Every 30 seconds, someone somewhere in the world buys a bottle of Chanel No. 5, the French government declared in 2006, a claim that has often been repeated. Whether it’s still true, or if it ever was ...

PARIS (AP) -- Coco Chanel: A fashion icon whose name has become shorthand for timeless French chic, a shrewd businesswoman who overcame a childhood of poverty to build a luxury supernova and ... a ...

Rhonda Garelick never intended to write Coco Chanel’s biography. The original idea was more specific: a book about Chanel’s work as a stage costumer. But once Garelick started exploring her initial ...