Chanel Archive

Romy Schneider at the Cinémathèque française, 40 years after her disappearance

«The United States had had their Marilyn. We could dream of it just as much». The Parisian exhibition portraying an eternal mark of inspiring womanhood

Maria Hristina Agut

Not cheesy anymore: the beauty industry is a matter of transparency and agriculture

Agroforestry, organic cultivation, and permaculture, techniques for preservation of local species: an introduction to Chanel’s open sky laboratories

Juliana Norza

Chanel N°5 Limited edition: the youth of imagination and the expertise of technology

A collection of seventeen limited-edition products featuring Chanel N°5 in their mix, a new recycled glass bottle and biodegradable paper packaging: Chanel’s pioneering approach

Editorial Team

Chanel: an exercise in nostalgia for the craftsmanship and photography of the past

«Fashion is about clothes, models and photographers» says Chanel’s Creative Director, Virginie Viard, of the label’s nostalgic Spring/Summer 2022 presentation

Samantha Southern

Coco Chanel and her dialogue across centuries: reflections of women’s power and royalty

The French Métiers D’Art staged at Château de Chenonceau for Chanel: feminine history is about Queens who embodied visions of their future – today, this is our present

Cecilia Falovo

Escale à Venise: the Byzantine city that Coco Chanel never left

Gabrielle Chanel had a love affair with Byzantine and Oriental aesthetics: in a new high jewelry collection, Patrice Leguéreau revisits the city where it all began

Olivier Dupon

Transitioning – The butterfly effect and the irony of contempt

Ria Mort’s balancing act: visiting Greece, a planet created from a balloon made of recycled materials is a fairy tale

Editorial Team

Carving a shape for future women: Palazzo Galliera’s retrospective on Chanel

Following a period of renewal and improvement of its structure and offer, Palazzo Galliera opens to the public again with a personale focused on the female fashion icon

Gregorio Zanacchi Nuti

Chanel. The Fall 2020 eyewear collection makes heritage and innovation collide

Tweed. Just as it meets every desire in fashion, tweed also lends itself to every innovation. The French luxury house Chanel incorporates the fabric into its Fall 2020 eyewear collection

Lilly Meuser

Chanel plays on opposites, with layered taffeta and velvet

The Grande Mademoiselle’s baroque austerity and the romantic aura of Caspar David Friedrich and paintings by Friedrich von Amerling – juxtaposed to Grace Jones dancing at Le Palace

Cesare Cunaccia

The value of time for a design development – 20 years of the J12 watch

Time. Those who have it can develop designs instead of bringing something new to the market every month’. J12 watch, the 20th anniversary

Lilly Meuser

Palazzo Giureconsulti, Milan. In Goude We Trust!

Chanel celebrates the thirty-year partnership with the French photographer, art director, and illustrator Jean-Paul Goude at Palazzo Giureconsulti, Milan

Giulia Cangianiello