I still remember how I first got introduced to "it".. It was the late 80s and my mother got two bags, one black and one white with gold hardware and a long strap intertwined with a gold chain. I had never seen that before and it looked soooo pretty. Then a few days later she was invited with my father to one of their gatherings and after she wore a black pencil skirt and a black cashmere top with a little gold trim on the sleeves she wore the new bag. And magically she transformed into this super elegant woman. The kind of woman I wanted to grow up and look like.
I didn't know Coco Chanel, her legacy, the price & value of this bag. All I knew that it was elegant and chic and mostly pretty.
Although I don't have a typical Chanel style but I love to wear their designs in my own way and make them work for me. As for the bag it still is the symbol of elegance in my book and I still cannot get over it after all these years.
That's why I'm starting a business that revolves around such timeless pieces that age so well you crave them even more when they're older and more experienced ;)
Lets just hope there are more ppl like me who appreciate such things.
And as Chanel ads once said every woman ALIVE loves Chanel No 5
