Disneyland, serenades and archery: highlights from Paris fashion week SS25 – in pictures
Unflappable Chanel in no hurry to find new designer amid continuity in Paris
June 2024
Chanel shows no sign of drift, even without a chief designer at helm
As Virginie Viard leaves Chanel, who are the contenders to bring its buzz back?
May 2024
‘We need to take risks’: Chanel gets gritty with Marseille show
Luxury brand continues its strategy of engaging with diversity and real life – but the prices are less inclusive
March 2024
Observer Design
March design news: the history of hi-fi, the future of energy and a pizza watch
Chanel brings Hollywood and seaside chic to Paris fashion week
February 2024
TV review
The New Look review – the rivalry between Coco Chanel and Christian Dior is absurd to the point of insult
Though it features fine performances from Juliette Binoche and Ben Mendelsohn, the backdrop of war is essentially written out of the series in favour of a competition over tulle
January 2024
Tutu skirt takes centre stage in Paris as Chanel channels ballet trend
Designer for haute couture show wanted to 'bring together the power and finesse of bodies and clothes’
December 2023
‘Good for Chanel and good for Manchester’: Fashion show delights city’s luminaries
Catwalk in the city’s fashionable Northern Quarter celebrated its musical, cultural and sporting prowess
Is soggy old Manchester having a cultural buzz or trading on past glories?
Big things are happening with Chanel and Factory International, but we hear Blue Monday a few too many times
Chanel pairs up with Manchester for tweedy catwalk show
French fashion house parades baker boy caps for show in UK city famed for its textile heritage
November 2023
‘It’s weird’: mixed reactions as top secret Chanel show heads to Manchester
‘Crusade for haute couture’: 252-item Chanel collection up for auction in Paris
October 2023
Up close and personal: key shows from Paris fashion week spring/summer 2024 – in pictures
Chanel swaps pomp and fanfare for flip-flops and ponchos
September 2023
Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto review – a dizzying excess of good taste
Notebook
The Coco Chanel exhibition had me weak at the knees, but the woman remains an enigma
Rachel Cooke
TV review
Coco Chanel Unbuttoned review – extraordinary woman, shame about the Nazis
Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto review – modernist magnificence still chic after 140 years
