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The Chanel-cycle

Chanel bike bicycle
Here it is, the Chanel Bike



Chanel is one of premiere names on the catwalk and in commercial fashion attire. Branching into the accessories arena with the ludicrously successful range of perfumes, now comes a novel debut. The French label has unveiled a bicycle as part of 2008’s Summer/Spring catalogue.

Chanel perfume
The fragrance of Chanel Perfume



Parking in Chanel boutiques this December (Just in time for Christmas), the bike is features in a collection saluting the prestigious fashion house and Coco Chanel’s adoration for sport.

Coco Chanel
the one and only Coco Chanel


Focusing on divine luxury as well as the all important cosmetic details, with the name Chanel attached you can rest assured this is much more than just a pair of pedals, a chain and two wheels.

The quilted leather seat is branded with the stylish house's signature double-C logo. Blossoming in the imagination of Karl Lagerfeld, the ergonomic, aluminum-framed eight speed bike blesses the owner with pedalling power in elite comfort.


Chanel logo
The famous Chanel Logo


Don’t be fooled though this is a chain-link propelled Rolls Royce that doesn’t come cheap. The price tag? More than $10,000 Australian dollars.

This environmentally friendly transport fights global warming and may be a great gift for Lance Armstrong or a Paris Hilton love child. The rest of us just have to sit back and wonder, how comfortable is that seat really?

Bicycle fashion
An 1800's advertisment that shows the elegant mode of transport's traditional fashion statement.
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We have all seen the power of the stylist. Before we knew it, Hollywood stylist Rachel Zoe had Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Ritchie and Jessica Simpson all sporting drapey gowns over wispy thin bodies. One journalist touts that its only since Celebrities and Designers realised that revenue could be bought in from red carpet photographs, that the Stylist has forged a position in society on par to a Publicist and Celebrity Manager. They are THE ultimate accessory and Celebrities today dont leave home without them.

A new super power has emerged with the baby boom among CEO's, Supermodels and Hollywood's A-List - having on call one's very own Parisian Baby Stylist. I had the pleasure of catching up with the name in every starlets Little Black Book - Laetitia Lerouge


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