V&A to host exhibition on Coco Chanel’s career and designs

Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto will display 180 designs, jewellery, accessories and perfumes

The V&A is to host the first ever exhibition in a major UK museum on the work of Gabrielle Coco" Chanel, covering the career of the French designer from the opening of her first millinery boutique in Paris in 1910 to the showing of her final collection in 1971.

The London museum's exhibition, Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto, will display 180 designs as well as jewellery, accessories and perfume, and outfits created for Lauren Bacall and Marlene Dietrich.