Behind-the-scenes film reveals Angèle’s custom Chanel pieces from her Nonante-Cinq Tour
In April, the Belgian singer Angèle wore the first of her Chanel custom costumes for her Nonante-Cinq Tour. Today, the house has released a 10-minute film directed by Loïc Prigent, which goes behind the scenes with the costumes. Chanel creative director Virginie Viard worked with Angèle on each of her stage outfits, which were […]
Issey Miyake, innovative Japanese fashion designer, passes away at 84
The famed fashion designer died after a battle with liver cancer, with the funeral already held, according to his company […]
In another entry for our 25th anniversary, Jack Yan recalls some of the people who helped get us to this milestone […]
FKA Twigs is the face of Viktor & Rolf’s new Good Fortune fragrance
Follow-up to Flowerbomb sees the pop star create a new soundtrack that’s being launched along with the fragrance […]
Margaret Qualley models Chanel’s Coco Beach 2022 collection campaign
Australian photographer Lachlan Bailey has shot and filmed Margaret Qualley for the Chanel Coco Beach 2022 collection campaign. The collection is available from mid-June in select Chanel boutiques. […]
Kristen Stewart speaks about her role in Crimes of the Future and as a Chanel ambassador
Although we’ve opted to do a post-event recap for this year’s 75th Festival de Cannes and not have individual news items during the event, we’ve made one exception for Kristen Stewart, as she appears for Chanel discussing her role in David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future. Stewart stars alongside Viggo Mortensen and Léa Seydoux. […]
New Elsa Schiaparelli retrospective at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs from July
Paris’s Musée des Arts Décoratifs will host a new retrospective on Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973), entitled Shocking! Les mondes surréalistes d’Elsa Schiaparelli (Shocking! The Surreal World of Elsa Schiaparelli), and running from July 6, 2022 to January 22, 2023 in the Christine & Stephen A. Schwarzman fashion galleries. Schiaparelli drew much of her inspiration from […]
Rianne van Rompaey, Blesnya Minher, Pan Haowen front Chanel spring ’22 eyewear campaign
Chanel’s spring–summer 2022 eyewear campaign, fronted by Rianne van Rompaey, Blesnya Minher, and Pan Haowen, has been shot by Karim Sadli in black and white. The campaign comprises six images, showing the principal categories of the designs: classic, retro, square, rectangular, and aviator. Customers can choose between sunglass and optical. The double-C motif is […]
Margot Robbie on books, as part of Chanel’s Les Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon
The series Les Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon was previewed in 2020 when Charlotte Casiraghi was made a Chanel ambassador. The project brings together female writers and actresses to share their perspectives on literature, and the latest instalment features Margot Robbie. ‘I was a voracious reader when I was little,’ recounts Robbie, ‘and I think I […]
New book steers readers through the world of haute and luxury brands
Already named one of the top branding books of 2021 by The Branding Journal, Philippe Mihailovich and Caroline Taylor’s Haute ‘Luxury’ Branding: the High Luxury Pyramid has appeared in a US English edition, fresh for 2022. Lucire publisher Jack Yan authored the foreword. Mihailovich had been a long-time member of Medinge Group, which Yan […]
