Gabrielle Chanel created a look for her era and beyond. She was, without doubt, the most influential fashion designer of the twentieth century, years ahead of her time. Her clothes, cuts and accessories have remained eternally chic. Chanel"s influence is honoured here by celebrating the key elements that defined and still define her style for every generation, through inspired pairings of classic and contemporary photographs. Putting together fashion plates from Chanel"s own time with the most recent contemporary creations by the house"s visionary designer-in-chief, Karl Lagerfeld, the resonance between archive and contemporary photographs becomes sharp, vibrant and telling. Images by the modern greats of fashion photography display the triumphs of one of the world"s most visible and distinctive brands: Edward Steichen, Horst P. Horst, Richard Avedon, Patrick Demarchelier, Karl Lagerfeld, Peter Lindbergh and Mario Testino are among the galaxy of ultra-gifted photographers...