“I have nothing more to hide,” says Jennifer Aniston on the cover of Allure magazine for the month of December, simply dressed in a Chanel micro-bikini top.
In addition to a muscular body and a perfect brushing, what the 53-year-old actress exhibits here is a cult fashion creation.
Simply made up of two nipple covers stamped with the Chanel logo, white on black, this swimsuit is a rare piece straight out of the imagination of Karl Lagerfeld.
It was born for the spring-summer 1996 season, and on the catwalk of the Chanel show on October 14, 1995.
1990s kid
Carla Bruni in a pink version, the model Stella Tennant (deceased December 22, 2020) or even Kirsty Hume proudly wore the microbikini during the Parisian Chanel show in 1995. These pop and impertinent pieces whose creator had the secret were particularly popular in this end of the 1990s. He was not the only one to venture into the field of the micro below.
Tom Ford, then at the head of Gucci, signed in 1997 another piece that became an icon of this era: a string thong with the double G logo. Two pieces that reappeared in the last series of photos of Jennifer Aniston.
But not only.
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Carla Bruni at the Chanel spring-summer 1996 show. (Paris, October 14, 1995.) Getty
The tiny bikini of the big stars
Back to present day.
Fond of distinctive pieces, celebrities and their stylists frequently dive into the archives of fashion houses to unearth the creation that will make the most impact.
This is how in 2018, in a sexy selfie, Kim Kardashian unearthed this bikini that only vintage fashion enthusiasts had kept the memory of, through snapshots from the time.
It was enough to revive the room from its ashes.
The reality TV star also set her sights on the Gucci G-string, a few years before Jennifer Aniston's poses in Allure magazine.
However, there is little chance that this appearance signals the start of a trend.
“This bikini is listed on the market at a price of 11,900 dollars”, informs us the vintage dealer specializing in the 199s, Marie Laboucarié.
The cause of such a price?
Its rarity: "This piece was produced, as evidenced by the few models that have circulated on the market over the past five years, but certainly few" continues the expert.
As a result, these creations are today jealously guarded by collectors and resellers of vintage pieces.
Only certain stylists therefore have the chance to approach them, like here Shibon Kennedy who signs the look of the actress for
Allure
magazine .
The latter does not fail to warmly thank the dealer El Cycèr for having realized “this dream” by lending the model from its archive collection (which is in no way for sale) in an Instagram post.
And the fashion to make a big deal out of a very small bikini.
