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Gabrielle Chanel

The latest news and updates on Gabrielle Chanel, a pioneering French fashion designer and astute businesswoman, she revolutionised 20th-century women’s fashion by championing comfort, simplicity, and practicality over restrictive styles. Her iconic contributions include the "little black dress," the Chanel suit, and the groundbreaking Chanel No. 5 perfume. She expertly integrated menswear elements into feminine attire and popularised jersey fabric. Chanel’s keen business acumen and visionary design philosophy, emphasising understated elegance and freedom of movement, established a global luxury brand and profoundly influenced modern style, empowering women through her innovative creations.

Carina Lau and Fala Chen arrive at the Chanel Signes & Symboles event in Hong Kong wearing pieces from the maison’s new high jewellery collection. Photo: Handout

Style Edit

Style Edit: Chanel Signes & Symboles’ star-studded launch in Hong Kong

Laufey, Kim Go-eun and Park Seo-jun were among the stars to gather for an evening of glittering creativity, craftsmanship and music at The Repulse Bay.

3 Jul 2026 - 10:00AM

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Style Edit: Chanel’s Imprimé Lion necklace leads its new high jewellery line

29 Jun 2026 - 10:00AM

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Style shoot: Chanel’s shimmering high jewellery collection Signes & Symboles

5 Jun 2026 - 10:00AM

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Style Edit: Chanel opens temporary IFC salons for fashion, watches and sparkle

While Chanel renovates its Landmark Prince’s flagship store, the temporary IFC Mall boutiques present the house’s full range in a VIP‑ready setting.

1 Jun 2026 - 10:00AM

Ready-to-wear on display in Chanel IFC – one of two temporary boutiques presenting the house’s full range while the maison renovates its Landmark Prince’s flagship store. Photo: Handout

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Style Edit: Chanel’s watch and jewellery releases, from J12 to a chessboard

Chanel’s president of watches and fine jewellery, Frédéric Grangié, discusses the Nœud de Camélia watch, Chanel Coco Game collection and more.

27 Apr 2026 - 10:00AM

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Style Edit: Chanel opens the doors to le19M, a secret world of couture artisans

Inside le19M, Chanel’s dedicated new home for métiers d’art, centuries of savoir‑faire meet a new vision of couture craftsmanship.

14 Apr 2026 - 12:53PM

Beauty

The fashion month hair and make-up looks that caught our eye

Beauty highlights of the fall/winter 2026 fashion weeks also included smoky kohl eyes at Dior and Prada’s ‘tired girl’ make-up sported by Bella Hadid and Liu Wen.

18 Mar 2026 - 7:00PM

Chanel (left) and Simone Rocha wowed with their hair and make-up looks at the fall/winter 2026 fashion week shows. Photos: EPA, Handout

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Style Edit: Chanel’s CC League empowers women athletes on and off the field

The initiative promotes confidence and camaraderie among sportswomen including Hong Kong’s Cindy Cheung and Janelle Leung.

5 Mar 2026 - 10:00AM

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Style Edit: Chanel Next Prize 2026 winning artists announced

The maison has a long history of support for the arts, dating all the way back to the likes of Salvador Dalí and Jean Cocteau.

23 Feb 2026 - 10:00AM

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Style Edit: 5 things you didn’t know about Louis Vuitton’s Monogram

Over 100 years on, the LV Monogram has become one of the world’s most durable and recognisable motifs – but how was it created?

9 Feb 2026 - 10:00AM

Advertising card, circa 1907. A woman places her personal belongings in a Louis Vuitton Monogram canvas trunk. Photo: Handout

Style Edit

Style Edit: Espace Gabrielle Chanel opens in Shanghai

Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel was herself an active supporter of artists, composers and writers of her age, including Igor Stravinsky, Jean Cocteau and Salvador Dalí.

12 Jan 2026 - 11:36AM

Espace Gabrielle Chanel hosts mainland China’s first public library dedicated to contemporary art, designed by renowned architect Kazunari Sakamoto. Photo: Handout

Fashion

A crisp white shirt as eveningwear, from Chanel to Anne Hathaway

Matthieu Blazy set up a collab with shirtmakers Charvet for his debut at Chanel, while Celine, Miu Miu and Valentino all also showed the versatility of the humble piece.

15 Dec 2025 - 10:23AM

Chanel

Chanel’s Métiers d’Art 2026 show was an ode to New York City life

It’s not the first time the French maison has presented a collection in the US – this time, Matthieu Blazy took guests, including ambassadors Margaret Qualley and A$AP Rocky, underground.

3 Dec 2025 - 8:15PM

Chanel

Q&A | A chat with Chanel’s president of fashion Bruno Pavlovsky

Chanel lands in New York and unveils a short video starring ambassadors Margaret Qualley and A$AP Rocky – Pavlovsky tells us more.

2 Dec 2025 - 11:15PMvideocam

Margaret Qualley stars in a short film directed by Michel Gondry for the Chanel métiers d’art 2026 collection, revealed in New York on December 2. Photo: Handout

Jewellery

From Coco Chanel to Dua Lipa, how costume jewellery came of age

A new book by jewellery editor Carol Woolton explores how accessible jewels changed both tastes and how women adorned themselves.

2 Nov 2025 - 10:00PM

Dua Lipa sparkled in custom Swarovski fits at London’s Wembley Stadium in June. Photo: WireImage

Jewellery

Moonstone’s soft glow shines in new jewellery releases

The allure of the moonstone is waxing, its beguiling glow decorating new drops from major houses like Chanel and Tiffany & Co., and specialist jewellers like Boodles and Hirsh London.

20 Oct 2025 - 6:00PM

How luxury is made

The leathers behind the world’s most iconic luxury brands

Houses including Hermès, Prada and Bottega Veneta have taken to producing their own unique leathers, each perfected to suit a particular bag.

15 Oct 2025 - 4:00AM

Paris Fashion Week

Matthieu Blazy launches a new era for Chanel in his dazzling Paris debut

The storied maison’s new creative director shakes things up with a bold debut blending new ideas, reinvention and exactly the right amount of respect for the Coco Chanel legacy.

9 Oct 2025 - 10:19PM

The long-awaited Chanel show by Matthieu Blazy takes to the catwalk at the Grand Palais in Paris amid a constellation of stars and planets. Photo: AP

High Jewellery

Style shoot: Chanel’s Reach for the Stars high jewellery collection

The French maison’s high jewellery collection, launched in Kyoto, reaches back in time to mine codes dear to Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel.

3 Oct 2025 - 10:00AM

On Our Radar

Inside Horst P. Horst’s vision and the photographs that defined a century of style

A retrospective at City of Dreams Macau explores Horst P. Horst’s iconic work, from the Mainbocher Corset to surrealist collaborations and portraits of the era’s most recognisable names.

28 Aug 2025 - 10:54AM

High Jewellery

The biggest high jewellery drops of 2025, from Louis Vuitton to Chanel

Anne Hathaway debuted the showstopping 123-carat sapphire Bulgari Polychroma Cosmic Vault necklace, while Emilia Clarke turned heads in Chaumet’s Wild Rose necklace, with its 8.23-carat yellow diamond.

25 Jul 2025 - 6:00AM

Tiffany & Co.’s Sea of Wonder. Photo: Handout

Paris Fashion Week: Haute Couture

Paris Haute Couture Week 2025: Chanel, Schiaparelli and Armani Privé shine

Chanel’s Creation Studio delivered its last collection before Matthieu Blazy’s debut in October, Schiaparelli’s Daniel Roseberry adopted a ‘back to the future’ lens, and Armani Privé went ‘nocturnal’.

9 Jul 2025 - 11:57AM

The Chanel Creation Studio delivered its last collection before Matthieu Blazy’s debut in October, at Paris Haute Couture Week 2025. Photo: Reuters

Jewellery

5 jewellery houses showing how varied inspiration can be

Evoking Hollywood’s golden age (and the Oscar statue), Chanel’s Silhouette Clock Statuette features founder Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel looking up into a starry sky.

9 Jul 2025 - 2:34PM

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Gabrielle Chanel

Style Edit: Chanel Signes & Symboles’ star-studded launch in Hong Kong

Laufey, Kim Go-eun and Park Seo-jun were among the stars to gather for an evening of glittering creativity, craftsmanship and music at The Repulse Bay.

Style Edit: Chanel’s Imprimé Lion necklace leads its new high jewellery line

Style shoot: Chanel’s shimmering high jewellery collection Signes & Symboles

Style Edit: Chanel opens temporary IFC salons for fashion, watches and sparkle

While Chanel renovates its Landmark Prince’s flagship store, the temporary IFC Mall boutiques present the house’s full range in a VIP‑ready setting.

Style Edit: Chanel’s watch and jewellery releases, from J12 to a chessboard

Chanel’s president of watches and fine jewellery, Frédéric Grangié, discusses the Nœud de Camélia watch, Chanel Coco Game collection and more.

Style Edit: Chanel opens the doors to le19M, a secret world of couture artisans

Inside le19M, Chanel’s dedicated new home for métiers d’art, centuries of savoir‑faire meet a new vision of couture craftsmanship.

The fashion month hair and make-up looks that caught our eye

Beauty highlights of the fall/winter 2026 fashion weeks also included smoky kohl eyes at Dior and Prada’s ‘tired girl’ make-up sported by Bella Hadid and Liu Wen.

Style Edit: Chanel’s CC League empowers women athletes on and off the field

The initiative promotes confidence and camaraderie among sportswomen including Hong Kong’s Cindy Cheung and Janelle Leung.

Style Edit: Chanel Next Prize 2026 winning artists announced

The maison has a long history of support for the arts, dating all the way back to the likes of Salvador Dalí and Jean Cocteau.

Style Edit: 5 things you didn’t know about Louis Vuitton’s Monogram

Over 100 years on, the LV Monogram has become one of the world’s most durable and recognisable motifs – but how was it created?

Style Edit: Espace Gabrielle Chanel opens in Shanghai

Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel was herself an active supporter of artists, composers and writers of her age, including Igor Stravinsky, Jean Cocteau and Salvador Dalí.

A crisp white shirt as eveningwear, from Chanel to Anne Hathaway

Matthieu Blazy set up a collab with shirtmakers Charvet for his debut at Chanel, while Celine, Miu Miu and Valentino all also showed the versatility of the humble piece.

Chanel’s Métiers d’Art 2026 show was an ode to New York City life

It’s not the first time the French maison has presented a collection in the US – this time, Matthieu Blazy took guests, including ambassadors Margaret Qualley and A$AP Rocky, underground.

.css-1f6sr3w{color:#727272;}Q&A | A chat with Chanel’s president of fashion Bruno Pavlovsky

Chanel lands in New York and unveils a short video starring ambassadors Margaret Qualley and A$AP Rocky – Pavlovsky tells us more.

From Coco Chanel to Dua Lipa, how costume jewellery came of age

A new book by jewellery editor Carol Woolton explores how accessible jewels changed both tastes and how women adorned themselves.

Moonstone’s soft glow shines in new jewellery releases

The allure of the moonstone is waxing, its beguiling glow decorating new drops from major houses like Chanel and Tiffany & Co., and specialist jewellers like Boodles and Hirsh London.

The leathers behind the world’s most iconic luxury brands

Houses including Hermès, Prada and Bottega Veneta have taken to producing their own unique leathers, each perfected to suit a particular bag.

Matthieu Blazy launches a new era for Chanel in his dazzling Paris debut

The storied maison’s new creative director shakes things up with a bold debut blending new ideas, reinvention and exactly the right amount of respect for the Coco Chanel legacy.

Style shoot: Chanel’s Reach for the Stars high jewellery collection

The French maison’s high jewellery collection, launched in Kyoto, reaches back in time to mine codes dear to Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel.

Inside Horst P. Horst’s vision and the photographs that defined a century of style

A retrospective at City of Dreams Macau explores Horst P. Horst’s iconic work, from the Mainbocher Corset to surrealist collaborations and portraits of the era’s most recognisable names.

The biggest high jewellery drops of 2025, from Louis Vuitton to Chanel

Anne Hathaway debuted the showstopping 123-carat sapphire Bulgari Polychroma Cosmic Vault necklace, while Emilia Clarke turned heads in Chaumet’s Wild Rose necklace, with its 8.23-carat yellow diamond.

Paris Haute Couture Week 2025: Chanel, Schiaparelli and Armani Privé shine

Chanel’s Creation Studio delivered its last collection before Matthieu Blazy’s debut in October, Schiaparelli’s Daniel Roseberry adopted a ‘back to the future’ lens, and Armani Privé went ‘nocturnal’.

5 jewellery houses showing how varied inspiration can be

Evoking Hollywood’s golden age (and the Oscar statue), Chanel’s Silhouette Clock Statuette features founder Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel looking up into a starry sky.

Q&A | A chat with Chanel’s president of fashion Bruno Pavlovsky