SAINT-TROPEZ EPHEMERAL BOUTIQUE

From April 25^th, CHANEL takes up summer residence at the private mansion La Mistralée in Saint-Tropez and sets up its ephemeral boutique. Each year between these walls the House creates different décor settings, a showcase for its Ready-to-Wear, accessories, watches and fine jewellery collections, but it is also dedicated to fragrances, skincare and beauty.

This season, the décor tends towards clean lines and monochrome. From the vestibule to the verrière, each room is painted in a single shade: navy blue, burgundy, pink nude and gold. Only just a few walls are heightened with sections of floral wallpaper. The glass and chrome furniture in colours to match each room is modern and minimal.
Like a spider’s web guiding the visitor, the parquet floor is painted throughout in burgundy red in reference to the iconic CHANEL handbag interiors. The path ends at the verrière, a glass-roofed room bathed in light and with a rotunda ceiling that displays a huge camellia, 2.5 metres in diameter with white and golden petals.
The vestibule in navy blue presents silhouettes from the Spring-Summer 2015 Ready-to-Wear collection. The salon in shades of powder pink displays the accessories and shoes. Finally, right in the heart of the verrière, one discovers a selection of watches from the Première, J12 and Mademoiselle Privé collections arranged on a central display along with other Ready-to-Wear pieces.

The private mansion La Mistralée features a luxuriant garden and a pool with a giant floating camellia. Arranged here and there, lacquered raw-wood tables and stools in burgundy, celadon, mint and mustard yellow offer an open invitation to relax.
The nearby pool house is dedicated to beauty, fragrances and to beachwear. The niches gather together the emblematic CHANEL perfumes, beauty accessories - all sorts of make up brushes - nail polishes, eye shadows and blushers, and other palettes composing a colorama bursting with sunshine.

To discover from April 25^th, the CHANEL ephemeral boutique will remain open until October 2015.

CHANEL EPHEMERAL BOUTIQUE
1, avenue du Général Leclerc
83990 Saint-Tropez
France
+33 4 94 49 07 47

May, June and September: 10am-1.30pm and 3.30pm-8pm
July and August: 10am-1.30pm and 4.30pm-9pm

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2014: The Year in Instagram

None of the photos you’re about to see managed to #BreakTheInternet. But among Instagram’s 300 million active users, the social community’s most fashionable photo sharers do deserve recognition for doing it right in 2014. Our favorite snaps weren’t just pretty or witty, either. 2014’s Instagrammers helped spread awareness about causes like ALS and pushed the cultural conversation along, one nip slip at a time. With more than 70 million photos shared daily, it’s impossible to call out all the memorable pics. So instead, we pay tribute to the influential people behind the accounts. Here, the Instagram superlatives of 2014.

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El Parisian Winter Tale de Tatiana de Rosnay para Montblanc en una película realizada con Paper Art

Durante más de cien años, Montblanc ha sido sinónimo de tradiciones que, por su valor, perduran en el tiempo y de una exquisita artesanía que le ha permitido crear objetos que pasan a formar parte de un legado que se transmite de padres a hijos.

Al tener su origen en la cultura de la escritura - no en vano, Montblanc lleva años creando plumas conmemorativas para fomentar la excelencia mediante la promoción cultural -, este año ha pedido a la escritora anglo-francesa Montblanc nos felicita la Navidad a través de un Winter Tale escrito por Tatiana de Rosnay e ilustrado con la técnica del Paper Art.

Tatiana de Rosnay que escribiese un precioso Winter Tale para felicitarnos la Navidad.

Como probablemente ya sepáis, Tatiana es la autora francesa más leída en los Estados Unidos. Hasta el 2007 sólo escribía en francés, pero ese año publicó su primera novela en inglés a la que llamó “Se llamaba Sarah” que ha vendido la friolera de 9 millones de ejemplares en todo el mundo.

Pues bien, Tatiana ha escrito un cuento corto en inglés – aunque la acción tiene lugar en París -, al que ha titulado “A Parisian Winter Tale”. La historia cuenta como una joven peluquera aprovecha su día libre para acercarse a ver los escaparates que los grandes almacenes de la capital suelen decorar con motivo de la Navidad.

De vuelta a casa se encuentra con una cartera que se le ha debido de caer a alguien. La abre y en su interior descubre un pequeño tesoro: junto a los mil euros en billetes había también unas preciosas cartas de amor muy antiguas que un hombre escribió, en su día, a su mujer.

La joven siente enormes tentaciones de quedarse con el dinero, pues le hace falta, pero luego piensa que esas cartas probablemente sean mucho más valiosas para la persona que perdió la cartera que todo lo que ella podría conseguir con ese dinero. Así que hace lo correcto, busca el carnet de identidad y devuelve la cartera a su dueña, que era una anciana que vivía en un barrio elegante de París, que se alegra mucho de recuperar toda esa correspondencia epistolar. Un gesto que propicia el que conozca al nieto de la anciana, y que puedan empezar una bonita relación.

Instalación y Making Of

Para ilustrar este cuento, los responsables de Montblanc han recurrido al talento de la artista neoyorquina, Jo Lynn Alcorn, que se ha especializado en la técnica del Paper Art, y que ha dado vida a una serie de pequeñas obras de arte en 3D realizadas en papel con el objetivo de mostrar la belleza de lo cotidiano, y la vida en las grandes urbes como inspiración.

Con mucha técnica y haciendo gala de un exquisito buen gusto, esta artista ha ido esculpiendo en papel una pequeña obra de arte, que los responsables de Montblanc han decidido convertir en una película digital, única en su género, que fuese capaz de sublimar esta instalación única, con una puesta en escena que se ajusta a la perfección al cuento de Navidad escrito por Tatiana.

Ha hecho falta mucho papel, una gran precisión e interiorizar con sensiblidad el cuento escrito por Tatiana para que Jo Lynn Alcorn pudiese reinterpretar este preciosa historia en una obra de arte realizada en papel tan delicada como exquisita.

Estas increíbles esculturas en papel requirieron más de un mes de trabajo de orfebre para poder dar vida a esta película que es el resultado de un trabajo manual de découpage y de assemblage tan exigente como creativo, una experiencia poética asociada a un expertise incuestionable, que ha representado un reto artístico de una envergadura excepcional, arropado por un magnífico juego de luces y sombras.

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Chanel: ‘Reincarnation’ by Karl Lagerfeld

‘Reincarnation’ is the title of the video-clip created and directed by Karl Lagerfeld to accompany the Paris-Salzburg 2014/15 Métiers d'art collection to be shown on December 2^nd 2014 in Salzburg.

This new short film was the perfect opportunity for Karl Lagerfeld to develop an artistic collaboration with Pharrell Williams, a close friend of the House and personal friend of the designer. In fact, the artist composed and wrote the lyrics to ‘CC The World’, the original soundtrack for Reincarnation, and he also played one of the lead roles and will be, along with Cara Delevingne, the face of the upcoming campaign of the Paris-Salzburg 2014/15 Métiers d'art collection.

Once again Karl Lagerfeld had imagined an episode from the life of Gabrielle Chanel. Embodied by Geraldine Chaplin, Gabrielle Chanel is holidaying in the suburbs of Salzburg in 1954. At her hotel she meets a young lift-boy played by Pharrell Williams who wears a jacket which would later inspire the iconic CHANEL jacket.

“It was time to show the origins of the CHANEL jacket, inspired by the one worn by the lift attendant in a hotel near Salzburg in the 1950s (…) Reincarnation is the story of a lift attendant’s jacket being reincarnated as a timeless piece of women’s wear,” declares Karl Lagerfeld.

‘Reincarnation’ is also the evocation of another era, that of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which Karl Lagerfeld brings to life for one night in the heart of the 1950s.

Karl Lagerfeld adds: “None of this would have been possible without Pharrell Williams, Cara Delevingne and Geraldine Chaplin. It’s the perfect cast. Pharrell is a genius and Geraldine at her best in the role of Gabrielle Chanel in the year of her comeback.”

‘Reincarnation’ will be screened in Salzburg on December 1^st, 2014 the night before the Paris-Salzburg 2014/15 Métiers d'art show.

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VAEA's Annual Benefit Gala Honoring Sofia Imber with the 2014 Páez Medal of Art

Sofía by Ben Abounassif 

Ali Cordero Casal

Chairman

The Board of Directors of

The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts

Reinaldo and Carolina Herrera

Gala Chairs

Richard T. Hall

Marisela Gonsalves

Co-Chairs

Cordially 

invite you to attend:

VAEA's Annual Benefit Gala

Honoring Sofia Imber with the 2014 Páez Medal of Art

Eglantina Zingg

Mistress of Ceremony

Adela Márquez

Raúl Olivo

Gala Hosts

Live Musical performances by:

DJ Titina Penzini 

Ximena Borges

Manu Manzo

Wednesday, November 19th 2014

David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center

61 West 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023 

(entrance on Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets) 

Black Tie

To Purchase Tickets

visit: http://vaearts.org/US/archives/2835

call: 917.285.8232

email: gala@vaearts.org

View full invitation here.

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The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts

Dear Carlos,

On behalf of the Board of Directors of The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts, I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to VAEA's Annual Benefit Gala Honoring Sofía Imber with the 2014 Páez Medal of Art, to be held Wednesday, November 19th 2014 at David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center in New York City.

VAEA's Gala will be a night to honor Sofía Imber and celebrate the cultures of Venezuela and The United States; the raised proceeds will go directly to VAEA's philanthropic mission of strengthening the ties of friendship between our two great nations through bi-national cultural and social programs.

I look forward to personally welcoming you to our Gala, which will surely be a night to remember!

Ali Cordero Casal, Founder / Chairman

The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts

Sofía by Ben Abounassif

Ali Cordero Casal

Chairman

The Board of Directors of

The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts

  

Reinaldo and Carolina Herrera

Gala Chairs

Richard Hall

Marisela Gonsalves

Co-Chairs

Cordially invite you to attend:

VAEA's Annual Benefit Gala

Honoring Sofia Imber with the 2014 Páez Medal of Art

Eglantina Zingg

Mistress of Ceremony

Live Musical performances by:

DJ Titina Penzini 

Ximena Borges

Manu Manzo

Wednesday, November 19th 2014

David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center

61 West 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023 

(entrance on Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets) 

Black Tie

To Purchase Tickets

visit: http://vaearts.org/US/archives/2835

call: 917.285.8232

email: gala@vaearts.org

Sponsors and Partners

Sofia Imber

Sofia Imber is one of the most outstanding personalities in the history of Venezuelan art and journalism, being a notable advocator for the arts in Venezuela and throughout Latin America.Imber's contributions to the arts as a journalist, art promoter, educator and philanthropist have made her an ideal recipient of VAEA's highest award. As a journalist, Sofia helped the establishment and coordination of the cultural pages of the Venezuelan newspaper El Universal and worked with dozens of publications across the continent for more than fifty years; As a promoter of the arts, in 1973 she founded and directed for 31 years The Museum of Contemporary Art of Caracas, considered to be one of the most important museums of Latin America and recognized for both the quality of its programing as well as its superb collection, which includes the works of Miró, Picasso, Botero and other world-renowned artists; Under Sofia's leadership the MACC was the first Venezuelan museum to offer a library service specializing in art, a space for artistic training for children and adults, a department of special education for the blind and a multimedia center for the arts. Most recently, the Universidad Católica Andres Bello inaugurated the Biblioteca Sofia Imber after receiving her donation of 5,000 books and catalogues, an outstanding contribution for scholars students and future generations.
Sofia Imber's passion and avid advocacy for arts and culture has undoubtedly changed the lives not only of the artists that she has promoted, but also of the millions of people whose lives were improved by having a world-class museum in Caracas.

Reinaldo and Carolina Herrera, Gala Chairs

Mr. and Mrs. Herrera perfectly embody VAEA's mission of celebrating the cultures of Venezuela and the United States 
Mr. Herrera is a renowned journalist, a special-projects editor at Vanity Fair magazine and in Venezuela he shared with Sofia Imber the famous television program "Buenos Dias".
Mrs. Herrera is a celebrated fashion designer and style icon. As a fashion designer, her contribution of timeless and elegant creations has been universally recognized and admired; As an icon, her beauty and personal aesthetic have been inspiration for many photographers including: Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe, José Sigala, Victor Skrebneski, Annie Leibovitz, and Mario Testino
Mr. and Mrs. Herrera share a passion for art and philanthropy and actively support many charities and noble causes. It is acknowledging these philanthropic spirit that Reinaldo and Carolina Herrera, exemplary citizens of both countries joined VAEA as Gala Chairs to support the international recognition to the career of Sofia Imber and our mission towards U.S. and Venezuelan culture.
Photo: Reinaldo and Carolina Herrera by Jose Sigala, Hacienda La Vega, Caracas 1971

Eglantina Zingg, Mistress of Ceremony 

Throughout her successful career in entertainment, Ms. Zingg has undoubtedly become an ambassador of Venezuela's culture and an example of the beauty and talent from this great nation. VAEA is very grateful to count with her support and participation in VAEA's Gala, which will surely bring a bright spark to our most important night of celebration.

Eglantina Zingg was born in Caracas, Venezuela and is a multifaceted actor and television host.  She was most recently the host of the third season of Project Runway Latin America (GlitzTV).  More recently, Eglantina made her feature film debut in SECRETO DE CONFESIÓN directed by Henry Rivero, Produced by Edgar Ramirez and staring Juan Pablo Raba.

In addition to her entertainment career, Eglantina launched Project Peace Latin America (Proyecto Paz Latinoamérica), which promotes the values of peace through sport, music and culture in the most vulnerable communities in Latin America.

VAEA's Gala Committee 
VAEA counts with the support of an amazing group of people that are committed to the organization and have contributed to our success.

Gala Committee Members: 
Rafael & Piaspia Egañez, 2011 Gala Chairs
Marcio Souza & Maria Brito, 2012 Gala Chairs
Angel Sanchez & Christopher Coleman, 2013 Gala Chairs
Neal & Anita Slavin, 2013 Honorary Chairs
Victoria Benatar
Antonio Herrera-Vaillant & Carolina Stone de Herrera
Omar Hernandez 
Pablo Muñoz & Alice McLauglin
Cherry Nuñez 
Carlos Valedon & Titina Penzini
Nieves Puppio de Zingg

VAEA's Young Committee

VAEA is so grateful to have such an amazing group of young people enthusiastically support our organization.

VAEA's Young Committee is actively involved with VAEA, bringing energy and fresh ideas to our Gala planning and programs.

YC Members: Alejandro Jassan, Ana Teresa Yanez, Anabella Tinoco, Andrea Suels, Andres Monsalve, Claudia Torres Rondón, Daniel Mora-Brito, Daniel Salcedo, Daniela Quiroba, David Gómez-Villamediana, Diana Montero, Diego Romero, Gabriel Rivera, Mónica Sordo, Nicole Neeb, Oliver Krisch, Raul Vidal and Sara Villasmil. 

Live Musical Performances 

VAEA's Gala will surely be a night to remember and these group of talented Venezuelan performers will make sure of that. 

DJ Titina Penzini will bring her chic beats to dance the night away, while Ximena Borges, who is a 2013 VAEA Grant recipient, will show our guests the true power of her voice and Manu Manzo's latin  and jazz sound will surely keep us moving
 Video Invitation

VAEA's 2014 Annual Benefit Gala

Honoring Sofia Imber

SUPPORT VAEA

Make a tax deductible contribution to VAEA.

The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts is a 501(c)3 tax exempt registered organization, contributions to VAEA are tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.

to make a donation online click here

The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts

Mailing address: 25 Broadway, 9th Floor NYC 10004 | Phone: 917-285 8232 (vaea) 

Website: www.vaearts.org 

Facebook: http://facebook.com/vaearts 

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