Chanel celebrates its place in French culture with spectacle at Paris Ritz

French culture minister joins music producer Pharrell Williams for show at newly reopened hotel marking fashion house’s French heritage

Gian Paolo Barbieri. 50 years of beauty captured in fashion photography

GIAN PAOLO BARBIERI. Eye, heart and mind: fifty years of beauty captured in fashion photography Milan, 29 Arts In Progress Gallery – Via San Vittore 13  23 November – 20 December 2016. Famed for the theatricality of his sets, Gian Paolo Barbieri has captured the very essence of fashion photography in all its nuances, from … Read more

Selfridges goes bigger on bags as £300m London revamp begins

Oxford Street store to have biggest ‘handbag hall’ in the world designed with architect David Chipperfield

16th Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG). See the winning watches

The “Aiguiile d’Or” Grand Prix to Ferdinand Berthoud for the Chronomètre Ferdinand Berthoud FB 1 model. The watchmaking art was in the spotlight this Thursday November 10th at the Théâtre du Léman, on the occasion of the prize-giving ceremony for the 16th Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG). The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève annually … Read more

Karl Lagerfeld electrifies Chanel by embracing digital disruption

The designer’s Paris fashion week show plugged into our slightly sinister relationship with modern technology

La Montre Monsieur de Chanel with Chanel’s first in-house high-watchmaking movement

Haute horlogerie masculine: Chanel La Montre Monsieur de Chanel – the first movement designed, developed, reliability checked and assembled by Chanel. At Chanel, desire gives birth to tools. From desire comes a creation. It is the case with the new Chanel La Montre Monsieur de Chanel equipped with the House’s first in-house high-watchmaking movement. Chanel’s … Read more