It was announced late on Wednesday, June 5 that Virginie Viard will depart Chanel after five years as its artistic director, and thirty years overall with the company. Chanel did not give a reason for her departure, but the brand has recently been criticized for a sharp price increase, with a decrease in quality. Despite…
The trajectory of fashion has largely depended on designers who crossed lines, shattered boundaries, and challenged industry norms. Designers who broke societal stigmas were catalysts of change who impacted the evolution of prints, silhouettes, and colors, along with those who wore them. These disruptive yet revolutionary designers drastically steered fashion onto the path of authenticity…
Lily-Rose Depp is blossoming into a career of her own. After walking in the Chanel couture show earlier in the year, the 16-year-old daughter of Johnny Depp has officially been named the face and ambassador of Chanel‘s Fall/Winter 2015-2016 eyewear campaign on July 15th. Chanel is a french fashion house that specializes in haute couture,…
1. Second Floor: The Private Apartment of Mademoiselle Chanel Saatchi Gallery, London September 12-22, 2014 Take a look inside Mademoiselle Chanel’s infamous apartment at 31 Rue Cambon, Paris, through intimate photographs by Sam Taylor-Johnson. The exhibit will show 34 photographs, beautifully printed in black and white. “Shooting at Coco Chanel’s apartment was an unexpectedly absorbing experience,”…
The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York has just opened the second installment of their exhibit, Fashion A-Z: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum at FIT. Much like Part One of the exhibit, originally titled The Great Designers, the show focuses on some of the biggest icons in European fashion,…
