Fake report claims that Chanel boutiques in Paris were vandalised with Hitler stickers

A video made to look like a report by French daily Le Figaro showed decals combining Hitler’s face and the Chanel logo posted on the windows and fronts of Chanel boutiques in Paris. But, it turns out, this report is fake and wasn’t created by Le Figaro. © Observers

Did someone really put a decal of Hitler on the windows of Chanel boutiques in Paris? Nope, although that’s the story told by a video that has been circulating online. The video report looked real – it even had the logo of French newspaper Le Figaro. Lots of Russians shared the video, insisting that the luxury brand was guilty of “discrimination” after some staff refused to sell products to Russians due to European sanctions after the Ukraine invasion. Turns out, however, that Le Figaro never published this video and, according to Chanel, it was doctored.

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