Coco Before Chanel

So, the Movie Slut ran into a large editor-at-large, who shall remain nameless. "There's nothing interesting about Coco before Chanel," he insisted. "She's only interesting after she became Chanel." He has a point. Still, the Movie Slut thoroughly enjoyed this orphanage-to-haute couture biopic, even if adorable Audry Tautou was miscast as the smile-averse Coco. Who could resist bearing witness to the birth of the Little Black Dress? Who wouldn't kill to be there when our heroine notices the chic-potential of fishermen's shirts? And voila, jersey! Will you adore this movie? Only if you're a rabid fashionista. The Movie Slut hopes you are.

  Audrey Tautou  ( Amalie , The Da Vinci Code ) does a fantastic job as Coco Chanel. The film is about Chanel’s early life and then takes a huge leap in time to the famous Chanel. Although the film is in French, there really isn’t a lot of dialogue. If this movie is accurate, Chanel was very much a woman ahead of her times when it came to being a designer and business person. The clothes and the settings are breathtakingly beautiful. The film begs for a sequel with the same actress playing those in between years. How did she become this fashion/perfume/cosmetics phenomenon?