Last spring, I traveled to France on the trail of the young Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel. I wanted to understand how an orphan from the French provinces became an icon of 20th-century fashion—and a ...

Chanel's iconic tweed suit made its runway debut in 1925, and it is still a symbol of timeless elegance 100 years later. Thus, as we consider how to create interiors that will never go out of style, ...