Curatorial Description

CHANEL · Pleated Tweed Maxi Coat with Tartan Accents & CC Gripoix Buttons— Paris / EDINBURGH 2013 Métiers d’Art, Karl Lagerfeld • Boutique value: over $14,000 — As seen on Tilda Swinton in Ad Campaign & on Billboards — A Métiers d’Art coat that reads like northern ceremony — Edinburgh translated into Chanel’s private grammar of cloth: discipline, weather, lineage — This is not simply outerwear; it is a long-form statement — a relic designed to move eternally through times // Size mark 38 FR / Condition: never worn // — House Codes · Material Authority — • precious Lesage tweed in noble, muted tones — a restrained field with depth, density, and quiet power • Red tartan Lesage tweed accents at collar and cuffs — a sovereign contrast, like a house banner stitched into the perimeter • Masterpiece CC logo Jewel buttons at the cuffs — small emblems that certify the hand and the era — Closure · Seals · Hardware as Language — • Front fastening with leather duffle closures — utilitarian origin elevated into couture punctuation • CC logo jewel buckles — not merely hardware, but official seals that lock the coat’s identity in place — Silhouette · Presence —  • Maxi length with pleated architecture — a vertical column that expands into controlled movement • The pleats function as discipline, not decoration: they give the coat a ceremonial sway, an almost liturgical rhythm