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

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Fashion Week

Glitz, Glamour & Garbage: Why Fashion Week Needs to Clean Up Its Act

With scrutiny on fashion’s environmental impact mounting, the excess of major fashion weeks is increasingly at odds with the public commitments of major brands to operate more sustainably.

Fashion Week

Glitz, Glamour & Garbage: Why Fashion Week Needs to Clean Up Its Act

With scrutiny on fashion’s environmental impact mounting, the excess of major fashion weeks is increasingly at odds with the public commitments of major brands to operate more sustainably.


News & Analysis

The New Way Celebrity Stylists Are Paying the Bills

Stylists best-known for working with celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Matthew McConaughey are signing onto an app where they dole out wardrobe advice to the public.

News & Analysis

The New Way Celebrity Stylists Are Paying the Bills

Stylists best-known for working with celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Matthew McConaughey are signing onto an app where they dole out wardrobe advice to the public.


News & Analysis

Tourists Aren't Shopping Like They Used To. Who Will Replace Them?

This week everyone will be talking about Tiffany & Co. and the declining tourist trade, the Venice Film Festival and fashion's climate pact. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.

News & Analysis

Tourists Aren't Shopping Like They Used To. Who Will Replace Them?

This week everyone will be talking about Tiffany & Co. and the declining tourist trade, the Venice Film Festival and fashion's climate pact. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.


News & Analysis

Can Fashion’s Latest Sustainability Drive Make a Difference?

Brands are signing up to sustainability initiatives like they’re invitations to fashion week’s hottest parties. The jury’s out on whether their commitments will translate into real industry reform.

News & Analysis

Can Fashion’s Latest Sustainability Drive Make a Difference?

Brands are signing up to sustainability initiatives like they’re invitations to fashion week’s hottest parties. The jury’s out on whether their commitments will translate into real industry reform.


Beauty

No Longer In Hiding, the Scent of Cannabis Joins the Perfume Counter

As marijuana gains more acceptance, both in legal regulation and public opinion, fragrance makers are finding new ways to push beyond stereotypes.

Beauty

No Longer In Hiding, the Scent of Cannabis Joins the Perfume Counter

As marijuana gains more acceptance, both in legal regulation and public opinion, fragrance makers are finding new ways to push beyond stereotypes.


Sustainability

Kering Chief to Present Industry Sustainability Pact to G7

Thirty fashion companies, including Chanel, Prada and H&M have joined the initiative spearheaded by François-Henri Pinault, at the request of French President Emmanuel Macron.

Sustainability

Kering Chief to Present Industry Sustainability Pact to G7

Thirty fashion companies, including Chanel, Prada and H&M have joined the initiative spearheaded by François-Henri Pinault, at the request of French President Emmanuel Macron.


Beauty

Why Japanese Millennials Are Buying Used Makeup

Thrifty younger shoppers are scouring resale sites for Chanel and YSL Beauty, a phenomenon that reveals just how complex and contradictory the consumer psyche is in this luxury market worth $24 billion.

Beauty

Why Japanese Millennials Are Buying Used Makeup

Thrifty younger shoppers are scouring resale sites for Chanel and YSL Beauty, a phenomenon that reveals just how complex and contradictory the consumer psyche is in this luxury market worth $24 billion.


China

Escaping the Wrath of China’s Netizens

With brands seemingly unable to avoid outrage in the face of rising nationalism in the world’s largest luxury market, hiring chief diversity officers may not be enough.

China

Escaping the Wrath of China’s Netizens

With brands seemingly unable to avoid outrage in the face of rising nationalism in the world’s largest luxury market, hiring chief diversity officers may not be enough.


News & Analysis

As Barneys Struggles, Fashion Vendors Try on Alternative Channels

The luxury retailer recently filed for bankruptcy protection, owing $1.6 million to Prada and millions to other Kering and LVMH labels.

News & Analysis

As Barneys Struggles, Fashion Vendors Try on Alternative Channels

The luxury retailer recently filed for bankruptcy protection, owing $1.6 million to Prada and millions to other Kering and LVMH labels.


Luxury

Versace, Coach and Givenchy Have Angered China's Netizens. Who's Next?

Brands have issued apologies and lost celebrity ambassadors like supermodel Liu Wen after products were discovered listing Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan as separate countries, angering nationalist Chinese consumers amidst political unrest in Hong Kong and a trade war with the US.

Luxury

Versace, Coach and Givenchy Have Angered China's Netizens. Who's Next?

Brands have issued apologies and lost celebrity ambassadors like supermodel Liu Wen after products were discovered listing Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan as separate countries, angering nationalist Chinese consumers amidst political unrest in Hong Kong and a trade war with the US.