On Wednesday, June 5, Chanel announced that artistic director Virginie Viard was leaving the fashion house. Viard spent 30 years working for Chanel in various posts, working her way up to the head artistic director position in 2019 when her mentor, the legendary Karl Lagerfeld, passed away. Viard was only the third artistic director of Chanel’s 114-year history, following Lagerfeld, who was preceded by the founder, Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel.