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Gabrielle Chanel

Gabrielle Chanel
The latest news and updates on Gabrielle Chanel, a pioneering French fashion designer and astute businesswoman, she revolutionised 20th-century women’s fashion by championing comfort, simplicity, and practicality over restrictive styles. Her iconic contributions include the "little black dress," the Chanel suit, and the groundbreaking Chanel No. 5 perfume. She expertly integrated menswear elements into feminine attire and popularised jersey fabric. Chanel’s keen business acumen and visionary design philosophy, emphasising understated elegance and freedom of movement, established a global luxury brand and profoundly influenced modern style, empowering women through her innovative creations.
Espace Gabrielle Chanel hosts mainland China’s first public library dedicated to contemporary art, designed by renowned architect Kazunari Sakamoto. Photo: Handout
Style Edit

Style Edit: Espace Gabrielle Chanel opens in Shanghai

Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel was herself an active supporter of artists, composers and writers of her age, including Igor Stravinsky, Jean Cocteau and Salvador Dalí.

Fashion

A crisp white shirt as eveningwear, from Chanel to Anne Hathaway

Chanel

Chanel’s Métiers d’Art 2026 show was an ode to New York City life

Chanel

Q&A | A chat with Chanel’s president of fashion Bruno Pavlovsky

Chanel lands in New York and unveils a short video starring ambassadors Margaret Qualley and A$AP Rocky – Pavlovsky tells us more.

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Margaret Qualley stars in a short film directed by Michel Gondry for the Chanel métiers d’art 2026 collection, revealed in New York on December 2. Photo: Handout
Jewellery

From Coco Chanel to Dua Lipa, how costume jewellery came of age

A new book by jewellery editor Carol Woolton explores how accessible jewels changed both tastes and how women adorned themselves.

Jewellery

Moonstone’s soft glow shines in new jewellery releases

The allure of the moonstone is waxing, its beguiling glow decorating new drops from major houses like Chanel and Tiffany & Co., and specialist jewellers like Boodles and Hirsh London.

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How luxury is made

The leathers behind the world’s most iconic luxury brands

Houses including Hermès, Prada and Bottega Veneta have taken to producing their own unique leathers, each perfected to suit a particular bag.

Leather has been a key component in Hermès’ creations since the maison was founded in 1837. Photo: Handout
Paris Fashion Week

Matthieu Blazy launches a new era for Chanel in his dazzling Paris debut

The storied maison’s new creative director shakes things up with a bold debut blending new ideas, reinvention and exactly the right amount of respect for the Coco Chanel legacy.

High Jewellery

Style shoot: Chanel’s Reach for the Stars high jewellery collection

The French maison’s high jewellery collection, launched in Kyoto, reaches back in time to mine codes dear to Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel.

On Our Radar

Inside Horst P. Horst’s vision and the photographs that defined a century of style

A retrospective at City of Dreams Macau explores Horst P. Horst’s iconic work, from the Mainbocher Corset to surrealist collaborations and portraits of the era’s most recognisable names.

Works by Horst P. Horst at the “Horst: Photographer of Style” exhibition at City of Dreams Macau. Photo: Handout
High Jewellery

The biggest high jewellery drops of 2025, from Louis Vuitton to Chanel

Anne Hathaway debuted the showstopping 123-carat sapphire Bulgari Polychroma Cosmic Vault necklace, while Emilia Clarke turned heads in Chaumet’s Wild Rose necklace, with its 8.23-carat yellow diamond.

Tiffany & Co.’s Sea of Wonder. Photo: Handout
Paris Fashion Week: Haute Couture

Paris Haute Couture Week 2025: Chanel, Schiaparelli and Armani Privé shine

Chanel’s Creation Studio delivered its last collection before Matthieu Blazy’s debut in October, Schiaparelli’s Daniel Roseberry adopted a ‘back to the future’ lens, and Armani Privé went ‘nocturnal’.

Jewellery

5 jewellery houses showing how varied inspiration can be

Evoking Hollywood’s golden age (and the Oscar statue), Chanel’s Silhouette Clock Statuette features founder Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel looking up into a starry sky.

Move bracelets and rings. Photo: Messika
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