Chanel in Vogue

The first publication dedicated to the house of Chanel and its creations as reported in Vogue, featuring iconic illustrations and photography from throughout the magazine’s history and across its international editions.

Vogue talent-spotted the work of a young Gabrielle Chanel as early as the 1910s and continued to report on the designer through the decades, from her seminal ‘little black dress’ to the most luxurious haute couture creations. From 1983, Karl Lagerfeld’s re-imagining of the brand also found pride of place in the lauded magazine, inspiring some of the world’s greatest stylists and photographers across the international editions of Vogue. Chanel in Vogue includes two volumes: the first volume is dedicated to the era of Gabrielle Chanel, and the second focuses on the work of her successors, Karl Lagerfeld and Virginie Viard, and up to the present day. This beautifully produced publication gathers together the inspirational editorials dreamt up by world-famous fashion illustrators and photographers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from Edward Steichen, Horst P. Horst, George Hoyningen-Huene, Irving Penn and Helmut Newton, to Peter Lindbergh, Ellen von Unwerth, Annie Leibovitz, Steven Meisel and many more. Featuring iconic images as well as lesser-known photography and illustration, this book is a trove of stunning visual material, granting readers unparalleled access to more than a century’s worth of fashion imagery. Published as two volumes in a slipcase, this high-end, large-format package is the definitive book on the fashion of Chanel as seen through the pages of the world’s most influential fashion magazine.

Author Biography

Susanna Brown is a writer and curator specializing in photography, fashion and portraiture. She has held curatorial positions at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum and National Portrait Gallery, and is the author and editor of numerous acclaimed books, including V&A monographs on Cecil Beaton, Horst P. Horst and Tim Walker, as well as the 2024 publication George Hoyningen-Huene: Photography, Fashion, Film.

Rebecca C. Tuite is a fashion historian and writer. She is the author of 1950s in Vogue: The Jessica Daves Years 1952-1962 and Seven Sisters Style: The All-American Preppy Look.