Chanel ready-to-wear collection
Chanel is a privately held French company founded in 1909 by Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel, a former milliner. The Chanel ready-to-wear collection is showcased biannually for spring-summer and autumn-winter seasons during Paris Fashion Week to an audience of media, retailers, buyers, investors, and customers, under the auspices of the Chambre Syndicale du Prêt-à-Porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de Mode, which is one of three trade associations affiliated with the Fédération française de la couture, du prêt-à-porter des couturiers et des créateurs de mode. The House of Chanel is known for liberating women from the corset in the early 20th century and designing fluid, jersey pieces, most notably the little black dress. Chanel died in 1971, Karl Lagerfeld has been the Creative Director since 1983.
Marie-Louise Jaÿ
Marie-Louise Jaÿ died on 27 December 1925 in Paris at the age of 87.
Ernest Cognacq died on 21 February 1928.
They were succeeded by their adopted nephew, Gabriel Cognacq (1880–1951).
By the 1990s the stores were no longer profitable and were sold to the LVMH group, which had already bought Le Bon Marché.
They were closed in 2005.