Curatorial Description

CHANEL · Collectors Architectural Black Tweed Jacket with Jewel Gripoix Buttons — Fall 2008 Collection · By Karl Lagerfeld — — A relic of couture Chanel architecture — this rare Chanel jacket, sculpted under Karl Lagerfeld’s 2008 vision, is no mere garment but a citadel of form — As seen on Princess Caroline of Monaco & Anna dello Russo — for true connoisseurs and collectors, this is not an attire, but a relic of the Maison’s spirit — woven with the memory of a season when couture stepped beyond the earthly and touched the eternal // Size mark 36 FR / Condition: never worn // • Its silhouette rises with solemn precision: black tweed cut to a tailored verticality, hemline flared by an inner ruffle of lining that lends the piece its architectural stance • front closes with a procession of jewel Gripoix CC buttons — midnight orbs of glass alchemy, set like constellations at the placket, pockets, and cuffs • Inside, a contrast silk lining glimmers softly, as though concealing a secret geometry