Coco Chanel - The Glass Magazine

Glass indulges in High Fashion High Tea at The Kensington

December 6, 2023

FOLLOWING the opening of the V&A's first-ever major exhibition on the life of Coco Chanel, The Kensington has carefully designed a new afternoon tea menu to celebrate the French couturière. The menu pa...

Maddox Gallery paints a vivid tale of iconic duos with Coco Dávez’s Partners in Time exhibition

Zlata Kryudor

March 29, 2023

Art, Exhibitions, Feature

MADDOX Gallery is thrilled to unveil Partners in Time, a striking collection of faceless portraits by Spanish painter Coco Dávez. Launching on 9th March at Maddox Westbourne Grove, the exhibit showcases pairs ...

PFW AW23: Chanel

Imogen Clark

March 8, 2023

Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature, News

INTERLOCKING CC's, tweed and camellias are all suggestions of one thing - Chanel. Picking the latter as inspiration for autumn-winter 2023, Virginie Viard decided to pay tribute to this floral motif, crafting a...

Chanel presents the Coco Crush 2023 collection

Zlata Kryudor

January 6, 2023

Fashion, Jewellery and Watches, News

CHANEL is continuing to expand the additions of the iconic Coco Crush collection, and this year, the French Maison is pleased to collaborate with its ambassadors, including actresses Margaret Qualley, Amandla S...

Chanel Beauty reveals Cometes Collective

Zlata Kryudor

October 19, 2022

Beauty, News

FOR THE House of Chanel, the concept of beauty is captured in many transformative encounters. It comes from freedom, and as described in the brand's manifesto, it's "a dance between matter and illusion", which ...

Chanel debuts their first high jewellery collection in celebration of N°5 perfume

Sophia Ford-Palmer

May 14, 2021

Fashion, Feature, Jewellery and Watches

TO celebrate a century of Chanel’s N°5 perfume, Director of the Chanel Fine Jewellery Creation Studio, Patrice Leguéreau, has created the house’s first high jewellery collection devoted to a perfume. First p...

Glass reviews the Chanel Métiers d’art Collection 2020/21

Imogen Clark

December 4, 2020

Fashion, Fashion Shows, News

STEEPED in a rich history of strong women, the Château de Chenonceau in the Loire Valley sets the scene for Chanel's Métiers d'art collection. Built at the beginning of the Renaissance era, and earning the nick...

Glass meets Olivier Polge, Chanel’s perfumer

Rachel McCormack

March 5, 2020

Beauty, Feature

Fragrant visions – Glass travels to Grasse, the home of perfume, to meet Olivier Polge, Chanel’s nose, and Joseph Mul, whose farm provides the flowers for the brand’s legendary fragrances Glass is in Pégoma...

Haute Couture SS20: Chanel

Cara Jenkins

January 23, 2020

Fashion, Fashion Shows, News

DRAWING inspiration from the cloister garden of the Abbey of Aubazine, where Gabrielle Chanel spent a period of her childhood, Virginie Viard recreated the very ambiance under the dome of the Grand Palais to pr...

PFW SS20: Chanel

Alicia Pountney

October 1, 2019

Fashion, Fashion Shows, News

WEAVING through zinc-plated, chimney-ridden Parisian rooftops, models showcased Chanel’s SS20 collection for PFW in a performance of high fashion – with one very unexpected interruption. This collection was ...

Chanel showcases their 2019/2020 Cruise Collection

Alicia Pountney

May 7, 2019

Fashion, News

AS THE Nave of the Grand Palais was transformed into a Parisian train station, its guests were whisked away on an imaginary journey. Instigator and author of this travel story was Virginie Viard w...

Chanel debuts Prix des Métiers D’Art at the 34th annual International Festival of Fashion

Alicia Pountney

May 3, 2019

Fashion, News

“FOR I want to be part of what happens” Mademoiselle Chanel liked to say, and with this in mind Chanel returned to the 34th annual International Festival of Fashion, bringing with it the newly created Prix des ...

Chanels Métiers d’arts show 2018 takes place in Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lupe Baeyens

December 6, 2018

Fashion, Fashion Shows, News

LAST night the Parisian maison Chanel staged its Métier d’arts show in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in the Temple of Dendur, which would soon reveal to be the perfect backdrop. From the setting, the styling ...

Chanel opens new boutique on Walton Street

Lupe Baeyens

October 23, 2018

Fashion, News

A NEWLY restored Chanel boutique has opened its’ doors on the corner of Draycott Avenue and Walton Street last week. Designed by star architect Peter Marino, no stranger to the Parisian brand as this is the...

Celebrities participate in Chanel’s 3.55 Podcast in Cannes

Olga Kuznietsova

May 17, 2018

Fashion, News

ONE step aside from the hustle and bustle of the red carpet, actress and Chanel ambassador, Anna Mouglalis, meets some of the brightest personalities in the world of cinema to talk about creativity, boldness an...

Chanel releases Huile de Jasmin − a new facial oil with jasmine extract

Jessica Graham

April 19, 2017

Beauty, News, Skincare

CHANEL is celebrating its heritage by recreated a new essential skincare product −Huile de Jasmin. The simple formula contains jasmine extract from fields cultivated exclusively for Chanel in Grasse and is pres...

Glass In Motion loves … Inside Chanel Chapter 19: The Time of Chanel

Livia Feltham

March 29, 2017

Fashion, Feature, Glass TV

CHANEL releases the latest video short from their Inside Chanel web series, this instalment is entitled, Chapter 19 The Time of Chanel. Inside Chanel is a project that, through a series of short films, n...

Chanel creates four short films to honour the life of its founder Coco

Jessica Graham

February 23, 2017

Fashion, Feature, Glass TV

KARL Lagerfeld has created four films that will be featured on the Chanel website throughout 2017 which explore and celebrate the life and values of the brand’s legendary founder Gabrielle Chanel,...

Glass reviews Paris Refashioned, 1957–1968 by Colleen Hill

Ethan Long

February 3, 2017

Fashion, Feature

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WHILE London started to move centre-stage in youth fashion and culture by the start of the 60s, Paris had started to evolve beyond its couture roots into what we know as fashion today – with the emergence of re...

Glass attends Chanel Métiers D’Art 2016/17

Nicola Kavanagh

December 8, 2016

Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature

IT’S no surprise that Chanel’s 2017 Métiers D’Art show took place at the Ritz hotel where Karl Largerfeld led the brand’s return to Paris yesterday. The hotel is intimately linked to the life of Coco Chanel, it...

Glass talks to US-accessories designer Tyler Ellis as she rebrands her line

Jessica Quillin

September 14, 2016

Fashion, Feature

YOUNG designers are a mixed bunch of vision, passion and energy. But, Tyler Ellis is in a category all her own, with an innate appreciation of provenance and good business sense, to boot. Ellis, the daughter...

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