I think Karl Lagerfeld tried really hard to make this film overtly chic, and he might have been successful had he hired a writer to create a storyline and dialogue, but what Karl ended up with instead is a pretentious mess with a 1970s porn film acting style. Worst of all, Lagerfeld makes it look like Chanel stole all her ideas from her clients, from ropes of pearls to using tweed and jersey…
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I’m afraid I have to agree. I was curious to see what he came up with, but when I watched it yesterday I was just sort of embarrassed; kept looking around to see if anyone was watching me watching that hot mess. The mish-mash of styles and Coco being “inspired” over and over. I had to shut it off halfway through.
Lagerfeld was quick to criticize all the other films about Chanel’s early life, so I assumed his film would be a rebuttal to all the misconceptions and inaccuracies about her, but its really the worst of the lot. It’s also not very well styled – I thought that at least Lagerfeld would get that right!