Watch Cara Delevingne and Pharrell Williams Sing and Interpret the History of Chanel
Cara Delevingne is a woman of many talents. She can smolder better than the rest — she just took home Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards — recently landed a leading role in John Green’s upcoming film, and sets trends like it’s nobody’s business (even though it is). Now, the multi-hyphenate is adding yet another talent to her ever-expanding portfolio: singing.
In a Karl Lagerfeld directed short film, the 22-year-old croons with Pharrell Williams. The 7-minute video to accompanies Chanel’s Paris-Salzburg 2014/15 Métiers d’art collection. The odd couple are joined by Jamie Bochert, Geraldine Chaplin, and 6-year-old Hudson Koenig in Reincarnation, which features “CC the World,” a song written and composed by the mega producer.
In Reincarnation, Pharrell works as a straight-faced elevator operator and Delevingne a rambunctious beer maid, a role that doesn’t seem too much of a stretch for the notoriously kooky star. But when the classical-like beat starts, the pair’s characters escape to an alternate reality where he is Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, and she Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
While Pharrell might not get to stay suited up in full royal regalia — just like Cinderella, when the music stops the couple go back to their unglamorous roles — his one-of-a-kind jacket remains the same. Geraldine Chaplin, who presumably plays Coco Chanel, asks Williams where he got his jacket. He responds saying they “only made it for me.” Chaplin then says, “Well I am going to make it for me.” And that, ladies and gents, is how the house of Chanel came to be.
