Dancers, bandleaders, a casino, a fragrance bar, Nicole Kidman’s gown from her No. 5 commercial, and even Andy Warhol’s portraits of Gabrielle Chanel are on display throughout the journey.

Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, shown here in a 1939 photograph, launched her makeup line in 1924. George Hoyningen-Huene Estate Archives. The tome is organized into seven chapters named after the ...

”Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto,” which opens on Saturday, Sept. 16, doesn’t quite reach the dazzling heights of those two exhibitions, but it’s a stylish tribute to her work and ...

Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel was the first superstar fashion designer, says curator of V&A exhibition Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto opens at the V&A museum on September 16. By Katie Wright.

Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel changed the way that women dress by challenging fashion conventions in the early 20th century. Her desire for womenswear to be comfortable rather than restrictive was ...

Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel in Paris in 1937. The designer had a chequered history, collaborating with Nazi German occupiers in France. Roger Schall/Condé Nast/Shutterstock.

We think we know everything about Gabrielle Chanel. Yet, she epitomises the essence of a self-made woman. And still, she’s rarely associated with the image of an entrepreneur. Why is that?

The UK’s first exhibition dedicated to the work of French fashion designer Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel has opened at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (the V&A). It is a reworking of the ...

More than 200 Chanel looks will be seen together for the first time in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s (V&A) forthcoming exhibition on the work of French fashion designer Gabrielle “Coco ...