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By Lucy Hutchings on Friday 7 November 2008

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Marie Claire Fashion News: Audrey Tatou as Coco Chanel‏

The first picture of Audrey Tatou as Coco Chanel has been released this week, and has quickly confirmed all suspicions that the movie is set to be the most stylish of 2009.

Coco Avant Chanel will be released next year, and is currently being filmed in Paris and Normandy. It is loosely based on Edmonde Charles-Roux's biography of Chanel, entitled L'irreguliere.

A must-see for fashion fans, the biopic stars the Amélie actress as Coco in the early years of her career, and will culminate with a fashion show, containing classic Chanel pieces.

Here Tatou is seen in a Stephen Jones hat, one of the many stylish pieces sure to be on show. The costumes are beng designed by Catherine Leterrier, who desribed the film's look to The Independent this week.

'The period we are recreating is that of Coco before she was Chanel,' she said. 'She was poor, but she had her own style. I wanted to show how she was different from the ladies of her time.'

She added, 'Audrey Tautou is amazing in that part, she is so Chanel.'

Saying she didn't hesitate 'a single second' on taking the part, Tatou added in a statement, 'Any woman who wants to invent a destiny for herself can identify with the early years of Coco Chanel, a young uneducated woman who dreams of entering the world while exacerbating her differences and ignoring everything of the extraordinary destiny awaiting her.'

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Friday 7 November 2008

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What inspired casting! It is always interesting to delve into the fashion past - I often hope it will inspire my current style choices. Let's hope a little bit of Coco/Audrey rubs off on the rest of us.
Comment by Disco Nap London on November 07 14:13

Wow! I can hardly wait for the movie to come OUT! I ABSOLUTELY adore CHANEL a woman beyond her time.

Comment by Rashed - Dubai - UAE on November 09 06:06