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Chanel is a French luxury fashion house founded by Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel in Paris in 1910. The company is privately owned by the Wertheimer family and headquartered in Paris.

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Luxury

Inside Charvet, the French Shirtmaker that Struck Runway Gold with Chanel

In a rare interview, Anne-Marie and Jean-Claude Colban open up about Charvet, serving a ‘cultural elite’ and how a creative exchange with Matthieu Blazy for his Chanel debut spotlighted the shirtmaker’s unique appeal.

Luxury

Inside Charvet, the French Shirtmaker that Struck Runway Gold with Chanel

In a rare interview, Anne-Marie and Jean-Claude Colban open up about Charvet, serving a ‘cultural elite’ and how a creative exchange with Matthieu Blazy for his Chanel debut spotlighted the shirtmaker’s unique appeal.


Luxury

Rethinking The Art World | The Strategy Behind Chanel’s Arts and Culture Push

The French couture and beauty giant is rewriting luxury fashion’s soft power playbook with a decentralised approach to arts patronage that’s about creating ‘cultural transformation,’ not branded museums.

Luxury

Rethinking The Art World | The Strategy Behind Chanel’s Arts and Culture Push

The French couture and beauty giant is rewriting luxury fashion’s soft power playbook with a decentralised approach to arts patronage that’s about creating ‘cultural transformation,’ not branded museums.


Luxury

Rethinking the Art World | Editor’s Letter

BoF is ramping up its nascent coverage of the art world with a special package on how the sector is being reshaped by new power centres, new forms of patronage, new approaches to creativity and the epic battle between Sotheby’s and Christie’s.

Luxury

Rethinking the Art World | Editor’s Letter

BoF is ramping up its nascent coverage of the art world with a special package on how the sector is being reshaped by new power centres, new forms of patronage, new approaches to creativity and the epic battle between Sotheby’s and Christie’s.


Beauty

How Layering Transformed the Fragrance Market

From Chanel to Kayali, beauty brands at every price point are eschewing ‘signature scent’ marketing in favour of creating a wardrobe of perfume options.

Beauty

How Layering Transformed the Fragrance Market

From Chanel to Kayali, beauty brands at every price point are eschewing ‘signature scent’ marketing in favour of creating a wardrobe of perfume options.


Sustainability

From Shein to Chanel, What Paris Says About the State of Fashion

After a season of designer debuts, we’re looking at whether fashion has delivered on its great reset, as well as the other drama playing out in Paris: Shein’s plans to open its first physical stores. Then there’s the latest luxury sweatshop scandal, and also Taylor Swift.

Sustainability

From Shein to Chanel, What Paris Says About the State of Fashion

After a season of designer debuts, we’re looking at whether fashion has delivered on its great reset, as well as the other drama playing out in Paris: Shein’s plans to open its first physical stores. Then there’s the latest luxury sweatshop scandal, and also Taylor Swift.


Luxury

Is Fashion Stuck in the Past?

This season, new designers at Chanel, Dior, Gucci, Balenciaga and more turned to the archives to illuminate a way forward — with varying degrees of success, Laurence Benaïm writes.

Luxury

Is Fashion Stuck in the Past?

This season, new designers at Chanel, Dior, Gucci, Balenciaga and more turned to the archives to illuminate a way forward — with varying degrees of success, Laurence Benaïm writes.


Fashion Week

Did Fashion’s Season of Change Actually Change Anything? Yes and No

This season will be remembered as one of the most heavily debated, and divisive, moments in the history of the modern fashion industry, writes Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

Did Fashion’s Season of Change Actually Change Anything? Yes and No

This season will be remembered as one of the most heavily debated, and divisive, moments in the history of the modern fashion industry, writes Angelo Flaccavento.


Global Markets

Worldview | Haiti’s Garment Industry in Jeopardy Over US Inaction

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Chinese textile exports, Kenyan manufacturers and Saudi Arabia’s luxury watch market.

Global Markets

Worldview | Haiti’s Garment Industry in Jeopardy Over US Inaction

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Chinese textile exports, Kenyan manufacturers and Saudi Arabia’s luxury watch market.


Fashion Week

Lyas’ Chanel Watch Party Was Bursting at the Seams

Fashion enthusiasts huddled against the cold October evening in Paris’ 10th arrondissement as they watched Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel debut. Reviews for the collection itself were mixed, but everyone was happy to be there.

Fashion Week

Lyas’ Chanel Watch Party Was Bursting at the Seams

Fashion enthusiasts huddled against the cold October evening in Paris’ 10th arrondissement as they watched Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel debut. Reviews for the collection itself were mixed, but everyone was happy to be there.


Luxury

Exclusive: Matthieu Blazy’s Vision for Chanel, Revealed

With the season’s hottest debut, Blazy is charting new territory for Chanel — and fashion itself — fuelled by new insights into Gabrielle Chanel’s own creative process, the designer tells Tim Blanks in an in-depth global exclusive interview.

Luxury

Exclusive: Matthieu Blazy’s Vision for Chanel, Revealed

With the season’s hottest debut, Blazy is charting new territory for Chanel — and fashion itself — fuelled by new insights into Gabrielle Chanel’s own creative process, the designer tells Tim Blanks in an in-depth global exclusive interview.