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Chanel's Virginie Viard unveils couture debut in Paris

Chanel’s new artistic director Virginie Viard displayed an ode to history, of the French fashion houses’ two most famous couturiers, Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld
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Fashion's elite pay homage to the late, great Karl Lagerfeld

Some of fashion's biggest stars and celebrity fans paid a joyous tribute Thursday to the late great Karl Lagerfeld in the vast Paris venue that witnessed his greatest triumphs. US singer Pharrel
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Post-Karl Chanel takes train back to classy elegance

Virginie Viard made a classy and elegant debut in her first complete collection for Chanel Friday after taking over from the late Karl Lagerfeld at the iconic French label. The designer, who was
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Dior generates more buzz than Chanel on Paris Fashion Week

Everybody knew Chanel would be the center of attention on Paris Fashion Week, given the unfortunate circumstances of Karl Lagerfeld’s passing. Even so, Dior managed to score the most relevant m
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Paris fashion week heralds in the new seventies

Paris - The shows must go on, was the rhetoric in Paris for its latest fashion week, as the 'gilets jaunes' cordoned off France's capital streets every weekend, making it challenging for retailers, s
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Chanel to pay tribute to Lagerfeld with his final collection

Karl Lagerfeld's final collection for Chanel will be presented in the Grand Palais in Paris on Tuesday, the scene of some of the legendary designer's greatest triumphs. The brand that he is most
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'Tired' Lagerfeld misses Chanel Paris couture show

Karl Lagerfeld pulled out of two Chanel Paris haute couture fashion shows Tuesday, with the label announcing the veteran designer "was tired this morning". As the French capital was hit by a sno
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Lagerfeld reaches for immortality with Chanel Paris show

Legendary designer and bibliophile Karl Lagerfeld made a pitch for immortality Tuesday by setting his Chanel Paris haute couture show in front of the Academie Francaise. The venerable institution,
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Chanel sets date for Cruise show

As designers announce the dates for their Cruise and Resort collections, Chanel has officially set May 3 as the date for theirs. The collection will be shown at the Grand Palais in Paris, which has b
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Chanel attacked for felling trees for Paris fashion show

Karl Lagerfeld created a spectacular mid-winter wood for his Paris catwalk Tuesday, but immediately fell foul of environmental activists who accused him of felling century-old trees for the show.
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Five Highlights from Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week

As Paris haute couture week comes to an end on Thursday, we look at the five things we learned from the elite fashion extravaganza: All hail Galliano Genius is a word that gets thrown around in fash
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The 5 top trends at Paris Fashion Week

With Paris Fashion Week coming to an end Tuesday, here's a look at the five big takeaways from the catwalks. Frills The future will be frilly. Sparingly deployed on the diagonal or in a whole flotill
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Chanel goes aquatic as Vuitton channels regime rock chic at PFW

Karl Lagerfeld built a huge waterfall and flooded the vast Grand Palais for his spectacular Chanel show Tuesday, the final day of Paris Fashion Week. The veteran designer sent out an army of "water n
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Chanel goes for PVC transparency at Paris Fashion Week

Paris - Karl Lagerfeld built a huge waterfall and flooded the vast Grand Palais for his spectacular Chanel show Tuesday on the final day of Paris Fashion Week. The veteran designer sent out an army
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Paris Couture Week to debut US labels

Two high-end American labels will make their Paris haute couture debuts Sunday in a week when the French capital pays tribute to two of fashion's legends. New York-based Proenza Schouler and Californ
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​The main takeaways from Paris Fashion Week AW17

London - Paris Fashion Week, often seen as the pinnacle of the global fashion week has come to an end. Leading fashion houses ranging from Dior to Louis Vuitton presented their vision for Autumn/Win
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Chanel goes to outer space at Paris Fashion Week

Chanel led out its space-themed Paris fashion week show Tuesday with a 15-year-old model days after an unnamed big brand was criticised for "trying to sneak 15-year-olds" onto the catwalk. With th
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Money-Makers: What Paris earns from Paris Fashion Week

London - With the final day of Milan Fashion Week wrapping up Monday evening, the international fashion pack moves on to the French capital for the start of the last major global fashion week, Paris
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