Lily Allen has been tapped as the new celebrity spokesmodel for the Chanel fashion house. As an ardent fan of their handbags, Lily seems the perfect person to promote the new line of Chanel Coco Cocoon purses … tho, ripping off the Audrey Hepburn look for the campaign seems a bit too obvious to me:
She’s rarely seen out without one of her coveted collection of Chanel handbags. So perhaps it is no surprise that when Lily Allen branched out into modelling she chose the label. Newly released photos from an upcoming campaign show her cuddling bags from the Chanel Coco Cocoon range in undisguised delight. The photos were taken by Chanel designer Karl Lagerfield himself and show a playful Lily, unashamedly acting up for the camera. In other shots the 24-year-old wears a huge tiara and black catsuit as she pulls her sunglasses off her nose. Recently she revealed: ‘I don’t feel comfortable modelling – it’s not something that comes naturally to me, especially when I’m working with fashion photographers because they’re used to working with really tall, skinny and beautiful models and I’m very aware that I’m 5ft 2in and a size 12.’ But her worries were unfounded, as the petite singer looks her best in the photos.
Clearly Lily is interested in endeavors other than those that involve music … I understand she is also launching her own line of jewelry as well. These promo photos are very lovely but I still think they’re too obvious. Hopefully the next time she does a bit of modeling she’ll do so as herself rather than in the guise of someone else.
i dunno. i dont think just cause someone puts their hair up like that they are trying to channel holly golightly.
in that first photo is she wearing karl lagerfield’s gloves?
im not a huge lily fan..but i gotta say, i love these pictures.
i like lily allen but i think this chanel handbag campaign looks really cheap, she in my opinion is not right for the brand.
She’s too adorable I love her.
In the third picture it looks like she’s holding a Hefty Bag purse.
I don’t think she is right for the brand. She is just so bitter and pissy all the time…she doesn’t really have that upper crust chic vibe that Chanel is famous for.
sweeeeet. i love her. one of the many reasons why i love her is coz of her fashion sense. shes definitely one of the bigger influences on my style, altho she may not be the most obvious choice. i definitely love her style tho.
i agree that the holly golightly ‘tributes’ have been beat to death, but when lily agreed to do it and then showed up for her shoot, do you think she had anything to say about it? it was probably presented to her in a meeting as what chanel marketing wanted to do and she thought it’d be lovely. blame chanel’s ad agency/reps.
I think the pictures are very cute and don’t see the problem. I mean i am totally over celebs trying portray other celebs/icons (in their own right) But, I think these pics are better than Lindsay Lohan’s Marylin Photos…
these are awesome. i don’t even like lily but she looks gorgeous and i want a chanel now.
Love her! more pics here:
http://www.sayholla.blogspot.c.....ondon.html
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Karl could’ve done better. WAYYY better.
But I tihnk its cute.
I can’t believe she’s a size 12. Is a UK size 12 different than an American size 12? She seems thinner than that for sure (spoken by someone who is 5’2″ and a US size 12, so no flames please).
She looks fabulous =DD
Finally someone wo’s actually British does it! Lookin’ good too.
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Okay, I love big bags, but the one on the bottom left is scarily huge. You could hide a body in there!
I don’t know if she was expressly ripping off Audrey Hepburn…you have to give some credit to people living now. It’s nearly impossible to do anything now without looking like you’re ripping off someone from the past.
Also, not that I’m a huge fan of hers or anything, but I doubt Lily Allen had much say in the direction of the photo shoot. I don’t know much about fashion photography or design, but I’m going to take a wild guess and say that she had almost nothing to do with Karl Lagerfield’s fashion and photographic choices.
Maybe we should blame (gasp) him…??
Apparently that’s blasphemy, but I think he’s a giant tool.
A UK size twelve is a US size 8, but there’s no way Lily is that either. :/
i love lily & she looks adorable in these pics!