EcoLux☆Lifestyle: Chanel 'Les Beiges a la Plage' Strolls into Holts

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In 1913, Coco Chanel opened a boutique in Deauville, France where she sold casual clothing which was suitable for leisure and sport activities. The fashions were constructed from humble fabrics such as jersey and tricot. The boutique location was prime, in the centre of town on a fashionable street and from which Chanel sold hats, jackets, sweaters, and the marinière, the sailor blouse. Every day Coco, her sister Antoinette, and paternal aunt Adrienne would parade through the town and on its boardwalks, wearing Chanel creations drawing people into the fledgling venture.

Les Beiges booths line the skybridge with individual stations for your consultations. Window tinting ensures a beachy glow no matter what the weather outside | Image by Helen Siwak

105 years later, Chanel has recreated the Deauville promenade in the Holt Renfrew skybridge and invites guests to take a visit to the beach. The summer beauty line ‘Les Beiges a la Plage’ creates a soft beige-y pink glow of being sun-kissed. Lips are lush and bright, and nails are vivid.

Enter off Granville or Dunsmuir and take the escalator up one floor to the skybridge | Images by Helen Siwak

The pop-up runs for a month and offers complimentary services for fans of Chanel. (* by appointment only)

Choose Your Healthy Glow: Discover one of the 3 nude Les Beiges makeup looks with a Studio Makeup Artist

Enhance Your Lips: Revive your natural lip colour with a flash lip application

Reveal Your Natural Radiance: Let yourself be pampered by a micro-massage with camellia micro-droplets from Hydra Beauty

Take Your Chance: Follow your mood and discover your CHANCE with an express fragrance consultation

MakeUp Master Class* for Groups of 3-5 guests: Invite your friends and play with your style on an immersive journey into colour

Express Nail Art Application*: Have your favourite new lacquer applied by one of our Nail Artists.

The Chanel attendants in chic striped tee’s will look after everything you need to experience ‘la plage’ | Image by Helen Siwak

Pull up a seat and choose from the amazing array of lacquers | Images by Helen Siwak

Luscious lippy’s for sun-kissed lush lips | Image by Helen Siwak

Karen Liao worked with me on choosing the perfect lacquer and gave a much-needed arm message finalized with a spritz of Chanel Mademoiselle | Images by Helen Siwak

Whether this is a mini-beach or office-sized zen garden, Chanel has taken care of all the beachy needs of guests | Image by Helen Siwak

Before you depart Holt’s, fill in a Chanel postcard and send to a friend. Don’t worry about the stamp, Chanel has them on hand for you! | Image by Helen Siwak

Author Profile

Helen Siwak - EcoFriendly Lifestyle Consultant: Helen Siwak is the founder of EcoLuxLuv Marketing & Communications Inc and publisher of Folio.YVR Luxury Lifestyle Magazine and digital women's lifestyle magazine EcoLuxLifestyle.co. She is a prolific content creator, consultant, and marketing and media strategist within the ecoluxury lifestyle niche. Post-pandemic, she has worked with many small to mid-sized plant-based/vegan brands to build their digital foundations and strategize content creation and business development. Helen is the west coast correspondent to Canada’s top-read industry magazine Retail-Insider, holds a vast freelance portfolio, and consults with many of the world’s luxury heritage brands. Always seeking new opportunities and challenges, you can email her at helen@ecoluxluv.com.