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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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News & Analysis

Can the 'Alexa Chung Effect' Pay Off for the Woman Herself?

At the debut runway show of fashion's most prolific collaborator, BoF finds a collection packed with quintessentially 'Alexa' pieces, sure to be catnip for her many fans.

News & Analysis

Can the 'Alexa Chung Effect' Pay Off for the Woman Herself?

At the debut runway show of fashion's most prolific collaborator, BoF finds a collection packed with quintessentially 'Alexa' pieces, sure to be catnip for her many fans.


Workplace & Talent

Meng: Plug-in Creativity and a Platform to Experiment

LONDON, United Kingdom — The eponymous founder of London-based design studio Meng has built her luxury silk brand by nurturing creativity and finding

Workplace & Talent

Meng: Plug-in Creativity and a Platform to Experiment

LONDON, United Kingdom — The eponymous founder of London-based design studio Meng has built her luxury silk brand by nurturing creativity and finding


Fashion Week

A Web of Perverse Enchantment at Gucci

Alessandro Michele’s signal achievement is this: predictability doesn’t obviate pleasurability. In fact, part of the pleasure of a Gucci show is watching the way he warps the by-now familiar tropes.

Fashion Week

A Web of Perverse Enchantment at Gucci

Alessandro Michele’s signal achievement is this: predictability doesn’t obviate pleasurability. In fact, part of the pleasure of a Gucci show is watching the way he warps the by-now familiar tropes.


News & Analysis

Is ‘Nearshoring’ the New Offshoring?

Fashion brands are turning to manufacturers in Eastern Europe and Central America for greater agility and speed to market.

News & Analysis

Is ‘Nearshoring’ the New Offshoring?

Fashion brands are turning to manufacturers in Eastern Europe and Central America for greater agility and speed to market.


Luxury

The Business of Cruise: Go Big or Go Home

While some smaller labels are abandoning Cruise shows altogether, luxury megabrands continue to pour up to $10 million into elaborate spectacles. Is it worth the investment?

Luxury

The Business of Cruise: Go Big or Go Home

While some smaller labels are abandoning Cruise shows altogether, luxury megabrands continue to pour up to $10 million into elaborate spectacles. Is it worth the investment?


Retail

A New Model for Shopping Malls

How some malls are thriving while others are dying.

Retail

A New Model for Shopping Malls

How some malls are thriving while others are dying.


Fashion Week

Get Down at Valentino

Pierpaolo Piccioli’s latest Cruise collection was informed by the hip-hop culture of late-1970s New York, but it was his own masterful sampling ability that kept it fresh.

Fashion Week

Get Down at Valentino

Pierpaolo Piccioli’s latest Cruise collection was informed by the hip-hop culture of late-1970s New York, but it was his own masterful sampling ability that kept it fresh.


Luxury

For American Fashion, A Changing of the Guard

Many of the country’s most influential founder-led fashion brands are navigating their first attempts at succession planning.

Luxury

For American Fashion, A Changing of the Guard

Many of the country’s most influential founder-led fashion brands are navigating their first attempts at succession planning.


Luxury

Chanel, Boomerangs and the Importance of Cultural IQ

Chanel is the latest fashion brand to be embroiled in a fiery cultural appropriation controversy. The fallout underscores why cultural IQ matters more than ever.

Luxury

Chanel, Boomerangs and the Importance of Cultural IQ

Chanel is the latest fashion brand to be embroiled in a fiery cultural appropriation controversy. The fallout underscores why cultural IQ matters more than ever.


Luxury

The Hidden Links Between Cristóbal Balenciaga and Demna Gvasalia

On the surface Cristóbal Balenciaga and Demna Gvasalia couldn’t be more different. But the connections between the enigmatic couturier and his buzzy heir run deep.

Luxury

The Hidden Links Between Cristóbal Balenciaga and Demna Gvasalia

On the surface Cristóbal Balenciaga and Demna Gvasalia couldn’t be more different. But the connections between the enigmatic couturier and his buzzy heir run deep.