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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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Luxury

Chanel Is Banning Exotic Skins: Here's Why

The Parisian fashion house announced Monday that it would stop manufacturing products made from snakes, crocodiles, lizards and more, citing difficulty obtaining responsibly sourced skins. What does this mean for its bottom line, and for the industry at large?

Luxury

Chanel Is Banning Exotic Skins: Here's Why

The Parisian fashion house announced Monday that it would stop manufacturing products made from snakes, crocodiles, lizards and more, citing difficulty obtaining responsibly sourced skins. What does this mean for its bottom line, and for the industry at large?


Fashion Week

Is Alexander Wang Finally Growing Up?

The designer's blend of Chanel-like tweeds, 'Working Girl' suiting and tuxedo-inspired gowns with subversive 'downtown' elements made for a strong showing.

Fashion Week

Is Alexander Wang Finally Growing Up?

The designer's blend of Chanel-like tweeds, 'Working Girl' suiting and tuxedo-inspired gowns with subversive 'downtown' elements made for a strong showing.


Beauty

Kylie Jenner Gives Ulta Beauty Some Gloss

This week, everyone will be talking about Ulta Beauty's first financial results since partnering with Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian, Versace and Chanel's pre-fall shows in New York and Victoria's Secret's controversial television special. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.

Beauty

Kylie Jenner Gives Ulta Beauty Some Gloss

This week, everyone will be talking about Ulta Beauty's first financial results since partnering with Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian, Versace and Chanel's pre-fall shows in New York and Victoria's Secret's controversial television special. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.


News & Analysis

Inside VOICES 2018

The rise of big tech, the power of collaboration, a multifaceted understanding of the world and social activism were among the top topics at VOICES, BoF’s annual gathering for big thinkers.

News & Analysis

Inside VOICES 2018

The rise of big tech, the power of collaboration, a multifaceted understanding of the world and social activism were among the top topics at VOICES, BoF’s annual gathering for big thinkers.


News & Analysis

Adut Akech: 'I Will Always Be a Refugee'

From living in a Kenyan refugee camp to travelling the globe as an international top model, the industry’s name to watch reveals her journey onstage at VOICES.

News & Analysis

Adut Akech: 'I Will Always Be a Refugee'

From living in a Kenyan refugee camp to travelling the globe as an international top model, the industry’s name to watch reveals her journey onstage at VOICES.


Fashion Week

The Real Reason Valentino and Dior Men Showed in Japan

Beneath the surface of enthusiasm that fashion creatives harbour for Japan, there is a carefully calculated business rationale for their choice of locale.

Fashion Week

The Real Reason Valentino and Dior Men Showed in Japan

Beneath the surface of enthusiasm that fashion creatives harbour for Japan, there is a carefully calculated business rationale for their choice of locale.


News & Analysis

Cambridge Analytica Weaponised Fashion Brands to Elect Trump, Says Christopher Wylie

The controversial political marketing firm used Facebook ‘likes’ for fashion labels such as Wrangler and LL Bean as a primary input to building algorithms for targeting people with pro-Trump messaging during the 2016 US presidential election campaign, the whistle-blower revealed at BoF’s VOICES.

News & Analysis

Cambridge Analytica Weaponised Fashion Brands to Elect Trump, Says Christopher Wylie

The controversial political marketing firm used Facebook ‘likes’ for fashion labels such as Wrangler and LL Bean as a primary input to building algorithms for targeting people with pro-Trump messaging during the 2016 US presidential election campaign, the whistle-blower revealed at BoF’s VOICES.


News & Analysis

French Fragrance Masters of Grasse Get Unesco Heritage Boost

Although considered by perfume manufacturers to be one of the world's most prestigious fragrance centres, the number of producers in the French village has dwindled over the years.

News & Analysis

French Fragrance Masters of Grasse Get Unesco Heritage Boost

Although considered by perfume manufacturers to be one of the world's most prestigious fragrance centres, the number of producers in the French village has dwindled over the years.


Fashion Week

Dior and Valentino Head to Japan

This week, everyone will be talking about Dior and Valentino's pre-fall shows in Tokyo, Dolce & Gabbana's worsening crisis and the state of New York Fashion Week's off-calendar experiment. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.

Fashion Week

Dior and Valentino Head to Japan

This week, everyone will be talking about Dior and Valentino's pre-fall shows in Tokyo, Dolce & Gabbana's worsening crisis and the state of New York Fashion Week's off-calendar experiment. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.


China

Luxury Brands Need to Invest in Chinese Teens

China's teen shoppers are the next luxury goldmine, D&G's latest campaign sparks outrage, and Pinduoduo was accused of inflating revenues. Read China Decoded to make sense of the market.

China

Luxury Brands Need to Invest in Chinese Teens

China's teen shoppers are the next luxury goldmine, D&G's latest campaign sparks outrage, and Pinduoduo was accused of inflating revenues. Read China Decoded to make sense of the market.