$3,150.00
A relic from CHANEL Karl Lagerfeld’s visionary Paris / EGYPT Métiers d’Art 2019 collection, first unveiled within the Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New-York ~ This piece is both artifact and oracle — bridging the Nile’s ancient sands with the modern metropolis, consecrating couture as a vessel of immortality // Size mark 36 FR / Condition: never worn // — sculpted in precious Lesage tweed interwoven in shades of midnight navy and obsidian black with shimmering threads of light, channels both couture mastery and timeless mythology — Adorned with jewel-like Gripoix buttons, each crowned with the iconic CC insignia, it becomes more than fastening — it is talisman, amulet, and axis of the eternal — The silhouette, elongated and monumental, refers to the sarcophagi of ancient Egypt — a garment as reliquary, protecting not the body but the spirit of style itself — Inside, a tonal silk lining whispers hidden luxury, secured by the house’s signature chain link along the hem, the eternal anchor of Chanel tailoring
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A relic from CHANEL Karl Lagerfeld’s visionary
Paris / EGYPT Métiers d’Art 2019 collection, first unveiled within the Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New-York
~ This piece is both artifact and oracle — bridging the Nile’s ancient sands with the modern metropolis, consecrating couture as a vessel of immortality
// Size mark 36 FR / Condition: never worn //
— sculpted in precious Lesage tweed interwoven in shades of midnight navy and obsidian black with shimmering threads of light, channels both couture mastery and timeless mythology
— Adorned with jewel-like Gripoix buttons, each crowned with the iconic CC insignia, it becomes more than fastening — it is talisman, amulet, and axis of the eternal
— The silhouette, elongated and monumental, refers to the sarcophagi of ancient Egypt — a garment as reliquary, protecting not the body but the spirit of style itself
— Inside, a tonal silk lining whispers hidden luxury, secured by the house’s signature chain link along the hem, the eternal anchor of Chanel tailoring