Chanel
French fashion house
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| 2025 | Chanel launched the Chance Eau Splendide campaign with Belgian singer Angèle as the brand's new face. A short film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet features Angèle playing hide and seek with a floating perfume bottle, culminating in a dance sequence. Angèle also released a theme song called 'A little more' for the campaign. |
| 2025 | Becomes a contestant on season 3 of The Traitors |
| 2025 | Committed to transitioning to 100% renewable electricity as part of the Chanel Mission 1.5 Climate Action Plan. |
| 2024 | Portrayed by Juliette Binoche in Apple TV+ series 'The New Look', depicting her at the pinnacle of her career during World War II and early post-war era. |
| December 2024 | Matthieu Blazy was appointed the next Artistic Director of Chanel. |
| February 2024 | Chanel opened its U.S. flagship store dedicated to watches and fine jewellery on Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. |
| February 9 2024 | The ballet 'Coco Chanel: The Life of a Fashion Icon' made its North American premiere at the Atlanta Ballet, running from February 9-17. |
| January 2024 | Launched the Traceability Alliance for Sustainable Cosmetics, a consortium of 15 cosmetics manufacturers aimed at improving sector-wide traceability. |
| 2023 | Makes an appearance on The Real Housewives of New Jersey episode 'Teresa Gets Married' |
| 2023 | A purported French Resistance membership card for Coco Chanel was discovered in the French national archives by her biographer Justine Picardie, claiming membership in the ERIC network of the Forces Françaises Combattantes (FFC). |
| 2023 | Featured in Disney+ mini-series 'Cristóbal Balenciaga', portrayed by Anouk Grinberg. |
| September 16 2023 | The Chanel retrospective exhibition is set to debut at London's Victoria & Albert Museum. |
| March 2023 | A new ballet 'Coco Chanel: The Life of a Fashion Icon', co-produced by Atlanta Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet, and Queensland Ballet, premiered in Hong Kong. |
| 2022 | Appears as a guest on Watch What Happens Live! for 4 episodes |
| 2022 | Launched her own makeup brand AYAN Beauty in collaboration with makeup artist Toni Malt, following the success of the first season of her reality show. |
| 2022 | Chanel donated €2 million to Care and UNHCR to support Ukraine during the Russian invasion. |
| 2022 | Launched the No.1 de Chanel beauty and fragrance line, featuring 97% naturally derived ingredients and eco-conscious packaging. |
| 2022 | Chanel 2.55 handbag prices reached between $5,600 and $10,000, demonstrating a dramatic price appreciation over just over a decade. |
| October 11 2022 | ThyssenBornemisza National Museum in Madrid began a four-part exhibition exploring the relationship between Pablo Picasso and Gabrielle Chanel, which ran until January 15, 2023. |
| June 1 2022 | Premiered as a cast member in the first season of The Real Housewives of Dubai, joining a diverse group of six women on the reality show. |
| 2021 | Became head of runway for Miss Universe UAE, marking a significant leadership role in the pageant organization. |
| December 2021 | Leena Nair was appointed Global Chief Executive Officer. |
| December 3 2021 | The Chanel retrospective exhibition opened at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, running until April 25, 2022. |
| June 2021 | Chanel announced a $25 million anchor investment in the Landscape Resilience Fund to support farmers affected by climate change. |
| October 1 2020 | Palais Galliera launched a retrospective exhibition titled 'Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto', which ran until August 17, 2021. |
| 2019 | Jean-Paul Goude collaborated with choreographer Ryan Heffington, musician Sam Spiegel, and models Abby Champion, Camille Hurel, Rianne Van Rompaey, and Ysaunny Brito for the Chance Eau Tendre Eau de Parfum campaign, creating a video of the models performing a choreographed dance at an audition. |
| 2019 | Chanel introduced Chance Eau Tendre Eau de Parfum, a new version of the fragrance created by perfumer Olivier Polge. This version is more intense and feminine, featuring exotic absolute jasmine, rose essence, creamy musk, grapefruit, and quince notes. |
| February 2019 | Karl Lagerfeld died at age 85. Virginie Viard was named the new Creative Director. |
| 2018 | Chanel acquired Orlebar Brown, a clothing brand specializing in tailored men's swim shorts, expanding their swimwear product line. |
| 2018 | Chanel filed a lawsuit in the Federal District Court of the Southern District of New York against The RealReal for allegedly hosting counterfeit Chanel products. |
| 2018 | Chanel announced relocation of its global headquarters to London and decided to ban fur and exotic skins from its collections. |
| 2018 | Chanel Limited was established as a holding company, owned by French brothers Alain and Gérard Wertheimer, and headquartered in London. |
| 2018 | Chanel launched a Chance fragrance campaign as a series of mini-films for Instagram, featuring four emerging talents (Selah Marley, Lily Newmark, Belen Chavanne, and Angela Yuen) representing different Chance fragrance variations. Shot in Venice, Italy, the campaign won a Silver Clio Award in the Social Media category. |
| October 22 2018 | Portrayed by Romane Portail in episode 5 of season 2 of Frankie Drake Mysteries, where her character hires a private detective after being shot at in Toronto. |
| 2011 | Chanel established Fondation Chanel, its philanthropic arm focused on addressing gender-based violence, healthcare advocacy, and economic empowerment. |
| May 5 2011 | Chanel Cruise 2011 collection is presented at Hôtel du Cap in Antibes, with an outdoors theme. |
| March 8 2011 | Karl Lagerfeld presents the Fall-Winter 2011 Ready-to-wear collection at the Grand Palais, featuring a frozen garden concept. |
| January 25 2011 | Chanel Spring-Summer 2011 Haute Couture collection is showcased with a ballet theme at Pavillon Cambon-Capucines. |
| 2010 | Chanel launched Chance Eau Tendre, an eau de toilette fragrance with top notes of grapefruit and quince, heart notes of iris absolute and hyacinth, and base notes of amber, white musk, and cedar wood. |
| 2010 | The Chanel 2.55 handbag was priced at $2,850, marking the start of an extremely rapid value increase. |
| December 7 2010 | Karl Lagerfeld unveils the Paris-Byzance collection at 31 rue Cambon, inspired by a Byzantine palace. |
| October 5 2010 | Chanel Spring-Summer 2011 Ready-to-wear collection is presented with an orchestra theme. |
| July 6 2010 | Karl Lagerfeld presents Chanel Fall-Winter 2010 Haute Couture collection at the Grand Palais in Paris, featuring a lion theme. |
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