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Coco Chanel's decadent 1950s Paris living room is a jewel box of baroque style – it's a testament to the ageless power of French design

The fashion designer's 31 Rue Cambon apartment is full of ornate gilded furniture and crystal lighting, highlighting the country's stunning design history

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Chanel and Miu Miu close Paris Fashion Week with bows and quirks galore

The chicest of the ‘Big 4’ fashion weeks comes to an end.

The Independent UK

A century of chic: the best Chanel-style jackets to rival the real thing

The boucle jacket is as stylish today as when it was first launched. To help you get the look without the high price, we’ve rounded up top high-street alternatives

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Karl Lagerfeld's clothes and personal items sell for €1.1 million

Karl Lagerfeld's belongings have fetched just over one million euros at auction.

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Chanel stuns with color, and Kylie Jenner, in Paris couture show

Snaking traffic, screaming crowds, and a crush of photographers descended on the Grand Palais on Tuesday as Chanel unveiled its latest show before Matthieu Blazy’s debut as creative director in fall

The Independent UK

Meet the new Karl Lagerfeld: Who is Mattieu Blazy, Chanel's new designer?

It was the £16 billion role every designer wanted — and 40-year-old Mattieu Blazy has won the race

Evening Standard

Chanel appoints designer Matthieu Blazy as new artistic director

One of the most prestigious roles in global fashion has just been filled, as Chanel announced Matthieu Blazy as its new artistic director

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Keynote Selena Gomez spotlights prioritizing mental health during Academy Women's Luncheon

While surveying a room packed with Hollywood’s most influential figures, “Emilia Pérez” star Selena Gomez took center stage to spotlight a critical issue: Prioritizing mental health and supporting underserved communities often left behind in the conversation

The Independent UK

Chanel heads to Hangzhou, China for a poetic Métiers d’Art 2025 show

This evening in China (3 December 2024), Chanel travelled to Hangzhou’s much-mythologised West Lake, a Unesco World Heritage site, for a show that highlighted the extraordinary craft of the house’s artisans

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Best women's trouser suits and tailored ladies' co-ords of 2024

The sartorial embodiment of “power dressing”

Evening Standard

What happens when a Chanel watch becomes a sound machine?

Meet the Chanel Première Sound – an adaptable necklace with a watch and removable earphones

Wallpaper

From gem-set crucifixes, to ‘coffin' diamonds, these Gothic jewellery designs are eerie fables all their own

The resurrection of ancient crafts with a 21st-century point of view signals a new wave in Modern Gothic jewellery

Wallpaper

Chanel to sponsor The Boat Race from next year in long-term partnership

The deal will see the race renamed The Chanel J12 Boat Race and will also see the brand become its official timekeeper

Evening Standard

Chanel show wrestles with designer void. Actor Lupita Nyong'o talks about diversity in fashion

Chanel finds itself at a crossroads following Virginie Viard’s abrupt departure, as a giant empty cage at its Grand Palais show symbolizes the current creative void

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France’s fashionable history strikes a pose for European Heritage Days

The annual European Heritage Days are an opportunity for the public to visit monuments and sites that are usually off limits. Among the participants this year are several luxury fashion houses, which are set to reveal some of the secrets of one of France’s most iconic industries.

The Conversation

Love the balletcore trend? This is the fashion history that inspired it – from Chanel to Amy Winehouse

Balletcore, the fashion trend inspired by the costumes of traditional ballet performers, has been popular since 2022, inspired by the spring/summer runway collections of designers such as Molly Goddard and Simone Rocha. The trend is inspired by the practical, functional clothing worn in a ballerina’s daily practice – part of…

The Independent UK

Chanel goes to the opera in a gleaming but designer-less couture collection

The show must go on, with aplomb

International Business Times

Chanel At Fashion Week Without Sacked Designer Viard

Viard worked alongside the legendary Karl Lagerfeld for years before taking over at the helm after his death in 2019. She oversaw record sales of nearly $20 billion last year.

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As Virginie Viard leaves Chanel, who are the contenders to bring its buzz back?

Artistic director’s departure opens up one of fashion’s top jobs at brand hoping to become a talking point again

Wallpaper

Virginie Viard is leaving Chanel

After 30 years, Chanel has confirmed that Virginie Viard – who took over as artistic director from Karl Lagerfeld in 2019 – is leaving the Parisian house

Wallpaper

The story behind Chanel’s iconic handbags, the 2.55 and the 11.12

The liberated spirit of Coco Chanel runs through the house’s most memorable handbags, which are being put back centre stage by current creative director Virginie Viard. Here, Wallpaper* takes a closer look

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Extraordinary runway sets from the A/W 2024 shows

12 scene-stealing runway sets and show spaces from A/W 2024 fashion month, featuring Murano-glass cacti, rubber armchairs, flashing orbs and more

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Paris Fashion Week: Chanel's Seaside Tribute, Louis Vuitton's Futuristic Flair

Explore the highlights of Paris Fashion Week's final day with iconic collections from Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu, and Lacoste.

International Business Times

Chanel Pays Tribute To Coco's Seaside Beginnings

On the last day of Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday, Chanel took a trip to the seaside for a show dedicated to the place where its famous founder launched her first boutique.

The Guardian - UK

‘They give us beauty and magic’: why prestige dramas about fashion are TV’s newest obsession

From a Cristóbal Balenciaga biopic to a look at Christian Dior and Coco Chanel’s rivalry, stylish television is all the rage. Brace for tabloid titilation, wild characters and tons of glamour

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