With the turn of the season, it's time to refresh the home with chic and cozy updates that'll make my family and all of my guests feel warm and welcome. So I decided to partner again with Eternity Modern and ordered the iconic Camaleonda sofa! My number one must-have for the living room was the perfect couch. I wanted something that was really deep and wide, filled the space, a ..read more

  What better way to discover le19M, an immense space imagined by CHANEL and designed by architect Rudy Ricciotti to welcome the House's artisan partners, than to organise the 2021/22 Métiers d'art show there. Indeed it is here at le19M - 19 for the 19th arrondissement of Paris and one of Gabrielle Chanel's emblematic numbers - that the embroiderers Lesage and Atelier Montex, the goldsmith Goossens, the hatter Maison Michel, the feather worker Lemarié, the pleater Lognon, and the shoemaker Massaro are now gathered: "It's a vast, very open spa ..read more

Painting is at the heart of the CHANEL Fall-Winter 2021/22 Haute Couture collection: "It was when I rediscovered these portraits of Gabrielle Chanel dressed up in black or white 1880s-style dresses, that I immediately thought about tableaux," explains Virginie Viard. “Works by Berthe Morisot, Marie Laurencin and Édouar Manet. There are impressionist-inspired dresses, skirts that look like paintings and a long white satin dress punctuated with black bows like Morisot's...” It made perfect sense for this show, bursting with colours, to be held at the Palais Galliera ..read more

It was under the sign of Jean Cocteau that Virginie Viard began to think about the CHANEL Cruise 2021/22 collection: "Because Gabrielle Chanel was close to Cocteau, and I love the film Testament of Orpheus. In particular this magnificent scene: a man with a black horse's head descends into the Carrières de Lumières, his silhouette cut out against the very white walls". Destination: the Carrières de Lumières, in Les Baux-de-Provence, for a highly graphic show, "because the simplicity, the precision and the poetry of Cocteau's film made me want to create a very c ..read more

                          “I love contrasts, so for the more voluminous winter pieces, I wanted a small space. I don’t know if this is because of the times we live in, but I wanted something warm, lively. I imagined the models doing a show for themselves, going from room to room, crossing each other in staircases, piling their coats up in the cloakroom and going up to the next floor to get changed. And I thought of the shows that Karl would tell me about, back in the day, a long time ago, when the models would ..read more

"I knew we couldn't organise a big show, that we would have to invent something else, so I came up with the idea of a small cortege that would come down the stairs of the Grand Palais and pass beneath arches of flowers. Like a family celebration, a wedding…” says Virginie Viard setting the tone for the Spring-Summer 2021 Haute Couture collection. "I love big family reunions, when the generations all come together. It's so warm. There’s this spirit at Chanel today. Because Chanel is also like a family." A spirit to be celebrated more than ever with the reopening, at the s ..read more

I’ve partnered with Secret Deodorant to try their new and improved Aluminum Free Deodorant. It's been a couple weeks since I've been using it and what can I say - I'm so impressed! I finally found a deodorant that fits my lifestyle. Although I don't sweat much, I still can go about my day feeling confident and smelling great thanks to its lovely light and fresh coconut scent.  With everything going on in the world, I've spent more time the past few months reflecting and focusing on my health and wellness. What you put ON your body is as important as what you put IN your body. I used to ..read more

“Showing at the Château de Chenonceau, at the Château de Chenonceau, at the “Château des Dames”, was an obvious choice. It was designed and lived in by women, including Diane de Poitiers and Catherine de’ Medici. It is a castle on a human scale. And Catherine de’ Medici’s emblem was a monogram composed of two intertwined Cs, just like that of Chanel,” confides Virginie Viard. “We don’t know if Coco was directly inspired by her, but it is highly likely because she so admired Renaissance women. Her taste for lace ruffs and the aesthetic of certain piece ..read more

  “I was thinking about actresses at the photocall, on the red carpet, that moment when they’re being called to by the photographers: their faces a little distracted, their attitude a little out of sync with the outfits they’re wearing. And then there are the fans waiting for them behind the barriers, this very lively side to cinema that happens beyond cinema, that’s what I like,” explains Virginie Viard, “This collection is a tribute to the muses of the House. Some of them are far away, it’s been a long time since we saw them. Gabrielle ..read more

  The J12 breaks its monochromatic codes and combines its 2 signature colors: black and white in a transgressive creation. Cut out, detached, adjusted and assembled, black and white clash in this bold encounter. A creative and technical performance that, on the back, reveals the Caliber 12.1, a self-winding movement manufactured exclusively for CHANEL. A structured composition marked by an asymmetry of colors. Only available in 38mm. Stay chic, xx ..read more