Paris eclairs and Coco Chanel

Cara here on Friday,

Ok I tried sooo hard to post a photo the eclairs with the Mona Lisa's face but failed
so check out the link

http://www.fauchon.com/fr/fr/?#/notre-actualite/evenements/week-end-eclairs-2008

You'll see the gourmet Fauchon's selection of eclairs for next weekend and they are
amazing. Sad thing is that I get to Paris two days AFTER the eclair extravaganza...maybe
they'll have some leftovers?

Now on to Coco and news I found - Chanel gave the world the little black dress, the bestselling perfume of all time and clothing that freed women from the constraints of the corset. Now, almost 40 years after her death, Coco Chanel is back in fashion - but it is her life, not her designs, that is taking its turn in the spotlight.

Three new biopics are set to explore the troubled early years and meteoric rise of the orphaned hatmaker from Paris, who came to revolutionise the male-dominated wardrobe and redefine the notion of chic.

Reaching for their scarlet lipsticks and quilted 2.55 handbags, the French fashion media are dolling up for a season of sartorial nostalgia. 2009, declared one newspaper, will be the year of Chanel.

"There aren't many French women who were famous the world over, who defined their era, represented the image of their country, moved among the greats of this world and lived a life full of twists and turns, drama and big love affairs," wrote Lena Lutand, a journalist at Le Figaro.

"While waiting to watch the life of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy ... or Catherine Deneuve, producers are going crazy for Coco Chanel."

In the most keenly anticipated film, Amélie star Audrey Tautou will play the designer before she became famous in Coco avant Chanel alongside Alessandro Nivola.

Another project, Chanel and Stravinsky: The Secret Story, will tell the story of the designer's brief but intense love affair with the cosmopolitan Russian composer.

A third film, made for television and starring six-time Oscar nominee, Shirley MacLaine, will be screened next month in France and the US.

Audrey Tatou I can see but Shirley MacLaine???? What do you think?

Enjoy your long weekend and if you're at the Decatur Book Festival in Georgia
come say hi!
Cara