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"    Photo: Getty Images   Tribeca&amp;#039;s West Broadway was awash in Chanel last night as the famed fashion house hosted its annual dinner honoring the Tribeca Film Festival and the artists who have contributed original artwork to the filmmakers through the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival Artist Program. The Odeon played host to the crowd of boldfaced names, which included Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, Sean Avery, Peter Brant, Harley Viera-Newton, Fabiola Beracasa, Mira Sorvino, Paul Haggis, Mickey Sumner, Griffin Dunne, Atlanta De Cadenet, and more. In honor of the esteemed fashion house&amp;#039;s involvement, ELLE.com asked many of the pretty young things about their first experience with Chanel.   Alexa Chung: &amp;quot;Chanel was very far out of my money bracket for a very long time. I went to a fashion show for Karl Lagerfeld, and I was at the back of the crowd trying to get an interview. His colleague pointed to me and said &amp;#039;You, you can ask the only question, go.&amp;#039; I asked him about music, and he was like, &amp;#039;Oh you&amp;#039;re alright,&amp;#039; which started a really nice friendship. Now I borrow Chanel all the time.&amp;quot; Kiernan Shipka: &amp;quot;This is my first memory. This is the absolute best memory. This is an amazing event, and I love this so much. This is my first Chanel dress\u2014and the shoes and the ring and the bag. I went to the showroom and picked it all out. It was so fun and so hard to choose.&amp;quot; Dree Hemingway: &amp;quot;For my 18th birthday, my parents bought me the classic Chanel bag. It was something I really, really wanted. They said, &amp;#039;This is it. This is your Christmas present, this is your birthday present, and we love you.&amp;#039; I still have it and I carry that thing\u2014it is the Mary Poppins bag that everything gets thrown in to.&amp;quot; Sophie Auster: &amp;quot;My mom always wore Chanel No. 5 when I was a kid. I think that smell was very significant for me. When I think of my mother, I think of that smell. If guests were coming over or my parents were going out for the night, I would smell the spritz.&amp;quot; Anh Duong: &amp;quot;In the &amp;#039;80s, I remember the first thing I bought on my own when I came to New York was a very nice suit. I felt so excited because I was buying my first Chanel suit. It was the classic Chanel suit in baby blue tweed, but super short. Of course I was 26, and I had no shame. That was the time to wear it. It made it look very young and sexy. It was a super short version of the classic Chanel.&amp;quot; Radha Mitchell: &amp;quot;I think I inherited a handbag from my mom. Now it&amp;#039;s one of my treasured possessions for sure.&amp;quot; Riley Keough: &amp;quot;It was a bag\u2014a Chanel bag. I was about 12 and I was very lucky. It was the black classic Chanel bag. I loved it. I think my mother gave it to me or I stole it from her\u2014I don&amp;#039;t remember. I don&amp;#039;t think I wore it. I just left it in my closet and looked at it. I probably still have it in storage.&amp;quot; Ari Graynor: &amp;quot;I have yet to make my first fancy Chanel purchase. This is my first time borrowing this bracelet and bag. I&amp;#039;m feeling like it may be time to get my self a little something. Maybe it would be a bag...&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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