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1 Apr

Chanel Kicks Off Villa Noailles Centenary With Opera Preview

Chanel Kicks Off Villa Noailles Centenary With Opera Preview
POWER COUPLE: To mark the centenary of the Villa Noailles, the modernist home built by art patrons Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles within the southern French town of Hyères, Chanel hosted a musical performance on Thursday on the 7L library in Paris, within the space that was Karl Lagerfeld’s photo studio. Shelves lined with a staggering 33,000 books provided the backdrop for a preview of “Ressusciter la Rose,” the opera based on an original idea by Jean-Pierre Blanc, director of the Villa Noailles and founding father of the annual Hyères International Festival of Fashion, Photography and Accessories. “The place where we're tonight is exclusive,” said Bruno Pavlovsky, president of fashion and president of Chanel SAS. “It reflects its creator’s immense culture and...
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7 Sep

Hyères Festival Moves to October Permanently, Teases Villa Noailles’

Hyères Festival Moves to October Permanently, Teases Villa Noailles’
PARIS — The Hyères International Festival of Fashion, Photography and Fashion Accessories will permanently happen in October, its founder and general manager Jean-Pierre Blanc revealed Wednesday here. “Postponing the festival to October [due to the COVID-19 pandemic] has given us more respiratory room within the organization,” he said during a conference cohosted by Blanc and festival president Pascale Mussard, noting that it was the “first time in 37 years” this system of an upcoming edition could possibly be formally presented.  Before diving into the particulars of the thirty seventh edition, slated to happen from Oct. 13 to 16, Blanc was already putting 2023 in everyone’s diary as it is going to mark the centenary of the Villa’s creation. This anniversary shall be an...
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