
Chanel turns 100, as McQueen turns Elizabethan
A hundred years ago, the legendary Coco Chanel opened her first boutique in the Normandy seaside town of Deauville. Today, the boutiques number 300 ...

Karl Lagerfeld celebrates a century of Chanel
A hundred years ago, legendary Coco Chanel opened her first boutique in the Normandy seaside town of Deauville. Today, they number 300 and Chanel ...

Large coats a mainstay for next winter from Milan
Many of the fashions displayed on the Milan runway Thursday had a yesteryear appeal — but with a contemporary edge. Coats are a mainstay for next ...

Fendi in Milan sticks discreetly to fur heritage
Fendi is to fur what Ferrari is to cars. Yet given current concerns about animal rights, the brand has moved from the lavish fur coats that were all ...

Rome's Trevi Fountain gets $2.9 million facelift
Rome's 18th-century Trevi Fountain, famed as a setting for the film "La Dolce Vita," is getting a €2.18 million ($2.9 million) restoration courtesy ...

Armani and Chanel draw in celebs at couture day 2
The red-carpet glamor of haute couture — with its dripping paillettes, glistening silks and exorbitant price tag — makes it a natural bedfellow for ...

Lagerfeld supports gay marriage in lesbian couture
Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel's veteran couturier, has shown his support for the legalization of gay marriage in France by sending two models down a catwalk ...

Chanel evokes 19th century in spring couture show
One palace, 90 oak trees and more than 3,000 bushes is the kind of luxury that spells only one thing: Chanel haute couture. The natural landscape ...

Pirelli unveils covered-up calendar for 2013
After taking it all off for 39 straight years, the notoriously racy Pirelli calendar has buttoned up, delivering a 2013 edition Tuesday — in ...