For a queen of haute couture, lately Coco Chanel has seemed awfully — mais oui! — off the rack. Ready-to-watch bios have been popping up like Hong Kong knockoffs. First there was the TV bio “Coco ...

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In August we got "Valentino: The Last Emperor, " a documentary about Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani. A month later came "The September Issue, " another doc, about Vogue magazine editor ...

“I really hope that you will enjoy it because it has nothing to do with fashion,” Ms. Tatou rather sheepishly told the audience, which was well-stocked with members of the fashion flock. The film, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Coco Chanel’s and Igor Stravinsky’s accomplishments don’t have much in common. The name of Chanel ...

CANNES, France (Reuters) - A lavish portrayal of a brief affair between Russian composer Igor Stravinsky and fashion pioneer Coco Chanel in the early 1920s brings the curtain down on the Cannes film ...

Coco Before Chanel is the story of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, who began her life as a headstrong orphan, and through an extraordinary journey became the legendary couturier who embodied the modern woman ...

Inspired by a true story of survival.

Spectacle, a love triangle, heritage settings, bravura acting, witty dialogue, a bittersweet finale: There's something for everyone in Anne Fontaine's "Coco Before Chanel." By Bernard Besserglik, The ...

Gabriel Bonheur Chanel (Coco) was born in 1883. When her mother died Coco was only twelve years old. Her father abandons her and her siblings in the largest orphanage of the region, a convent in ...