Chanel
Chanel is a French luxury fashion house founded by Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel in Paris in 1910. The company is privately owned and headquartered in London.


Karl Lagerfeld's New Parisian Concept Store to Open Friday
PARIS, France – German-born designer Karl Lagerfeld has announced that the opening of his first concept store in Paris is set to take place March 1.

CEO Talk | Nadja Swarovski, Member of the Executive Board, Swarovski
As a landmark exhibition tracing Swarovski's long history in Haute Coutre opens in Paris, Nadja Swarovski speaks to Imran Amed about the design-led vision that she has been advocating for her family business, founded in 1895 by her great-great-grandfather.

Bottega Veneta Crosses the $1 Billion Mark
MILAN, Italy -- With the release of Bottega Veneta's sales figures for 2012, the PPR-owned Italian maker of discreet high-end leather goods and

Turning Point | Ostwald Helgason
After several seasons of struggling to gain traction, Ostwald Helgason is firmly on the ascent. But how did the label go from false starts to a prominent and rising position on the global fashion radar?

Week in Review | Digital Runway, Loyalty and Satisfaction, NYFW Photo Diary
Fashion 2.0 | Topshop and Google Plan Data-Savvy Digital Runway (Fashion 2.0) "In recent cycles, fashion shows, once closed industry events, have

Colin's Column | Paris Couture Week, Continued
PARIS, France — The weather was vile, the taxi shortage extreme. The gutters ran with filthy water from melting snow. We slid and slithered in ankle

The Best of BoF | Top Articles of 2012
LONDON, United Kingdom — It's that time again when we take a look back at the people, places and innovations that have defined the year in the

Market Pulse | Growth, But Perhaps Not As It Used To Be
LONDON, United Kingdom — The Savigny Luxury Index (SLI) gained 4.2 percent in October, outperforming the MSCI World Index (MSCI) by more than 6

CEO Talk | Bruno Pavlovsky, President of Fashion, Chanel
LONDON, United Kingdom — Of all the luxury fashion brands in the world, Chanel is perhaps the most famous, as well as the most secretive. Indeed,

Top 10 Fashion Films of the Season
NEW YORK, United States — "Are we failing to fulfil the potential of fashion film?" asked Quynh Mai's Op-Ed for BoF earlier this year, citing