Chanel
French fashion house
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| 2025 | Chanel launched the Chance Eau Splendide campaign with Belgian singer Angèle as the brand's new face. A short film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet features Angèle playing hide and seek with a floating perfume bottle, culminating in a dance sequence. Angèle also released a theme song called 'A little more' for the campaign. |
| 2025 | Becomes a contestant on season 3 of The Traitors |
| 2025 | Committed to transitioning to 100% renewable electricity as part of the Chanel Mission 1.5 Climate Action Plan. |
| 2024 | Portrayed by Juliette Binoche in Apple TV+ series 'The New Look', depicting her at the pinnacle of her career during World War II and early post-war era. |
| December 2024 | Matthieu Blazy was appointed the next Artistic Director of Chanel. |
| February 2024 | Chanel opened its U.S. flagship store dedicated to watches and fine jewellery on Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. |
| February 9 2024 | The ballet 'Coco Chanel: The Life of a Fashion Icon' made its North American premiere at the Atlanta Ballet, running from February 9-17. |
| January 2024 | Launched the Traceability Alliance for Sustainable Cosmetics, a consortium of 15 cosmetics manufacturers aimed at improving sector-wide traceability. |
| 2023 | Makes an appearance on The Real Housewives of New Jersey episode 'Teresa Gets Married' |
| 2023 | A purported French Resistance membership card for Coco Chanel was discovered in the French national archives by her biographer Justine Picardie, claiming membership in the ERIC network of the Forces Françaises Combattantes (FFC). |
| 2023 | Featured in Disney+ mini-series 'Cristóbal Balenciaga', portrayed by Anouk Grinberg. |
| September 16 2023 | The Chanel retrospective exhibition is set to debut at London's Victoria & Albert Museum. |
| May 2023 | Timothée Chalamet becomes the new ambassador for Bleu de Chanel, succeeding Gaspard Ulliel. |
| March 2023 | A new ballet 'Coco Chanel: The Life of a Fashion Icon', co-produced by Atlanta Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet, and Queensland Ballet, premiered in Hong Kong. |
| 2022 | Appears as a guest on Watch What Happens Live! for 4 episodes |
| 2022 | Launched her own makeup brand AYAN Beauty in collaboration with makeup artist Toni Malt, following the success of the first season of her reality show. |
| 2022 | Chanel donated €2 million to Care and UNHCR to support Ukraine during the Russian invasion. |
| 2022 | Launched the No.1 de Chanel beauty and fragrance line, featuring 97% naturally derived ingredients and eco-conscious packaging. |
| 2022 | Chanel 2.55 handbag prices reached between $5,600 and $10,000, demonstrating a dramatic price appreciation over just over a decade. |
| October 11 2022 | ThyssenBornemisza National Museum in Madrid began a four-part exhibition exploring the relationship between Pablo Picasso and Gabrielle Chanel, which ran until January 15, 2023. |
| June 2 2022 | Chanel released the first Bleu de Chanel commercial without Gaspard Ulliel, featuring musician Vincent Girault. |
| June 1 2022 | Premiered as a cast member in the first season of The Real Housewives of Dubai, joining a diverse group of six women on the reality show. |
| January 25 2022 | Chanel paid tribute to Ulliel during their Spring/Summer 2022 Haute Couture show at Paris Fashion Week, with a model carrying a midnight blue camellia bouquet. |
| January 19 2022 | Gaspard Ulliel passed away, ending his 12-year tenure as the face of Bleu de Chanel. |
| 2021 | Became head of runway for Miss Universe UAE, marking a significant leadership role in the pageant organization. |
| December 2021 | Leena Nair was appointed Global Chief Executive Officer. |
| December 3 2021 | The Chanel retrospective exhibition opened at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, running until April 25, 2022. |
| June 2021 | The Fragrance Shop in Britain revealed Bleu de Chanel as the second most popular fragrance in the country. |
| June 2021 | Chanel announced a $25 million anchor investment in the Landscape Resilience Fund to support farmers affected by climate change. |
| October 1 2020 | Palais Galliera launched a retrospective exhibition titled 'Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto', which ran until August 17, 2021. |
| 2019 | Bleu de Chanel won Media Campaign of the Year – Men's at the Fragrance Foundation Awards |
| 2019 | Bleu de Chanel won Fragrance of the Year – Men's Luxury at the Fragrance Foundation Awards |
| 2019 | Jean-Paul Goude collaborated with choreographer Ryan Heffington, musician Sam Spiegel, and models Abby Champion, Camille Hurel, Rianne Van Rompaey, and Ysaunny Brito for the Chance Eau Tendre Eau de Parfum campaign, creating a video of the models performing a choreographed dance at an audition. |
| 2019 | Chanel introduced Chance Eau Tendre Eau de Parfum, a new version of the fragrance created by perfumer Olivier Polge. This version is more intense and feminine, featuring exotic absolute jasmine, rose essence, creamy musk, grapefruit, and quince notes. |
| February 2019 | Karl Lagerfeld died at age 85. Virginie Viard was named the new Creative Director. |
| 2018 | Olivier Polge, son of Jacques Polge, creates a parfum version of Bleu de Chanel. |
| 2018 | Chanel acquired Orlebar Brown, a clothing brand specializing in tailored men's swim shorts, expanding their swimwear product line. |
| 2018 | Chanel filed a lawsuit in the Federal District Court of the Southern District of New York against The RealReal for allegedly hosting counterfeit Chanel products. |
| 2018 | Chanel announced relocation of its global headquarters to London and decided to ban fur and exotic skins from its collections. |
| 2018 | Chanel Limited was established as a holding company, owned by French brothers Alain and Gérard Wertheimer, and headquartered in London. |
| 2018 | Chanel launched a Chance fragrance campaign as a series of mini-films for Instagram, featuring four emerging talents (Selah Marley, Lily Newmark, Belen Chavanne, and Angela Yuen) representing different Chance fragrance variations. Shot in Venice, Italy, the campaign won a Silver Clio Award in the Social Media category. |
| October 22 2018 | Portrayed by Romane Portail in episode 5 of season 2 of Frankie Drake Mysteries, where her character hires a private detective after being shot at in Toronto. |
| June 1 2018 | A new Bleu de Chanel commercial directed by Steve McQueen was released, shot in Bangkok and London, featuring Ulliel and Nur Hellmann. |
| 2016 | Bleu de Chanel was ranked as the third best-selling men's fragrance. |
| February 5 2015 | A new commercial for Bleu de Chanel starring Gaspard Ulliel was released, directed by James Gray and filmed in Los Angeles. |
| 2014 | Jacques Polge formulates an eau de parfum version of Bleu de Chanel, expanding the fragrance line. |
| 2012 | Bleu de Chanel remained the second best-selling men's fragrance between January and August. |
| 2011 | Bleu de Chanel was the second best-selling men's fragrance between January and October. |
| 2011 | Chanel established Fondation Chanel, its philanthropic arm focused on addressing gender-based violence, healthcare advocacy, and economic empowerment. |
| May 5 2011 | Chanel Cruise 2011 collection is presented at Hôtel du Cap in Antibes, with an outdoors theme. |
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