European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse People hop me Grid say an you Coco Chanel i say no c Mon i m a Little younger and toss dead. She s Ines but the accent is on Coco by Michael Gross new York times Ould you like to meet Coco a voice boomed from a speaker on the main floor of Macy s in Manhattan one recent morning. Come and meet the embodiment of quickly a line formed to pass by a Rangy Pencil thin Brunette seated near the Chanel counter autographing photos and passing out samples of Coco the scant named Aller the founder of tha French fashion House. Vanessa Talamantes a visitor from Homewood Al emerged from the line waving one of the photos. It s Coco she announced. That s my problem the Beauty behind the counter sighed a few hours Laier. Even in Paris in the Street Erma Bombeck people Slop a and say Are you Coco Chanel i say no c Mon i m a Little younger and less dead i am not Coco fam promoting this fragrance Coco. Bui i am she it Chanel a image Model the Star of the Coco print advertisements and of a television commercial directed by Richard Avedon. Her full name is Inea Marie Laetitia Eglan Llna Isabella de Peignard de la Fres Sange by she prefers Ines. A say to the Chanel people forget this a la Fres Sange business it s like French language exercises. Ii does t mean anything. Bui they Are very proud of this tens Inea describes herself As a big Bony Green bean that talks too thai sort of self effacing irreverence also symbolizes the spirit of the House of Chanel under Karl Lagerfeld. But Ines is More than a Symbol Many of Lagerfeld a designs Are created with there s a message Here somewhere. The faster automobile manufacturers Are making cars go the slower the cars Are moving in today s traffic at the Peak of the Rush hour in big cities cars Are averaging two blocks to a gallon and there s a projection for Las Angeles that by the year 2000 the average Speed on the freeways will be 17 Miles per hour. A Tortoise running away from Home averages 23 Miles per hour. A 46 Chevy whose motor has died Rolls downhill at 30 . The Only thing that travels slower is the u s. Mail. 1 think we re going to see a new wrinkle in our lifestyle. Everyone knows How much americans Hale to waste time. Whether it s Leisure activities or work. They Are driven to till every minute of every hour. Page 16 the stars and stripes of sure you can always read take your blood pressure clean out your Glove compartment or drink Coffee but where Are he challenges Drivers need to be kept Busy so what can you do at 17 Miles per hour or less. Games Are Good. How about mileage Bingo a Cluster of Drivers will All throw in a Buck or two and the person having the Best Pokar hand on his mileage gauge will win. The More serious players might want to engage in Radiator fio Ulette. This is for Drivers who mate Book on he exact second a Radiator will blow. That s fun for the whole family. For a while a Phoenix disc jockey a an Chilcoat Koy. Conducted stranded in traffic aerobic spots. At he height of the Rush hour traffic Drivers would Don a headband and Roll Down the windows and do Arm circles or grab the steering wheel and do the buttock wednesday j january 21,1987 her in mind. They Are the Way he wishes i would be dressed she said. Things i like and things that fit me Are the Chanel and her role As his Muse extends beyond visual inspiration. Sometimes i ask him for something but it s not precise she said what a makes is never what i have imagined. It s much her relationship with Chanel extends even further i even go to the sales meetings she said i shake hands. I make speeches. But i m never serious. The people from Chanel Are always afraid thinking what in she going to say this Lime " Ines tends to be Frank. I like Chanel style she said but i Don t know much about her or what aha did or what she was and i Don l want to Ines was bom in 1957 in St. Tropez on the French Riviera to a father who is a stockbroker and a Marquis and an argentinian Mother who is a former Model and like her daughter something of a rebel. When her Mother approached Coco Chanel Tor work the legendary designer demanded that she Cut her Long half. She refused Ines reported. She was right she went to work for Guy Laroche Bui her Mother s life As a Naufel a Ouffre modal was a far cry from Hal of her Jel Selling daughter waking up at 5, having planes to jump from one place to another doing rehearsals very Ines has apartments in Paris and London but naw York is like Home it s Only three hours on the concorde. Once i came for a 10-minute appointment she grew up in an 1 bin Century Mill outside Paris she liked clothes but she had no interest in a fashion or modelling career. She wanted id be a Painter or a lawyer or anything but a Model. Since i was 15, people told me 1 would be a Model because was tall and thin but models Are supposed to be stupid. It s not supposed to be an interesting even when she did begin to Model at age 19, after a year and a half studying Art history and archaeology she did not follow a typical career path. She began working As a fitting and runway Moder for the designers whom i liked who were not famous Al that moment Christian Lacroix Guy Paulin. Thierry Mugler Azzedine Alala. And i did t act like a Model because i did t know How i Hough models looked stupid turning with Grace. I Don t know How to make a dress i know that she said because my Little brother would count her renown grew she said because i was the first to do jokes on the runway walking like in the Street making faces shaking hands saying hello. Even ii people did t like me they had to notice one who noticed was Lagerfeld then the designer at Chloe. Soon she was working for him regularly. But i had other fittings and each time i was a Little More late to the others. Once f was an hour late for a Hanae Mori Tilting. I was really afraid to go but had to. So Karl wrote a a letter. Would you please excuse my Friend Ines " several years later she was in new York seeding modelling s Gold ring an exclusive Conraot when out a restaurant window she saw lager led on Madison Avenue. By then he was designing for Chanel. He said what Are you doing Here i said i want a contract. Any kind. Food Coffee he said of not anything but something that was the Beai Nelna of the Chanel idea Ines Wilt not say How big the resulting Sevan year con race was. I can buy two lollipops one kilo of jellybeans and four More Rolls royces aha joked. By old of lofts royces without is Lucks. It s not too crazy to predict car tops made out of trampolines where Drivers can actually jog while wailing for traffic to move la a Telov Isioro cassettes to get into the if you want to see Paradise would bring a messenger on a bicycle Wilh films to fill in your Lime while you wait for the lights to change. Already Here Are signs appearing in car windows or people expressing to Date. 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