Curatorial Description

CHANEL · Emerald Leather Jacket with Braided Tweed Trim • Boutique value: over $14,000 • — Fall 2017 “COSMIC’ Gourd Control Runway, Karl Lagerfeld — Fall 2017 is Lagerfeld at his most planetary — Chanel translated into a future language without losing one syllable of its past — this jacket feels less like a jacket and more like a relic from Chanel’s own astronomy — — As seen on many luminaires — including Isabelle Huppert — this piece stands as a House-coded talisman of modern Lagerfeld’s Chanel // Size mark 38 FR / Condition: never worn // • Noble emerald leather — a colour depth with living tonal movement, like mineral light under shadow. • Signature braided tweed trim throughout — the Chanel frame, braided like a constellation line that defines the silhouette and seals the edges • CC logo buttons at the front — metallic punctuation, functioning as insignia rather than ornament • A clean, disciplined cut with a short, architectural body — the kind of proportion that reads instantly, photographs sharply, and holds authority in stillness • Two patch pockets at the chest — utilitarian geometry elevated into iconography • Tonal silk lining inside — the private completion, where the piece becomes calm against the skin and exact in drape.