Coco Chanel Was Investigated by the French During WWII

A new exhibition at London’s V&A museum features some 200 pieces from the V&A’s collection, the Palais Galliera fashion museum in Paris and the heritage collections of the Chanel itself.

Coco Chanel's fashion legacy lives on. A new exhibition examines why

Coco Chanel Was Investigated by the French During WWII

On view through February, “Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto” explores significant clothing and beauty milestones in the trailblazer’s monumental career.

An Astounding Chanel Retrospective Opens at London's Victoria & Albert Museum - Galerie

The exhibition on Chanel at the Victoria and Albert Museum has shaken things up.

Coco Chanel: spy or Resistance participant?

London's V&A hosts new Chanel exhibition exploring the designer's legacy

Read this exciting story from The Guardian September 09, 2023. Newly-unearthed documents that show the fashion designer Coco Chanel was a documented member of the French resistance during the second world war are to go on display at a major retrospective of her work - alongside contradictory evidence that she operated as a Nazi agent.

Chanel's wartime work on both sides' to be shown at V&A's major retrospective

Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel's by Vaughan, Hal

Explore How Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel Revolutionized Modern Fashion - Galerie

The world of jewelry was, for a long time, the domain of men. Meet the women who changed it all. 

Meet the Women Who Changed the World of Jewelry - Coco Chanel Elsa Peretti