Chanel released this palette for their fall 2012 collection.  The sequin embroidery design is a duplicate of its predecessor from the spring 2007 collection. 

With flash:

Unlike the 2007 Chanel Lumière d’Artifices palette, this beige version actually seems to be relevant to the brand’s fall 2012 couture collection.  Dubbed “New Vintage” by designer Karl Lagerfeld, the collection “showcased the
extraordinary handwork which the house’s ateliers and the subsidiary
embroidery houses that Chanel now owns, are so capable of producing… ‘All
the tweeds are embroidery,’ Karl declared. ‘Three thousand hours for
some of them.’ Whilst some were created entirely from looped silken
threads and shimmering paillettes, others were sophisticated patchworks
of color-block plaids.”

Indeed, several examples of the “looped silken threads and shimmering paillettes” came down the runway. Even one of the hats showed sequins painstakingly sewn into the fabric. And not only were sequins in abundance, there were also variations of the subtle stripes of color seen on the palette. While I’m not thrilled that Chanel put out a palette that is, except for color, the same one released over five years ago, I was pleased to see that it was consistent with the couture collection.

It's finally fall here in the Curator's neck of the woods – time for cold-weather fabrics like corduroy, cashmere and tweed, so I thought I'd look at Chanel's Pink Lamé palette.  Released in the fall of 2006, the palette features a pink tweed pattern with silver and gold running throughout. 

As with the Camellias palettes, Chanel took one of its signature fashion symbols and placed it onto a makeup item.  While tweed obviously isn't an exclusive Chanel fabric, the tweed Chanel jacket is considered a classic and makes an appearance in nearly every seasonal collection. 

I had been thinking for a while how cool it would be to have this tweed pattern repeated in other items within the line, and it looks like the company was reading my mind.  Chanel has just released new blushes with tweed patterns on them.   So if you missed the limited-edition Pink Lamé (and can't afford a Chanel tweed jacket) you can still get your Chanel tweed fix in these new blushes! 

 
(photo from neimanmarcus.com)