SPARKLING HISTORY: To mark the 90 years since Gabrielle Chanel launched her first diamond designs, a new volume titled “Chanel Haute Joaillerie” is slated for release in December. As a guideline of ...

There’s no doubt about it: Sofia Coppola is a modern-day Renaissance woman, having not only directed Academy Award–winning films but also cut her teeth in the screenwriting, modeling and acting ...

Every 30 seconds, someone somewhere in the world buys a bottle of Chanel No. 5, the French government declared in 2006, a claim that has often been repeated. Whether it’s still true, or if it ever was ...

Long before social media existed, Gabrielle Chanel was the first beauty influencer. The founder and namesake of the French ...

Push open the doors of 31 rue Cambon in Paris, and the world outside suddenly feels very far away. The storied townhouse has been the beating heart of Chanel Haute Couture since 1918, when Gabrielle ...

Rhonda Garelick never intended to write Coco Chanel’s biography. The original idea was more specific: a book about Chanel’s work as a stage costumer. But once Garelick started exploring her initial ...