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The Most Coveted Shoes in Fashion Right Now: Chanel’s $1,450 Pony-Hair Flats

Everyone wants these $1,450 Chanel shoes for spring. Here's why.

Marie Claire

Chanel blasts off on new course with Matthieu Blazy debut show

Latest creative director’s initial collection hits runway at space-themed Paris fashion week show

The Guardian - UK

Chanel marks 110 years by recreating its couture salon in a palace as Blazy era approaches

Chanel has marked 110 years of its haute couture by recreating its atelier inside the freshly restored Grand Palais for Paris Couture Week

The Independent UK

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Chanel stuns with color, and Kylie Jenner, in Paris couture show

Snaking traffic, screaming crowds, and a crush of photographers descended on the Grand Palais on Tuesday as Chanel unveiled its latest show before Matthieu Blazy’s debut as creative director in fall

The Independent UK

Chanel realigns its logo with bridging catwalk at show focused on timeless skirt suit

House deploys elegant visual allegory at Grand Palais to keep its name in lights during design interregnum

The Guardian - UK

Chanel is in search of a creative revival. Is Mathieu Blazy the right person for the job?

For several months, Chanel, one of the most iconic luxury houses, has found itself at a crossroads. Following the death of Karl Lagerfeld in 2019, Virginie Viard, his long-time right hand, stepped into the role of creative director. However, Viard announced her departure for June 2024, signalling a pivotal moment for…

The Conversation

Chanel opts for craft over celebrity in choice of new creative chief

By choosing Matthieu Blazy, the luxury fashion house has prioritised taste and design over showmanship and name recognition

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How Matthieu Blazy will revamp Chanel’s stereotypical style

Matthieu Blazy is Chanel’s new artistic director – but what will he bring to the label?

The Independent UK

Chanel appoints designer Matthieu Blazy as new artistic director

One of the most prestigious roles in global fashion has just been filled, as Chanel announced Matthieu Blazy as its new artistic director

The Independent UK

Bottega Veneta and Chanel Unveil New Creative Directors—One Who's a Historic Choice

Louise Trotter is the first female creative director of the house since the 1980s.

Marie Claire

The wait is over: Matthieu Blazy is Chanel’s new creative director

Matthieu Blazy has been appointed as the new artistic director at Chanel, after a critically lauded and commercially successful tenure as creative director of Bottega Veneta

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John Galliano exits Maison Margiela. Where will he go next?

The British designer worked as creative director at the French fashion house for 10 years

The Independent UK

Chanel hits lavish new heights in efforts to reignite Chinese market

Livered barges carried guests to floating stage on illuminated lake at Hangzhou end-of-year show

The Guardian - UK

Chanel’s classic Flap Bag just got the ultimate winter update

Its at the top of every collector’s wish list

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The One: Chanel’s classic Flap Bag just got the ultimate winter update

At the top of every collector’s wish list

Fashion Times

Creative Director-Less Chanel Picks a Surprising Destination for Its Cruise 2026 Runway Show

Past cruise collections have been presented everywhere from Venice to New York City to Singapore to Seoul and even Havana.

The Independent UK

Chanel show wrestles with designer void. Actor Lupita Nyong'o talks about diversity in fashion

Chanel finds itself at a crossroads following Virginie Viard’s abrupt departure, as a giant empty cage at its Grand Palais show symbolizes the current creative void

The Guardian - UK

Unflappable Chanel in no hurry to find new designer amid continuity in Paris

Label doubles down on house codes as empty birdcage signals its last creative director – Virginie Viard – has flown

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The Independent UK

Naomi Campbell dons Chanel’s new boyish style on the front row

The British supermodel showcased the fashion house’s style shift.

Marie Claire

Chanel's 27 most iconic fashion shows, as voted by our editors

Featuring a supermarket, beach and forest

The Independent UK

Chanel goes to the opera in a gleaming but designer-less couture collection

The show must go on, with aplomb

The Guardian - UK

Chanel shows no sign of drift, even without a chief designer at helm

Luxury brand’s studio team turn to timeless tweeds and neat silhouettes in first show since Virginie Viard’s sudden exit

International Business Times

Chanel At Fashion Week Without Sacked Designer Viard

Viard worked alongside the legendary Karl Lagerfeld for years before taking over at the helm after his death in 2019. She oversaw record sales of nearly $20 billion last year.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Christie's London Westwood auction shows why we need the radical creativity of female fashion designers

Last week I went on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour to discuss the succession drama at Chanel, where Virginie Viard — its creative director of the past five years, since Karl Lagerfeld’s death — has just stepped down from the role. It’s the biggest job in fashion and its vacancy…

Marie Claire

Pierpaolo Piccioli Joins Balenciaga, Plus Other Major Industry Shake-Ups

The game of creative director musical chairs (and swirling rumours) continues

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