“Dior had, in fact, begun the third fashion revolution of the 20th Century,” she writes. “Paul Poiret had revolutionized women’s clothes in 1910, Gabrielle Chanel had staged the next uprising after World War I. In February 1947 Christian Dior ushered in...

Aujourd'hui tout le monde navigue sur la vague vintage. Un manteau en astrakan vintage? Ou des dentelles du 19e? Oui, mais seulement si le manteau est signé Gabrielle Chanel! De nombreux articles des collections Chanel et Hermès ne sont pas réédités. ...

“The Little Black Jacket,” in which he and editor Carine Roitfeld pay tribute to the classic Chanel cardigan-like jacket by depicting it on a range of personalities. Sarah Jessica Parker transforms one into a headdress, while Vanessa Paradis and Alice...

After walking through the promenade came the first space: a children’s bedroom filled with dolls designed by Karl Lagerfeld. This room introduced guests to the creative and ingenious world of the designer by incorporating projects, works and sketches. ...

No.5 iconic. The fragrance went against the mono-floral trend of the day when Earnest Beaux first created it. It is the very first abstract composed fragrance. The magical concoction contained more than 80 ingredients; in place of a dominant note was a...

Empreinte did their most famous launch : pointy bras with a “revolutionary lifting effect”. 1955 Brigitte Bardot nurtured fantasies while across the Atlantic, Marilyn Monroe let the immodest wind from a New York subway grate bare her legs to a...