Although it’s mythical and iconic, I’ve never had a desire to visit the mecca of artifice that is Vegas. vvvv I must be one of the few fashion people who’s worked in the US that hasn’t done a shoot there. * * * * * * * * * * * * * There is no denying it’s tawdry, ‘Toytown gone bad’ appeal; all neon promises, daylight-denying casinos full of diamante encrusted, Marabou-feathered showgirls who can can. I am, however, very*inspired*by what it inspires in others.
*Vegas Show Girl * *Vegas Chanel Collection*
“The Night before I left Las Vegas I walked out in the desert to look at the moon.
There was a jeweled city on the horizon, spires rising in the night, but the jewels were diadems of electric and the spires were the neon signs ten stories high.” Norman Mailer
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“Las Vegas looks the way you’d imagine heaven to look at night.” Chuck Palahniuk.
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American beat poet Diane Wakowski compared Frank Baum‘s ‘The Wizard of Oz‘ with Las Vegas, elegantly weaving the excerpt below into her book ‘The Emerald City of Las Vegas’
“Dorothy and her friends were at first dazzled by the brilliancy of the wonderful City. The streets were lined with beautiful houses all built of green marble and studded everywhere with sparkling emeralds. Even the sky above had a green tint, and the rays of the sun were green.”
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For many, it is the birthplace of the ‘Rock n Roll Wedding’, inspiring many a hedonistic rush to the drive-in alter.
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Rat Pack regular Frank Sinatra once said *Las Vegas* is the only place where money really talks. It says, “Goodbye”.
Hunter S. Thompson said: “For a loser, *Vegas* is the meanest town on earth.” $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ghugkukugkugkjgkgkugkuyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyytttttttt
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* **showgirls and another laid-to-rest neon** * ** Especially
*now
*that
Vegas‘*razzle dazzle
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*inspired
*CHANEL*to
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**collection in it’s name.
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I think I will be going there after all.*** ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* *Chanel’s* new**Vegas* collection, in stores now. *** ** * * * * * * * * *
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