Curatorial Description

CHANEL · “Little Black” Tweed Dress with Cassette Trim — opening look of Paris / ROME 2016 Métiers d’Art Collection, Karl Lagerfeld • Campaign & Billboard-seen · Timeless house icon — This is the little black tweed dress as cinematic relic, cut with the restraint of a title card and finished with details that feel like film-editing marks: precise, rhythmic, and quietly unforgettable — Beyond trend cycles, it stands as a collectible object from one of Lagerfeld’s most atmospheric Métiers d’Art chapters. // Size mark 34 FR / Condition: never worn // • Crafted from signature black tweed, dense and tactile, reading like Chanel’s own noir fabric — matte, deep, and sovereign — ”Cassette Trim” · Italian Cinema in Couture Grammar • Finished throughout with woven “cassette” trim — a tape-like braid that frames neckline, armholes, pocket edges, and hem with editorial precision • The effect evokes Italian cinematography: controlled chiaroscuro, clean framing, and that Rome-at-night mood where elegance becomes architecture — Silhouette · Timeless Discipline • A refined sleeveless A-line / shift profile — pure, balanced, and instantly legible as Chanel. • Two patch pockets at the sides deliver the house’s practical poetry: utility rendered elegant. — Emblem · The Seal at the Side • A CC logo jewel charm at the side functions like a discreet signature — a talismanic punctuation that confirms provenance without breaking the dress’s minimalist authority. • Tonal silk lining inside — the inner sanctum that stabilizes drape and completes the object as a true Métiers d’Art piece.