Chanel Opens an Outdoor Theater at the Louvre
Summer is the perfect season for gallery-hopping and enriching your cultural horizons. This month, immerse yourself in the best of the arts, starting with Chanel's open-air cinema beneath the stars at the Louvre. Then, witness fashion history in the making as one of the world's most iconic handbags goes under the hammer at Sotheby's.
From now until July 5, you can relax under the Parisian stars and enjoy an outdoor film screening at the Louvre, courtesy of Chanel. This year's Festival Cinéma Paradiso Louvre kicked off with a screening of The Virgin Suicides by Sofia Coppola and will be followed by In the Mood for Love by Wong Kar-Wai, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me by David Lynch, and The Secret Agent by Kleber Mendonça Filho. Tickets are free and available through a lottery here.
The white whale of collectible bags is up for sale. On July 10, Sotheby's will auction Jane Birkin's original Birkin bag. The design was initially created due to a chance encounter on a flight between Birkin and Jean-Louis Dumas, the then-artistic director of Hermès, transforming handbags forever. The Birkin is scheduled as Lot 8 and bidding will begin at approximately 10:10 A.M. ET. You can watch the live auction here.
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