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Chanel is a privately owned French luxury house that makes haute couture, ready-to-wear, leather goods, fragrance, make-up, skincare, watches and fine jewellery. Its fashion house has been based at 31 rue Cambon in Paris since 1918, while its global chief executive works from London.<\/p>\n

The company is one of the largest luxury brands in the world by sales. In May 2026 it reported a return to growth for 2025, with revenue of 19.3 billion dollars after a fall the year before.<\/p>\n

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The Chanel boutique on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, 2008. Photo: Arnaud-Victor Monteux, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Overview and Founding<\/h3>\n

The house traces its start to 1910, when Gabrielle Chanel opened a hat shop at 21 rue Cambon in Paris under the name Chanel Modes. In 1913 she opened a boutique in the seaside town of Deauville, where she sold sportswear cut from jersey.<\/p>\n

Jersey had until then been used mainly for men’s underwear, according to the Comite Colbert, the association of French luxury houses that Chanel joined in 1961. The house moved to its present address at 31 rue Cambon in 1918.<\/p>\n

Chanel No. 5, created with the perfumer Ernest Beaux, went on sale at the rue Cambon boutique on 5 May 1921. Later designs that remain central to the brand include the little black dress, the tweed suit and the 2.55 quilted bag, named after its creation date of February 1955.<\/p>\n

Gabrielle Chanel died in 1971. In 1983 Karl Lagerfeld became artistic director, a post he held until his death in 2019, when Virginie Viard took over the fashion collections.<\/p>\n

Key Milestones<\/h3>\n