'tis the season to be broke

Chanel Cancels Mobile Art Tour

We know you’re tired of the doom and gloom, and really, we don’t want to keep bringing you more. Instead, we’d like to give you puppies wearing Phillip Lim. But alas, we have winter storm watch 2008 outside, a tanking economy, and one more month of Dubya. The fashion and art worlds are suffering, so much so that Chanel pulled the plug on the traveling Zaha Hadid art exhibit that we were lucky enough to host in October. But London, Paris, and Moscow? You’re so out of luck.

“Considering the current economic crisis, we decided it was best to stop the project,” said a Chanel spokeswoman. “We will be concentrating on strategic growth investments.”

We know you’re tired of the doom and gloom, and really, we don’t want to keep bringing you more. Instead, we’d like to give you puppies wearing Phillip Lim. But alas, we have winter storm watch 2008 outside, a tanking economy, and one more month of Dubya. The fashion and art worlds are suffering, so much so that Chanel pulled the plug on the traveling Zaha Hadid art exhibit that we were lucky enough to host in October. But London, Paris, and Moscow? You’re so out of luck.

Chanel Cancels Mobile Art Tour