Fact-or-fiction Chanel-Stravinsky affair curtains Cannes

May 24, 2009

"Coco" Chanel's serial affairs with illustrious lovers have long been set in print, and Cannes curtains its film festival Sunday with a fact-or-fiction tale on her affair with Igor Stravinsky. Endorsed by the fashion label and starring house "face" Anna Mouglalis and Karl Lagerfeld designs, the story chronicles Chanel's 1913 encounter and ensuing affair with the Russian avant-garde composer.