Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Known for her nontraditional approach to design, Chanel set trends using unconventional fabrics, colors and textures; many of ...

Sometimes the biggest life lesson isn't about waiting for the perfect occasion; it's about deciding that today is reason enough to celebrate. Most people spend their lives waiting. Waiting for a ...

French fashion designer Coco Chanel wears an evening dress with bustle at a ball given by the Comte de Beaumont, Paris, circa 1935Roger Viollet/Getty Images Coco Chanel in her appartment on Cambon ...

Along with being a noted French fashion designer, Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel was also quite the fount of knowledge. Throughout her high-profile career in fashion, Chanel offered pearls of wisdom ...

How volumes on a Paris bookshelf, botanicals in a Riviera villa, and the mosaics of a French abbey find themselves in a necklace.

Aubazine Abbey, a jewel of medieval Cistercian heritage nestled in the heart of Corrèze (Nouvelle-Aquitaine region), is about to be restored to its original splendor. The famous Chanel fashion house, ...

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The newly restored house still conjures the designer’s unfussy elegance. The cloister at La Pausa, a holiday home built in 1929 on a hill above the coast of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, for the ...

In a fashion show that took inspiration from the many stories of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel – some of her own volition – the appearance of a creased and characterful, albeit remarkably well-preserved ...