Chanel Paris-Biarritz
Look what I got in the mail last week:
A brochure of Chanel’s Paris-Biarritz line. The four panel brochure features the gorgeous limited edition alligator bags that has serious handbag mavens in excited anticipation. There’s also a vellum enveloped glued to an inner flap with four postcards of canvas bags from the collection. Prices are included. I’m posting them for anyone interested. More after the jump.
“For Spring-Summer 2007, Chanel has come up with a line of bags and accessories which is urban, easy to wear, adapted to our lifestyle and decidedly a sign of the times. Its name: “Paris-Biarritz.” Biarritz represented a particular attraction for Gabrielle Chanel. As early as 1915, she opened in this very trendy city a boutique, housed in a villa – an unheard of location at the time. Since then, the city has been a point of reference for the Chanel house. A nod to this era and to Mademoiselle Chanel’s vibrant lifestyle, the new line of bags “Paris-Biarritz” was conceived to keep up with the rhythm of a modern and active woman. To embody it, Karl Lagerfeld chose to photograph in the streets of Paris the actress Diane Kruger, the quintessence of chic and youth.”
Alligator Bags available in light grey or black matte
Actress Diane Kruger models the large shopping bag with outside pockets in black matte alligator $29,500
Here is the small totebag in light grey matte alligator $17,950
The price of this bag was not included in the brochure. It is reportedly $45,000.
Waterproof coated Canvas Bags available in black, gold or silver with white grosgrain canvas trim in shopping and hobo styles. Straps are goat leather pierced with branded buttons. The base is reinforced with white metal studs. Metal double Cs dangle from zippers or handles.
Large hobo bag $1,475
Medium totebag $1,225
Small hobo bag $1,125
Small totebag $995
Large shopping bag with outside pockets $1,475
Accessories case $425
Medium hobo bag $1,350
April 16th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
These bags are so huge right now, but I don’t really like them. They look cheap to me. Even the alligator ones don’t have me going wow…
April 16th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
i agree. as bagsnob said, the canvas bags look like camera bags. i just posted them here for anyone interested though so i didn’t voice my opinion about them.
April 16th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
not as cute as our Chanels!
April 16th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Thanks for posting the prices! I’m not really feeling these bags either…Even though Chanel tends to be more expensive, these bags are only CANVAS..yet the cheapest is still $995 USD. I think I’d rather go for Vuitton’s epi leather bags or monogram vernis. It’s leather, yet it’s still cheaper and just as timeless.
April 16th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
i think the tote and shopping bag are both adorable. when i read that it was a canvas bag i was psyched until i saw that the description includes goat leather because i don’t wear leather. anyone know of any really cute bags not made of leather?
April 17th, 2007 at 8:00 am
^ Have you seen this? prada still carries non-leather bags. not sure if you’ll find one that you like though.
August 27th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
hey ..
i would like to know if the canel paris-biarritz medium hobo comes in whiet and biege color .
thanx
August 27th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
the combinations are: silver/white, beige/gold. please read description in blog post above.