[4][5] It was the official publication of the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, a trade body representing all Paris couturiers,[6]: 83  and took over the role of Les Elégances Parisiennes, a joint publication of a group of about twenty-five couturiers which became defunct in 1922.

[4] Within a short time, the magazine had helped to start the careers of designers such as Pierre Balmain, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Christian Dior, and Yves St. Laurent, and came to be known as "the Bible of fashion and of high society".

[4] After the death of Laurent Jalou in 2003, his daughter Marie-José Susskind-Jalou became president of the company, and restructured the content of the magazine to target a younger market than in its early years.

But when you paint your face darker in order to look more ‘African,’ aren’t you reducing an entire continent, full of different nations, tribes, cultures and histories, into one brown color?” about the shoot.

[12] The stylist and creative director of the shoot Jenke Ahmed Tailly said “It [the blackface] was paying homage to African queens.”[13] For the October issue in 2013 Karl Lagerfeld shot the cover photo and editorial, which featured the cast of Opium a film about the life of Jean Patou.

[16] In January 2021, a group of freelancers working for the magazine took legal action in France, claiming that they had not been paid.

[17][18][19] For its 100th anniversary in 2021, L'Officiel opened its archive for academic study to students at the Parsons Paris.

[20] They also launched L'Officiel House of Dreams a website set up as a virtual museum documenting the magazines history.

With the purchase, AMTD announced that it intended to expand and establish L'Officiel's presence in Hong Kong, Macau, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and the Netherlands.

[25] At the World Economic Forum in January 2023, the L'Officiel Coffee pop up was launched in Davos, and AMTD announced plans to expand the store to different cities worldwide.

[28] French publications usually have multiple Editors for different areas of the magazine, in the case of L'Officiel they are listed below.

[16] They also own and operate La Revue des Montres in France, Malaysia and Singapore.

[68][69] In 2017 L'Officiel USA launched online led by Joseph Akel with funding from Global Emerging Markets, the first print edition was released in February 2018.