You may never have heard of Maïwenn, the mononymous new muse of fashion house Chanel, but that doesn’t matter to creative director Karl Lagerfeld, who hand-picked her to front the brand’s new eyewear campaign.
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Maïwenn is a 36-year-old French actress, director and screenwriter recognised for her film work in her native country but little-known elsewhere, save for her front row appearances at the last few Chanel shows.
Maiwenn in the new Chanel Eyewear campaign
Her career has enjoyed ups and downs, as has her personal life. She has a daughter with her first husband, The Fifth Element director Luc Besson, who she married when she was just 16. It is said that Besson left her for Milla Jovovich, whom he directed in the aforementioned film and later married. She’s now married to and has a second child with Jean-Yves Le Fur, the wealthy French magazine publisher whose yacht Kate Moss and her family were photographed sunning themselves on earlier this summer.
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Her relationship with Chanel, although not visible, has been long-running. The label would lend her clothes even when her career was in a dip – something for which she is so grateful, she wells up in the short interview which accompanies the Lagerfeld-shot campaign.
Another image from the new Chanel Eyewear campaign
She’s quick to admonish anyone who thinks fashion and intellect can’t go together, saying: “You can watch Chanel fashion shows and watch the news. Fortunately you don’t have to choose. I always vote, I go to rallies, but I also go to fashion shows.”
We couldn’t say it better ourselves.
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