Born Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel, “Coco’s” first customers were princesses and duchesses, but she dressed them like secretaries and stenographers in faux pearls, trench coats, simple knits, turtleneck ...

While the biggest buzz around books and Coco Chanel of late has been the scandalous new biography, "Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel's Secret War" (which accuses the designer of working with the ...

Tell that to Brisbane, where Coco Chanel: the Life of a Fashion Icon sold out all 17 performances before the season started. I reckon Chanel herself would have gone for a more streamlined title. She ...

Until Gabrielle Chanel became Coco, she left barely a footprint. However, by tracing her history through rural France, Justine Picardie has been able to piece together her childhood. The butcher was ...

As an old woman describing her beginnings, French designer Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel once said, "I was able to start a high fashion shop because two gentlemen were outbidding each other over my hot ...

Reporting from New York — Long crazy about Coco, Chanel is now going gaga for Gabrielle. That’s the name of the brand’s latest handbag hope, its communications thrust for 2017 and a forthcoming ...

During the summer of 2021 when ANTIQUES ROADSHOW visited Wadsworth Mansion in Middletown, Connecticut, a guest named Georgiana brought in a beautiful cuff bracelet that she said once belonged to her ...

There are at least two ways to think about the welcome arrival of “Coco Before Chanel,” starring Audrey Tautou as the woman whose pet name became synonymous with couture. Each proves more than ...