LAGERFELD GOES SILENT FOR CHANEL SHORT FILM
2009-01-05Karl Lagerfeld has debuted his directorial 10-Min short film of Gabrielle Chanel’s early years.
It’s a “glamorous, big-budget short film of the silent variety ”
Cast include model Brad Koenig and Lagerfeld’s bodyguard/private secretary Sébastien Jondeau. Model Edita Vilkeviciute plays the young Coco. Workers in the Chanel atelier got to play parts as workers in the fashion house as well.
“The second part of the film takes place in 1923, when Chanel was already established”