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  "id": 11909293,
  "title": "Designer Virginie Viard offers a rare account of her career at the top of Chanel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/designer-virginie-viard-offers-a-rare-account-of-her-career-at-the",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-04T03:30:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/lifestyle/article/2026/10/04/designer-virginie-viard-offers-a-rare-account-of-her-career-at-the-top-of-chanel_6758229_37.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "After being abruptly dismissed as artistic director of Chanel in 2024, the designer – who succeeded the famously media-savvy Karl Lagerfeld following his death in 2019 – is breaking her silence. In a new book, she recounts the shock of her ousting, her time at the luxury fashion house and especially her long relationship with the German couturier.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}