Coco Before Chanel”In order to be irreplaceable,” said the legendary French couturier Gabrielle ”Coco” Chanel, ”one must always be different.” The very feminine, very inward-looking French biopic Coco ...

There are fashion designers, and then there is Coco Chanel. This month's big-screen biopic, Coco Avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel), charts the style pioneer's rise from impoverished abandoned child to ...

In Homage to Mademoiselle opens with a 1978 ad starring the original French ingenue Catherine Deneuve, then flashes through some of the label’s most recognisable moments. From black and white footage ...

Countless books and films have told all or some fraction of how Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel came to dominate and transform the fashion industry. Followers of fashion have been regaled with tales of her ...

Audrey Tautou plays Coco Chanel in a biopic released this month – but the painstakingly-researched costumes are the real stars of the film, discovers Rosamund Witcher. There are fashion designers, and ...