Chanel Colours

The first book dedicated to exploring Chanel's key colours through Gabrielle Chanel’s life and creations, bringing together iconic fashion and beauty photography curated by expert Jérôme Gautier.

Gabrielle Chanel: the eternally modern designer; a singular woman of extraordinary style; the inventor of the Little Black Dress. Chanel Colours tells the story of Mademoiselle’s life, work and creative influences through five iconic hues: black, beige, white, gold and red. She lived and loved by these colours, and with them established the cornerstones of the Chanel look – a signature that continues to this day, imagined and re-imagined by her successors.

Jérôme Gautier explores the allure and significance of these five key colours to the house of Chanel over more than a century, illustrated with stunning fashion and beauty editorials by esteemed photographers such as Edward Steichen, Irving Penn, Peter Lindbergh, Paolo Roversi, Corinne Day, Tim Walker, Zoë Ghertner and Tyler Mitchell.