INSPIRATION: “Today, people are ready for silent movies again, as they spend time — hours, I would say — looking at text messages and emails,” observes Karl Lagerfeld of his Paris-Moscoe silent homage to Coco Chanel, 1913-1923. The directorial debut narrowly avoided status démodé in the face of two 2009 celluloid efforts: Coco avant Chanel (catch this month’s Vanity Fair portrait of Audrey Tautou in character) and Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (Shirley MacLaine’s Lifetime biopic doesn’t count). So go ahead: flaunt those (knock-off) interlocking-Cs.

“Cut my head off and I look like an adolescent boy,” declared the original Double C. Imitation jacket, $325. Fawn (967 Queen W., 647-344-4703). Slow and Steady Wins The Race No°8 shirt, $100. Chasse Gardeé (1084 Queen W., 416-901-9613).

Out: bling, rhinestone-covered red carpetry. In: the new modesty, accessorized with haute feathers and classic pearls. LaKrause feather headwear, $75. Shop Girls Gallery Boutique (1342 Queen W., 416-534-7467). Faux pearls, $6.80. Forever 21 (302 Yonge, 416-260-9019).

Lagerfeld’s black-and-white viral short — inspired by the Canadian slapstick innovator Mack Sennett — is a ’08 tease of the ’09 online fash-micro-movie trend. Flip Video Ultra, $159.99. Future Shop (10 Dundas E., 416-971-5377).