You may have heard this one before, but did you know it was initially Coco Chanel's words? "A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life." 3. On success Despite living in a male-dominated ...

Later in life, she told people that Coco was a childhood nickname. Perhaps because a cabaret career was ‘uncouth’ for a couture designer at the time. Chanel along with her two sisters was sent ...

"Chanel definitely socialised with them," Lisa Chaney, author of "Coco Chanel: An Intimate Life", told Time. The new television series shows Chanel, played by Juliette Binoche, hanging out with ...

Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly with her sister.

In first major US retrospective, de Young's 'Tamara de Lempicka' reveals stunning portraits of Russian aristocrats and ...

With a snip of scissors, Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel freed women from their corsets. Today, Chanel itself needs liberation. The applause at the end of the show, which featured designs that often felt ...

An artist and designer, she transformed simple craft paper into elaborate trompe l’oeil confections, creating stunning ...

From a cliffside aerie to a hideout on the sand, France's Mediterranean coastline is filled with outstanding luxury hotels—and these are the 10 best places to stay.

Read our full commerce guidelines here. First made a fashion It-girl item by Coco Chanel in the 1950s, a tweed jacket remains a truly timeless piece. Still synonymous with the French fashion house ...