Chanel | LS:N Global

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Chanel’s newest store is a workshop for experiential beauty

The luxury house has opened Atelier Beauté Chanel, a permanent space that encourages customers to play rather than shop.

Beauty : Retail : Customer Experience

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Chanel becomes first luxury brand to ban exotic animal skins

The luxury fashion house has announced it will cease to use lizard, crocodile, snake and other exotics pelts in its future products.

Fashion : Culture : Sustainability

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Chanel debuts cosmetics for men

Luxury brand Chanel is launching Boy de Chanel, its first range of make-up dedicated to men.

Beauty : Luxury : Male Beauty

Markets

The State of Luxury: China

Chinese luxury consumers are increasingly switching from overseas to domestic spending.

Luxury : Fashion : Wellness

Design Directions

Lucy Hardcastle: Creative Direction

Creative director Lucy Hardcastle uses a cross-disciplinary approach to achieve a hyper-real aesthetic that blurs the boundaries between the physic...

Lucy Hardcastle : Motion Graphics : Revelation Brands

Viewpoints

Embracing tradition

With brands rushing to cater for the relentless demands of the consumer, is the fashion system on the verge of collapse in trying to keep up, and w...

Fashion : See Now Buy Now : Luxury

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Tangible scent

London – Digital artist Lucy Hardcastle has produced a series of abstract artworks that examine the nature of scent.

Virtual Baroque : The Fifth Sense : Lucy Hardcastle

Design Directions

The Fifth Sense

The Fifth Sense is a multidimensional brand experience that spans digital and physical locations.

Chanel : Dislocated World : Feminism

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Smells like teen spirit

Global – Harley Weir captures five women who define the complex characteristics of Chanel No 5.

Chanel : Anti-authenticity Marketing : The Fifth Sense

Design Directions

Spring/summer 2017 Fashion Week: Part 2

In the second part of our fashion week coverage, LS:N Global examines the continuing influence of Athleisure on many designers, as well as more exp...

Fashion Week : Chanel : Digital Luxury

Big Ideas

London Design Festival 2016: Top 10

Luxury brands took over this year’s festival with major installations, while a variety of universities, museums and independent studios focused on ...

London Design Festival 2016 : Spatial Installation : London Design Biennale

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Scent-sational set design

London – Chanel has collaborated with set designer Es Devlin to create an immersive installation that celebrates scent.

Chanel : Mirror Mazes : Es Devlin

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Preview: Highly Sensitive

Global – Consumers are increasingly concerned about sensitive skin, and new beauty products are being created in response.

Glossier : Urban Living : Sensitive Skin

Micro Trends

Highly Sensitive

For consumers, skin sensitivity is the new anti-ageing.

Sensitive Skin : Pollution : Skincare

Micro Trends

Neutral Beauty

The beauty industry is reflecting a shift in mindset with products that present a neutral aesthetic.

Neutral Culture : Fragrance : Makeup

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Haute tech

London – LS:N Global journeyed through the history of iconic fashion label Chanel at the brand’s Mademoiselle Privé exhibition.

Chanel : Mademoiselle Prive : Exhibition

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Preview: S/S 2016 Fashion Week Design Directions

In a two-part review, LS:N Global examines the design directions that shaped the season.

Spring/Summer 2016 : Paris Fashion Week : Louis Vuitton

Design Directions

Spring/Summer 2016 Fashion Week directions: Part 1

LS:N Global examines the design directions that defined the season.

Spring/summer 2016 : Marni : Chanel

News

Come fly with Chanel

Paris – For Chanel’s spring/summer 2016 catwalk show, Karl Lagerfeld transformed the Grand Palais into a pristine airline terminal.

Chanel : Karl Lagerfeld : Airport

Viewpoints

Ana Andjelic: Is the future of luxury about technology or tradition?

Modern luxury is deeply, inherently and organically intertwined with digital technology, says luxury analyst Ana Andjelic

Apple : Lanvin : Chanel

Micro Trends

London Beauty Safari

To celebrate the publication of LS:N Global’s Beauty Futures Report 2015, we wandered the streets of London to discover the most interesting beau...

Covent Garden : Shoreditch : Mayfair

Big Ideas

Autumn/winter 2015 Top 10 Performances

From New York to London, Paris and Milan, brands are going above and beyond to create shareable narratives. Here, we chart the outstanding top 10...

Immersive Performance : Convergence : AW15

Big Ideas

Autumn/winter 2015 Fashion Innovation

Designers this season are responding to shifts in technology and culture, not just with their collections but also with innovative digital partne...

VFiles : Burberry : Chromat

Markets

Luxury Matrix 2014

LS:N Global plots the shifts in luxury in 2014 and identifies where key luxury brands sit in the five stages that define the luxury market.

The Luxury Matrix : DKNY : Moschino

Big Ideas

Harrods to open salon for rare and luxury fragrances

British department store retailer Harrods is to open an exclusive perfumery this autumn.

Harrods : Salon De Parfums : Tom Ford