Coco Chanel, born Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel, revolutionized women's fashion by freeing women from the restrictive corsets and voluminous skirts that dominated post-war attire. Her approach centered on ...

PARIS — Can a designer runway show — or, indeed, a single designer — change the way that women dress? That is a deceptively complex question. (Isn’t a designer’s job to help us solve the problem of ...

Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel was one of the 20th century’s most influential couturiers. A milliner by training, she moved beyond hats to become a rebel and a trailblazer of the fashion world, creating a ...

There are luxury brands, and then there's Chanel. The fashion house was founded in 1910 by Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel, who set the template for a new way for women to dress – and her influence has been ...

As head designer and creative director Karl Lagerfeld took his bow at the end of the Chanel show last month in Paris, he paid homage to the legacy of Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel, who opened her first ...

Every fashion season, Chanel gathers industry bigwigs for Paris Fashion Week to celebrate style. Less known, however, is the fact that the label also regularly rallies Hollywood’s most influential to ...

Matthieu Blazy, a French-Belgian fashion designer, took on the role as artistic creative director of Chanel in late 2024.

The Chanel tweed jacket—worn by famous women from Princess Diana to Rihanna to Marge Simpson—is a beacon of femininity and elegance. Designed by Coco Chanel in 1957 and reworked time and again by the ...