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...

Pre-college I spent 13 years at the Lycee Francais in New York, so it’s little surprise that today a good chunk of my friends live in Paris. Needless to say I’ve been getting second-hand reviews of Anne Fontaine’s biopic “Coco Avant Chanel” for weeks now. The film, which premiered in France back in April, just hit theaters in the UK and will be on screens state-side...

Coco Chanel in the film, and director and co-writer Anne Fontaine has revealed the crew went to great pains to ensure Audrey embodied her during the film. She said: “Chanel was different. Chanel turned this difference into a fundamental asset, though it must have been a terrible suffering for her. We worked on that transformation with Audrey. At first, she appears...

Audrey Tautou is more interested in Coco Chanel’s past than her style. The French actress - who plays the legendary French designer in new film ‘

Coco Chanel is having quite a year. With two biopics out this year, starring two of the most beautiful women playing her; Audrey Tautou and Anna Mouglalis. She would no doubt be rather flattered. Audrey Tautou’s film titled ‘Coco avant Chanel’ follows the life of the queen of fashion, while Anna Mouglalis plays Coco in a film about her affair with Russian composer...

Have you ever been in one of those long term relationships where you fall into the comfort zone and then suddenly find yourself falling in love with your partner all over again? It’s a wonderful feeling, getting those butterflies back. Yes, I’ve fallen in love again, but this time it’s with a style icon we have been in a relationship with for years....

Last night Karl Lagerfeld presented the Chanel Cruise collections in the Italian city of Venice. It was of course the most beautiful of settings, and is probably the most suited city to the elegance and romance that surrounds the Chanel brand. The catwalk took place on the boardwalk on the Lido beach, a true dream setting and again perfect for cruise. The invitation...

There’s not much that a certain Mr Lagerfeld won’t put his name to. After the bizarre release of the Karl Lagerfeld teddy bear, it has perhaps come as little surprise that he has taken to designing some limited edition Chanel coins. Well, in all fairness, he must know quite a bit about money.

It has been said many a time before by handbag lovers and collectors internationally, and I am not going to hesitate in voicing it once more: I love the Chanel 2.55. There, I said it. I have littered the world wide web with my - perhaps unhealthy - proclamation of handbag love.