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  • CHANEL 26P Preppy Coco Bag | When Chanel Let Go of the Chain

    CHANEL 26P Preppy Coco Bag | When Chanel Let Go of the Chain

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    Reading Matthieu Blazy’s first commercial Chanel bag through the absence of the chain strap, the discipline of grained calfskin There’s something quietly radical about a Chanel bag without a chain. For more than seventy years, the chain strap has been Chanel’s visual grammar — a symbol of elegance, status, and unmistakable identity. In the Spring/Summer…

  • Chanel 26P RTW Review | A Season That Refines, Yet Asks to Be Judged Later

    Chanel 26P RTW Review | A Season That Refines, Yet Asks to Be Judged Later

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    Inside Chanel 26P Collection The Chanel 26P pre-collection landed in boutiques in mid-January 2026, the first commercial Chanel delivery to follow Matthieu Blazy’s Métiers d’Art at the Bowery in December. The collection reads as a partial Blazy delivery, with the Chanel studio carrying much of the translation into commercial, boutique-aligned form. Where the season succeeds,…