Coco Chanel: The Orphan Who ... At 18, Chanel spends her days sewing for a tailor and her nights singing — badly — in a seedy, low-class cabaret. Enlarge this image.

Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel was one of the 20th century’s most influential couturiers. A milliner by training, she moved beyond hats to become a rebel and a trailblazer of the fashion world ...

A dance sequence with dancers’ bodies evoking the famous interlocking C’s is one part of “Coco Chanel: The Life of a Fashion Icon,” now making its North American premiere at Atlanta Ballet ...

A new exhibition at London’s V&A museum features some 200 pieces from the V&A’s collection, the Palais Galliera fashion museum in Paris and the heritage collections of the Chanel itself.