Curatorial Description

— 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