Curatorial Description

CHANEL · Bronze & Black Ribbon Tweed Jacket with — Paris/ HAMBURG 2018 Métiers d’Art, Karl Lagerfeld • Boutique value: over $14,000 — An exclusive Paris–Hamburg jacket that reads like metal turned into cloth — a relic of Lagerfeld’s Hamburg chapter, where the house’s language becomes maritime, nocturnal, and forged // Size mark 36 FR / Condition: never worn // • Crafted from hand-woven ribbon tweed in deep bronze and black tones, with an intricate fluffy fiber halo that keeps the surface alive — tactile, dimensional, and deliberately un-smoothed • The weave reads as a braided grid of light and shadow: bronze glints appearing and disappearing like harbor reflections at night. — House Codes · Hardware as Seals — • CC logo Gtipoix buttons at the front and cuffs — engineered closures that function as official seals, anchoring the jacket’s regalia logic with unmistakable Chanel clarity • Double-breasted rhythm reinforces the “uniform of elegance” syntax: disciplined, symmetrical, instantly legible. • The proportion is composed for presence: a jacket that reads from distance, then rewards at close range with micro-texture and metallic nuance. • Tonal silk lining inside — the quiet completion that stabilizes drape and comfort, chain link at the interior hem — Chanel’s concealed engineering