Chanel

Pearl Lowe can always rely on her Chanel handbag to improve an outfit.The fashion designer says the "timeless" accessory goes well with any clothes as it always makes her feel good.She said: "A perfect party dress is a black lace dress, black opaque tights and killer heels. And my mother gave...

Vanessa Paradis is the new face of Chanel lipstick.The 36-year-old actress-and-model will star in a global campaign for the luxury make-up range's new collection Rouge Coco de Chanel.The new lipsticks will be available to buy from 2010.Chanel said Vanessa was chosen due to her "modern el...

Katie Price is snubbed by most fashion houses.The glamour model admits designers don't lend her their clothes, and when she recently asked 12 top fashion houses - including Chanel, Gucci, Prada and Versace - to let her wear their designs, all of them refused.Writing in her latest autobiog...

Karl Lagerfeld designed his Paris Fashion Week show around a Lily Allen music video.The singer was asked by the designer to perform at his Chanel show last week, revealing he had taken inspiration for the set from her 'It's Not Fair' video.She said: "Karl showed me what he was working on. He br...

Karl Lagerfeld has blasted "fat mummies" for their attitudes against skinny models.The 71-year-old Chanel designer criticised Brigitte magazine's announcement they will only use "ordinary, realistic" models in future, insisting people prefer looking at slim women and the "absur...

Karl Lagerfeld thinks only "impressive" shows should be staged at Paris Fashion Week.The legendary designer - who showed his eponymous label's Spring/Summer 10 collection at the event as well as that of Chanel, where he is creative director - claims uninspiring shows have no place at th...

Lily Allen performed at Chanel's Paris show yesterday (06.10.09), but Katy Perry stayed away.The 'Fear' singer - who has been feuding with Katy since the 'I Kissed A Girl' singer referred to herself as a "skinnier version of Lily Allen" - sang a medley of her hits at the Paris Fashion Week even...

Karl Lagerfeld asked Lily Allen to front his latest collection because she is "young, cool and extremely witty".The creative director of Chanel - who will launch their new Coco Cocoon line in two weeks - asked the outspoken British singer to appear in the advertising campaign because of h...

Karl Lagerfeld's mother destroyed his childhood diary because it was "stupid".The creative director of Chanel admits the experience had a profound effect on him, and is part of the reason he never thinks about collections once they have been shown to the public.He said: "When I was very yo...

Houndstooth is set to make a comeback next season with plenty of 1940s monochrome livening up our winter wardrobes.Karl Lagerfeld famously brought the houndstooth check to the Chanel catwalk back in 2005 but this time it's going mainstream and all the highstreet are stores stocking up o...

Alexandra Burke was treated to not one- but two designer handbags from the X Factor Judges on her 21st Birthday this week.The X Factor winner certainly knows the best people to invite to a party- after Simon Cowell and Dannii Minogue both arrived with gift wrapped designer bags.Simon gave t...

Beth Ditto found meeting Karl Lagerfeld one of the biggest challenges of her life.The Gossip singer - who recently designed her own range of clothes for British high street store Evans - found meeting the outspoken Chanel creative director difficult because of his strong opinions and vi...

Rinko Kikuchi Is New Face of Chanel  UK - She has real power in her gaze, and an enormous potential to be a great actress," said Karl Lagerfeld, who shot the campaign in June in Paris to fashion ...