Tag archives: Chanel

Cut From History: The Couture Pattern Museum Preserves Fashion’s Blueprints
By Zach Rosen   |   September 29, 2026

There are worse fates for a Chanel than being wrapped around a teacup. Still, it is probably not the preferred one. Years ago, while hunting through vintage and antique shops for old sewing patterns, Cara Austine-Rademaker asked one shopkeeper whether she had any tucked away. She did. They were in the basement, where she had […]

Veronica Beard Moves Opening to November 13 and Other News Bytes
By Montecito Journal   |   November 18, 2025

Announced earlier to open on October 31, Veronica Beard’s Coast Village Road location is now slated to open on November 13, according to her website. Stay tuned. Chanel Store to Open at The Rosewood Miramar Beach Montecito You asked for more haute couture and it will soon be here with the opening of the Chanelretail […]

Chock Full of Chanel
By Richard Mineards   |   January 28, 2021

New York auction house Christie’s is selling more than 100 pieces of rare vintage Chanel jewelry estimated to be worth more than $163,000. The 106-piece hoard of designer necklaces, earrings, brooches, and more comes from the collection of Susan Gutfreund, an interior designer and Manhattan socialite, who was a good friend of the Kate fan […]

Bid on Lutah
By Richard Mineards   |   February 13, 2020

On the subject of real estate, a 1930s Gilded Age Hot Springs Road property designed by Lutah Maria Riggs, the first licensed female architect in our Eden by the Beach, is being auctioned off. The impressive residence is set to sell without reserve to the highest bidder via leading global firm Concierge Auctions. Previously offered […]