“Well, I’m obviously a great fan of the little black dress,” quipped Tristram Hunt, director of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, when asked about the appeal of “Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto ...

As head designer and creative director Karl Lagerfeld took his bow at the end of the Chanel show last month in Paris, he paid homage to the legacy of Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel, who opened her first ...

The humble closet staple can be dressed up and down in seemingly infinite ways. Our critic offers a few options for taking it from the office to the street. By Vanessa Friedman Matthieu Blazy made his ...