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PARIS — Virginie Viard, the artistic director who replaced Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel after his death, is leaving the French luxury fashion house. “Chanel confirms the departure of Virginie Viard after a rich five-year collaboration as artistic director of fashion collections,” Chanel said in a press statement, without giving a reason for her departure. It said Viard “was able to …

CNN — Virginie Viard is exiting Chanel after five years serving as the French luxury house’s artistic director of fashion collections. In a press statement to CNN, Chanel confirmed Viard’s departure, writing that while the 62-year-old designer was at the helm, “she was able to renew the codes of the house while respecting the creative heritage of Chanel, and almost …

Karl Lagerfeld was among the formidable creative forces who resurrected design houses, making them relevant for the new-age fashion consumer. With this year’s Met Gala theme being “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty”, here's looking at some of Chanel's current creative director Virginie Viard's collections that showed Lagerfeld's way of thinking. Chanel Fall 22 couture For the label's fall 22 …

Lagerfeld's art, furniture collections to be auctioned in Monaco in autumn

Late German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld's collections of artwork and furniture will be sold at auction in Monaco this autumn, auction house Sotheby's said in a statement. Sotheby's said it will take about two months to take an inventory of all the objects in eight Lagerfeld residences in France and Monaco. A collection of Art Deco furniture and objects sold …

ROME — Rome fashion house Fendi announced Wednesday that Kim Jones is succeeding the late Karl Lagerfeld as creative director of haute couture, ready-to-wear and fur collections for women. Jones will take on the Fendi duties while staying on as artistic director of Dior Homme, another house in the Paris-based luxury goods empire of LVMH chief Bernard Arnault. The British-born …