even though Chanel is a brand with a rich history and plenty of famous aesthetic elements from which to draw, I think we all get fatigued of flap bags and black and ivory color schemes after a while. because Karl Lagerfeld is a man worth his massive paycheck, he seems to be able to sense that feeling within his client base and zig when everyone expects him to zag, which has cause a freshness and creativity in the past several Chanel collections that continues to delight me.
On Friday, we introduced you to the impressive pieces range from Chanel Paris-Byzance Pre-Fall 2011. Today, we’ve got the regular line of handbags, which are pretty terrific themselves. There’s a lot of “Chanel” in these bags, a lot more so than in the impressive Pieces, and certainly some of them are bread-and-butter sales leaders. but the change in tone that they, along with the bags from the two preceding seasons, represent is a smart and welcome one, even if it’s subtle.
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