Chanel Girls
EDIE CAMPBELL was given one of the ultimate modelling accolades on Tuesday, when she
closed the Chanel spring/summer 2012 couture show - but the experience was nearly all too much.
"Well I didn't really realise that it was a big deal until I was
told by a few people just how important the wedding dress is," she told
us. "And I wasn't nervous until about two minutes before I had to go on,
at which point I nearly did a runner - but I'd probably be a bit obvious
sprinting into the distance wearing a wedding dress."
The "bride" is typically thought to be the most important look
of a couture show, and allows the designer to demonstrate their most intricate
and impressive techniques - and Campbell fully understood the responsibility of
wearing such a dress.
"I'm very flattered and a little confused," said Campbell of
her role. "There were 25 people assigned to making that wedding dress
and I had to try to animate all those hours of labour, so in that sense the
model is important."
Currently represented by Viva London, Campbell was suitably impressed by Lagerfeld's latest
Chanel offering, which took blue as its primary theme.
"I'd wear head-to-toe blue every day if it didn't make me look like
a Smurf ,so yes, it's right up my street!" she laughed.
Another Chanel muse and the label's latest campaign star, Alice
Dellal, also offered her praise for the iconic designer.
"He was so nice and so genuine," she said in an interview for
Chanel. "I wasn't surprised by how genuine and cool he was because you can
tell that, but to be able to talk to him and share the same opinions was really
nice. [The campaign] was such a good experience - I'll remember it
forever."
The British model fronts the house's new handbag line - previously
modelled by Lily Allen, Vanessa Paradis and Blake Lively.
"It's so weird and so unexpected," Dellal explained said of
her new role. "I'd never thought I'd so something like this. I don't want
to compare myself to the other girls, who have done this, but they're all
really different and so am I."
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