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On October 26, 2004, CHANEL. Viewing at 2140 N. Fulton Avenue on Sunday, 12 to 3 P.M. Wake will be held in the Chapel on Monday at 12:30 P.M., Funeral at 1 P.M.

Here are a few raveled threads plucked from that highly charged evening at the Metropolitan Museum, put on by Vogue's Anna Wintour last week. (And, incidentally, did you know that the editor's rather controversial Chanel dress, described as looking a bit like ram's horns, was called "Storm"?) The big hit of the night, I'm told, was tennis ace Venus Williams in a bronze Carolina Herrera gown, wearing a Fred Leighton diadem upside down like a tennis band in her hair. She is being pronounced the best of the non-Hollywood A list.

On Saturday December 11, 2004, in Frederick, MD., CHANEL LEA BROOKS, beloved daughter of Clarence L. and Delores (Segal) Brooks of Midwest City, OK; loving sister of Clarence L. Brooks Jr. of West Palm Beach, FL, Maj. Cherry L. Brooks of Ft. Detrick, MD and Christopher L. Brooks of Sacramento, Ca. She is also remembered by her grandfather Charles Diggs of Baltimore, MD.; nephew Zachary Brooks of Sacramento, CA. and many relative and friends. She is preceded in death by her maternal grandmother Mrs. Ernestine Diggs and paternal grandparents Clarence "Poppy" Brooks and Ms. Bernice Briscoe.

Some time back, we broke the news that Demi Moore was hard at work trying to produce, direct and star in a feature film about Coco Chanel's life. But Demi, who looks as if she could still interpret Chanel's early years, has finally given up on this dream. Financing is difficult under any circumstances, but there are now three - count 'em three - biopics in the works on Coco. One will star Audrey Tautou. Then there's William Friedkin's version of Chanel, to star Marina Hands. And writer/director Daniele Thompson also has definite plans to bring the fashion genius to life onscreen.

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ATTENTION, LADIES WHO LUNCH: Save the Chanel suits for a business meeting. Put away those black flats. And please toss the nude pantyhose out the window. WONDERING IF YOU WERE GLIMPSED? / / Check out baltimoresun.com / glimpsed for additional photos of fashion-forward locals and a critique by fashion writer Tanika White of the styles she saw around town.

At the recent fall preview of the Chanel collection in Paris few of the 1,000 spectators were ready for what came down the long catwalk: models wearing leather baseball caps, quilted leather jackets, distressed and ripped denim. Accessorizing many of the ensembles, even the chiffon dresses and classic Chanel jackets, were multiple thick gold chains. From one chain hung a huge license-plate-shape pendant that read "Chanel" in gold letters."It's the "nouveau" rapper look," designer Karl Lagerfeld declared.

At last week's couture shows in Paris, all the hoopla over rising hemlines almost obscured another fashion turnabout. Accessories were being treated like extra poundage -- trimmed down or eliminated.At Chanel, where the theory has always been "more is better" when it comes to gewgaws, there was not a strand of pearls, never mind the usual ropes of them, decorating a single model. The night before the show, the Chanel designer, Karl Lagerfeld, was supervising the last-minute looks. The usual trays brimming with accessories were spread out before him. But instead of adding, he was subtracting.

On May 25, 2005 HERMAN ROSS III cherished father of Elliott and Chanel Ross; brother of Kirk Ross. He is also survived by a host of aunts, uncles, other relatives and friends. Visitation Thursday 3 to 8 p.m., 2140 N. Fulton Ave. where the family will receive friends on Friday at 9 a.m. with funeral to follow at 9:30.

In the movie The Devil Wears Prada, viewers watch as our heroine Anne Hathaway goes from a style-less blah to a stylish beauty with clothes, shoes and accessories any woman would swoon for. Chanel jackets. Gucci skirts. Giuseppe Zanotti pumps. Christian Louboutin calf-high boots. But Hathaway's Andy Sachs has help -- in a big way. She's able to borrow the latest, most coveted designer clothes from the storage closet of a fictional, glossy fashion magazine. Most of us aren't quite that lucky.

ATTENTION, LADIES WHO LUNCH: Save the Chanel suits for a business meeting. Put away those black flats. And please toss the nude pantyhose out the window. WONDERING IF YOU WERE GLIMPSED? / / Check out baltimoresun.com / glimpsed for additional photos of fashion-forward locals and a critique by fashion writer Tanika White of the styles she saw around town.

In the movie The Devil Wears Prada, viewers watch as our heroine Anne Hathaway goes from a style-less blah to a stylish beauty with clothes, shoes and accessories any woman would swoon for. Chanel jackets. Gucci skirts. Giuseppe Zanotti pumps. Christian Louboutin calf-high boots. But Hathaway's Andy Sachs has help -- in a big way. She's able to borrow the latest, most coveted designer clothes from the storage closet of a fictional, glossy fashion magazine. Most of us aren't quite that lucky.

On May 25, 2005 HERMAN ROSS III cherished father of Elliott and Chanel Ross; brother of Kirk Ross. He is also survived by a host of aunts, uncles, other relatives and friends. Visitation Thursday 3 to 8 p.m., 2140 N. Fulton Ave. where the family will receive friends on Friday at 9 a.m. with funeral to follow at 9:30.

It's a surf war of sorts: Atlantic vs. Pacific, sunrise vs. sunset, from concentrate vs. fresh-squeezed, pines vs. palms. O.C. vs. The O.C. The people of Ocean City, Md. - known locally, of course, as O.C. - insist that they'd make a far better story line than a certain swankier beach community that has lately usurped their nickname. "Everyone knows that O.C. means Ocean City, not Orange County," said Rick Michaels, who air blasts T-shirts at Pop's Joke Shop, and who is not a fan of The O.C., Fox's hit nighttime soap about nattily dressed California teens and their lovelorn parents.

On Saturday December 11, 2004, in Frederick, MD., CHANEL LEA BROOKS, beloved daughter of Clarence L. and Delores (Segal) Brooks of Midwest City, OK; loving sister of Clarence L. Brooks Jr. of West Palm Beach, FL, Maj. Cherry L. Brooks of Ft. Detrick, MD and Christopher L. Brooks of Sacramento, Ca. She is also remembered by her grandfather Charles Diggs of Baltimore, MD.; nephew Zachary Brooks of Sacramento, CA. and many relative and friends. She is preceded in death by her maternal grandmother Mrs. Ernestine Diggs and paternal grandparents Clarence "Poppy" Brooks and Ms. Bernice Briscoe.

On October 26, 2004, CHANEL. Viewing at 2140 N. Fulton Avenue on Sunday, 12 to 3 P.M. Wake will be held in the Chapel on Monday at 12:30 P.M., Funeral at 1 P.M.

Chanel does FryeThe old Frye biker boot, the one with a blunt toe and a ring at the ankle with three straps of leather, is having a revival. Models and fashion editors at the Paris shows could be seen clomping in and out of the fashion tents in the hippie-era shoes. Chanel, a classic house that increasingly goes to the street for inspiration, made a runway version with rounded toe and Chanel double-C brooches on the ring.If you are going to buy just one thing this spring, make it a pleated skirt.

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. -- The doe-eyed Marissa and her spunky friend Summer are lying by the pool in tiny bikinis, sunning and drinking Newport Beach iced tea (i.e., spiked) at 10 in the morning. It must be Fox TV's soapy hit series The O.C., which is back for a second season starting Thursday at 8 p.m. But those aren't just any bikinis. Marissa (Mischa Barton) is wearing a white Calvin Klein with tortoise shell detailing, and Summer (Rachel Bilson) is in a fuchsia pink Dolce & Gabbana.