stilista. L'Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc ha un livello di lusso al quale l'ex villaggio di pescatori non aspira. Rita Hayworth e Aly Khan, ospiti habitué di questo albergo, hanno ispirato questa collezione. "Ho visto di tutto, dall'abbigliamento da spiaggia a quello da matrimonio", ha commentato l'attrice Rachel Bilson. Questa collezione assicura effettivamente un'ampia gamma di scelta, non ultimo perché, tra tutte le collezioni Chanel, è quella che rimane più a lungo nei negozi.

 Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth

View of the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc, Cap d'Antibes, France, venue of the Chanel Collection Croisière Show 2012 held n May 9, 2011. 

(L-R) Tang Wei, Alexa Chung, Anna Mouglalis attend the Chanel Collection Croisière Show 2012 

at the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc on May 9, 2011 in Cap d'Antibes, France. 

Typical streets of Cap d'Antibes, France.

View of Antibes Juan-les-Pins. 

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