CHANEL SPRING/SUMMER 1991 (17 SERIES) CORAL QUILTED RAFFIA GOLD PLATED ENTWINED CHAIN PUSHLOCK CROSSBODY MINAUDIERE BAG

Coral raffia minaudière handbag from Chanel’s Fall/Winter 1995 ready-to-wear runway show under the artistic direction of Karl Lagerfeld.

“French designers take two divergent paths when it comes to dressing this spring.” noted US Vogue in March 1991, “One is sleek and based on exercise leggings or bicycle shorts worn with a jacket. The other is ladylike – with suits cut to a fifties curve. The common denominator: acid bright colors. As STREET FASHION percolates into Paris fashion houses, The Chanel jacket adapts to change. OPPOSITE PAGE: A catsuit with the look of bicycle shorts (about $360) and a jacket. Both by Chanel at Chanel Boutique, NYC. Jacket also at Dayton’s, Minneapolis, Chanel Boutique, Beverly Hills.”

Vogue US March 1991 : Live and in color by Patrick Demarchelier

Photo: Patrick Demarchelier

Fashion Editor: Grace Coddington

Hair: Sam McKnight for Daniel Galvin at La Coupe Makeup: Moyra Mulholland

Length: 98 cm / 38.5 in.

Made in France. 

As seen on Karen Mulder in Vogue US March 1991.