Curatorial Description

CHANEL — Paris / VENICE Cruise 2010 Runway Skirt A quiet reliquary of power, restraint, and eternal line. — Boutique value: $3,340 — Venice, translated into tweed. - This is not merely a skirt. It is a column of silence — a Venetian shadow cast in tweed, where history, architecture, and couture converge. - Born on the Paris / Venice runway, this piece distills Karl Lagerfeld’s vision of Venice not as spectacle, but as myth: a city of lions, wings, and whispered authority. To wear it is to walk with composure shaped by centuries // Size mark 36 FR / Condition: never worn // — crafted from signature Chanel tweed in rich, absolute black, absorbing light like the canals at dusk — matte, noble, and unwavering — midi pencil silhouette, disciplined and architectural, sculpting the body into a single, continuous line — the geometry of power, not display — jewel masterpiece buttons at the waist, engraved with CC logos and winged lions — heraldic emblems drawn from Venetian guardianship, symbols of watchfulness and dominion — tonal silk lining, smooth and ceremonial, offering a private luxury felt only by the wearer