We knew Lily would have some part to play in Chanel’s Paris catwalk show other than watching from the front row. Well, we guess being BFF with Karl Lagerfeld makes it almost a given, really.

So we were all rather excited by the presence of fashion royalty at London Fashion Week, but, sorry Anna Wintour, we think this news may have just pipped you to the post. None other than pop-legend Prince is making an appearance at the Christian Dior show this afternoon.

We’ve come to expect that airbrushing and image retouching are now part and parcel of fashion photography, but if you’re French, this may be about to change.

If Alice from Alice in Wonderland were ever to meet Coco Chanel then she may have ended up looking somewhat like Kinder’s creations. An unusual snakeskin print took centre stage alongside monochrome and ladylike tweeds. This was both sleek and girly with an air of eccentricity. Kinder is without doubt a very talented designer. His cuts are clean, smart and elegant,...

As the new face of Chanel’s Coco Cocoon collection – which launches in two weeks – Lily Allen seems to have made quite an impression on Karl Lagerfeld. Lily modelled the luxury sportswear bags for a shoot with Lagerfeld, and the Chanel designer was filled with nothing but praise for the young singer. He told Vogue.co.uk: “I love Lily Allen. She looks a...

A thin, claret-coloured pout, flawless alabaster skin with just a hint of peach blush, angular jet-black brows and numerous strings of pearls. Every fashion icon has a particular image, in many cases a famous photograph, that becomes the standard but extraordinary library shot by which we remember them. For Audrey Hepburn say, there’s the chignon, tight black dress...

Coco Chanel’s love for the number five is no secret. So, in true homage to fashion’s first lady, Chanel has now selected five fashion forward ‘it’ girls to become Les Fideles de Chanel – ‘the faithful ones’.

Keira Knightley’s breasts have reportedly been digitally-enhanced in her latest campaign for Chanel. The 24-year-old actress – famed for her slender figure – looks decidedly curvier in the advertisements for the French fashion house’s Coco Mademoiselle perfume, in which her chest is covered only by a pair of braces. Her face also looks a lot smoother and airbrushing...

Audrey Tautou prefers reading to cosmetic surgery. The ‘Coco Before Chanel’ actress has no intention of going under the knife, maintaining she is happy to grow old gracefully. She said: “I’d rather read a book than get Botox.” The 33-year-old actress refuses to call herself a natural beauty, but admits she is too lazy to become obsessed with her appearance.

Karl Lagerfeld is like a father to Diane Kruger. Chanel’s creative director is a close friend of the 33-year-old actress, and she enjoys spending time with him when she is in Paris. Diane explained: “Oh, Karl. I pop in to see him at work if I’m in the area. He doesn’t do dinners but he’s got this great catering guy at work who just cooks...