Chanel’s long-standing association with athletics inspired its new high jewelry collection. Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel contained multitudes. Her shadow has loomed large in the fashion world for ...

Founder Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel laid that foundation ... One really can’t view any Chanel High Jewelry collection without acknowledging that original leap, a pivot away from costume jewelry ...

“Well actually, in 1932 Chanel was one of the first fashion houses to launch fine jewelry. It was an all diamond collection exhibited in Coco Chanel’s private Paris apartment, created in part ...