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SCENTS AND SENSIBILITY: In Chanel’s front row Tuesday, actress Zhou Xun, a household name in China, disclosed she’s the latest celebrity hoping to build a brand. Xun plans to launch her own label, starting with a fragrance plus candles and accessories, in Beijing later this year. “I’m very sensitive to scent,” she said. “While other people remember people’s faces, one of the ways I remember people is by their smell.”
Architect Peter Marino said he’s also busy in Beijing working on projects for brands including Chanel, Dior and Louis Vuitton. “That’s where it’s at,” he declared of China. He’s also designing a 10,000-square-foot casino in Las Vegas. “It’s a hoot,” he said.
Readying to shoot a campaign for a new, undisclosed Chanel scent, photographer Jean-Paul Goude said he’s working on his retrospective at Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris, scheduled for 2011. “It’s almost as big as this place, it’s a big deal,” he declared.
Chanel face Anna Mouglalis, meanwhile, said she’s totally immersed in her directorial debut, dubbed “Le Gars” (“The Fellow” in English) starring hubby Samuel Benchetrit. “It is very moving working with someone you know so well and finding so much inspiration in him. He plays a vampire so evidently it’s fictional, which is a good thing,” she laughed.
Fresh from playing a vampire herself in “Blood: The Last Vampire,” Korean actress Gianna Jun said she continues her collaboration with denim label True Religion in Korea. New to the fashion circus, Isabel Lucas, the Australian actress who’s won international fame for her role in “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” said she’s rapidly adjusting to the limelight. “It has been a whirlwind. I’ve had a very tight schedule,” she related. Accompanied by her law graduate sister Nina, who was also decked out in Chanel, Lucas said she’s looking forward to wearing more couture for a spread in Italian Vogue.
Couture client Danielle Steel, who’s just completed her 108th book, lamented the questionable fate of the financially pressed Lacroix. “I don’t know if they can salvage it, they need a miracle,” she said. “It’s a piece of major history, he’s so unique.”
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