Victoria Beckham carries Chanel Bag for verdict
Posted June 16, 2009
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Victoria Beckham carries a Chanel 2.55 as she leaves the High Court in London with David
Posted June 16, 2009
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Chanel Handbags in Bond Street
Posted April 9, 2009
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Chanel 2.55 Reissue with Coco Chanel original clasp
Chanel 2.55 Classic Flap Designer Handbag
But get to the bags, Flora – that is why we are here, I told myself. The handbag I wanted to see and touch was the famous Chanel 2.55 reissue chain shoulder bag, originally created by Coco Chanel in February 1955. The chain is interwoven with leather to match the colour of the handbag – black, white or silver. It is available in three different sizes: the smallest is like a purse, the largest is more like a tote, but for me the best sizes is the middle one, which is 10″ long. This is the Chanel bag that has been copied widely by other companies and there’s always a good reason for that. Coco was not phased by her work being copied by other designers – she would have been more concerned if nobody thought it worth copying.
The design of the Chanel 2.55 handbag is, like the fragrances, completely personalised to Coco Chanel. She wanted to design a shoulder bag, unusual in those times, to free up women’s hands for drinking champagne and applying makeup – all the important activities. The assistant showed me all the little details that were included to suit Coco’s requirements. On the back of the bag is a small outer pocket where some coins could be kept, to be given as tips to doormen or taxi drivers. remember, this was 1955! Inside there are two pockets: one is for a powder compact, the other was for a compact of solid perfume – this is no longer on sale but the pocket is still there. I suppose most of us would put a phone there nowadays.
The quilted effect came from the quilted jackets worn by jockeys, which Coco thought would be a good finish to the bag. Quilting the leather is also a lengthy and meticulous process which adds to the cost. The inside is lined in dark pink leather and outside the reissue of the 2.55 carries a rectangular closure clasp. This is not the Double C clasp for which Chanel designer handbags have become known recently. That clasp style was designed by Lagerfeld in his time at the helm, in the 1980s. At £1500 the price is high but this is a timeless Chanel designer bag that will last a lifetime.
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Chanel – Only the best will do
Posted February 9, 2009
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This week I was away on a rare mini-break and of course I spent some time shopping. Important shopping, of course – handbags and perfume! Thanks to the staff at Gatwick airport I got four hours’ shopping in the duty free shop as the flight was delayed. Still, I had plenty of time to visit the Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent counters, and try their latest fragrances. Then I found a Designer Handbag shop next to the Harrods airport shop. This was where I looked at some great Marc by Marc Jacobs bags in black and a gorgeous shade of plum, as well as this cute little Chanel grab bag in red – I just adore red handbags!
Update November 2009 – the handbags shop at Gatwick has been CLOSED!! So if you rae saving up for that loveley discoutn designer bag you will be better off shopping here. Just follow the links to find your favourite designers online at the best prices.
Now I am travelling more often, I am thinking of getting annual travel insurance – I’ll need it to protect all those gorgeous handbags.
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Most Expensive Handbags – Forbes
Posted June 10, 2008
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The Designer Handbag Industry is growing in importance every day and this month it received another boost from the screening of the movie version of Sex and The City. Every major handbag designer in the world wanted to see their handbags included in shots from the film. Although very few designer names were shown, the benefits for the whole industry are huge. Louis Vuitton was a prominent name but they are not included in the latest monitor of the High End Handbag sector. None less than Forbes has published a list of the most expensive handbags: wth prices now running into six figures, these economists must be burning the midnight oil to analyse the lastest designer phenomenon.
Top of the list is Chanel’s “Diamond Forever” tote Only thirteen copies of this diamond and alligator handbag have been produced. A luxury version of the classic Chanel shoulder bag, the Diamond version has iconic Chanel “Cs” encrusted with 334 diamonds (total of 3.56 carats), set in 18-carat white gold. I was relieved to learn that the alligator skin is farmed….
Also in the list of ten most costly designer bags you will find the Fendi B Bag in black crocodile ($27700), followed by the YSL Muse bag in white crocodile (cheaper at only $19000). Read more »
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Chanel Bag in Red – What would Coco think?
Posted May 12, 2008
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When I think of Chanel – which is really the ultimate designer label, in my view – I usually think of black and white. Coco Chanel’s iconic Little Black Dress, for example, or those cute little black-and-white tweed suits. Also the packaging of my two favourite perfumes, Chanel No. 5 and Coco. But I really think this cute little red bag by Chanel is worth getting a little colourful for. Imagine how it would look, teamed with a cool black shift for the Summer.
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Designer Bags Centre Stage at Pret a Porter Shows
Posted March 28, 2008
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An object lesson in the importance of designer handbags in this year’s Paris prêt-à-porter catwalk shows for Autumn – Winter 2008. Or maybe the designers just have a bondage fetish, who knows? The fact is, designer bags have expanded the earning potential of all the big fashion houses and more than half the models carried designer handbags as they strutted their stuff in Paris (March 2008).
With identical short, black, fringed bobs hiding their eyes and dark plum staining their lips, the 38 Yves Saint Laurent models marched through the bright, white, modernist tent in the Grand Palais to a hyper-techno beat with a precision that matched the impeccable and passionate tailoring of their clothes.
There was just one look for each – “I’ve learnt not to try and show every single thing,” said creative director, Stefano Pilati – and not a single handbag on show. “Everyone knows we do bags, why clutter?”. Coco Chanel once remarked “there is no fashion for the old”.
Lagerfeld transformed classic Chanel items into fresh, young looks. In Paris yesterday, Coco Chanel’s successor at the famous French fashion house, Karl Lagerfeld, seemed intent on proving this was true.
As the singer, Rihanna, 20, and the boho-dressed Olsen twins, Ashley and Mary-Kate, 22, watched from the front row, Lagerfeld offered one of the youngest collections ever to bear the Chanel label.
Models with messy teenage hair, sprinkled with gold, and hardly any make-up, save for a slick of gold shadow on their eyelids, appeared in ripped denim mini-skirts with black, knitted ‘sloppy-joe’ boyfriend cardigans.
They wore clingy, girly sweater-dresses in grey, trimmed with baby-pink, and accessorized with berets with a badge on the front, or tight, clubby dresses in black crochet or black PVC. Even the classic, Chanel ‘cardigan suit’, which opened the show, had drunk from the elixir of youth.
In a creamy, pastel tweed, the jacket had its collar tucked under and featured a deliberate “designer hole” in one elbow, while the mini-skirt was decorated with “customized rips” in the same manner as way teenagers tear open and fray the knees of their jeans so they look “distressed”.
The mood of high spirits and youthful fun was reinforced by the catwalk in the Grand Palais, which encircled a pale cream, specially-made carousel with oversized Chanel quilted bags, strings of pearls, earrings, bottles of scent, logos and shoes replacing the traditional, painted wooden horses.
It was possible, however, to discern the occasional item not designed for the under-25 market. The cardigan suit, for example, also appeared in more conventional form, with a belted jacket and maxi-skirt to the ankle. The length had something to recommend it: It hid most of the curious two-in-one tights which were black from the back and nude, textured or lacy from the front.
There were also well-cut tweed dresses with long, egg-shaped, cardigan-coats, trimmed with Mongolian goat-hair, and one classic, tailored black suit, with white cuffs and collar and a white camellia, the signature Chanel flower, at the neckline. The Paris prêt-à-porter season for next autumn/winter concludes this weekend with the collections of Chloé, Hermès, Nina Ricci, John Galliano, Lanvin and Louis Vuitton. Read more »
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Chanel Designer Bags – Classic Accessories
Posted February 6, 2008
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Chanel is one of the biggest names in the fashion and beauty industry. With its superb range of quality clothing and accessories Chanel is one of the most desirable names worldwide. I feel that the House of Chanel has a class and style that none of the other designers will ever attain. It all began in 1910 with a small hat shop in Paris, and now the cachet of Chanel is a worldwide design success. Think of No.5 Perfume, the Little Black Dress – you do not even need to say ‘Chanel’, it goes without saying.
Chanel Designer handbags attract women of all ages – thanks to the iconic images of Coco Chanel, these Chanel accessories are considered to be fashion classics. Karl Lagerfeld is now the artistic director at Chanel and he is credited with the more edgy lines at Chanel. Chanel bags are a great investment, especially if you can find one in a sale.
Chanel handbags are available in a wide array of styles, fabrics and colours. From leather to suede, formal to casual, Chanel offers a designer bag that strikes the right note whatever you are doing. Chanel handbags are designed to be used, not merely displayed. The handbags often include a large variety of features that make them practical as well as pretty. 
Chanel prides itself on a product of intelligent design. For instance, the Chanel Cambon Clutch has lots of pockets and zippered openings, gorgeous silver hardware and, of course, the Chanel logo. The price of Chanel handbags ranges from the low hundreds to several thousand dollars and are sold in stores and online venues worldwide. Chanel handbags are made from the finest leathers, silks and fabrics so the quality is obviously reflected in every Chanel handbag. The essential Chanel handbag – the IT bag – is the 2.55 bag. This small designer purse g is almost as famous as the Birkin bag for Hermes. Chanel handbags are versatile and can go just about anywhere.
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