As everybody knows, Chanel is the beginning of the sportive casual style of women. This style was started on the beginning of 20th century to change the overdesigned corsetted dress for women in the 19th century. Gabrielle “Coco” Bonheur Chanel was the founder of Chanel. With her high self-confident, she successfully influenced women in her era with her own simple styles that consisted with blouses, suits, trousers, jewelry, and hat. Moreover, she was also the only fashion designer that appeared in the list of the most influential people in 20th century according to Time Magazine.
Coco Chanel started her business below the flat of a businessman Balsan and because of her dislike of the 19th century style of the elite women, she tried to make her own style of hat and sold it to Balsan’s mistresses who always lived in hedonistic lifestyle and wore the overdesigned corsetted-shape dress. The brand whose founder’s life story was brought into the movies entitled “Coco Before Chanel” and “Coco Chanel” was famous for its little black dress. This little black dress was the characteristic of Gabrielle Chanel, which was also shown in the movies. Besides the black dress, the Perfume No. 5 de Chanel was also famous because it successfully increased the public recognition of House of Chanel. Moreover, Chanel Suit was also one of the best art of the beginnings House of Chanel. The suit was made of quilted fabric and leather trimmings. The quilt used in the suit enabled the dress to maintain its form and its function while it was worn. The combination of the collection known as Chanel suit was a knee-length skirt with cardigan-style jacket which were trimmed with black hand-made embroidery and gold-colored buttons.
The products of Chanel used the jersey fabric produced garments that made those who wore its haute couture and ready-to-wear dresses felt comfortable, set aside its affordable price. This kind of garment immediately changed the women dresses that should be worn with corset and had so many accessories. The combination of the use of the garment and the design of Chanel allowed women to have a more freedom and active life. This what enabled women in the era of World War I to work comfortably in factories and field. And in 1915, the garments used by House of Chanel were on the every buyer’s list according to Harper’s Bazaar magazine. By that time, the style of Chanel girls was the flannel blazer combined with the straight-line skrits of linen, or the long sweaters, and skirt-and-jacket suits. Coco Chanel believed that the simplicity is the key of the true elegance.
Started in February 1955, House of Chanel presented the handbags with gold color or metal-leather-combination chains and the numeric launch date “2.55” became the internal term for that model. The 2.55 handbags are made of creased leather, while another model of Chanel handbag which is the Timeless CC handbags are made of smooth leather. Nowadays, Chanel handbags have some new shapes although the beginning models of leather-and-jersey based are still kept. As for the collections of Fall/Winter 2012-2013, Chanel produces a backpack model that is still with the leather and interlaced chain straps. This backpack also has the tweed-made model to make you look warmer. The Chanel handbags for the season are available mostly in dark colors such as grey, dark blue, and black. All of these authentic handbags of Chanel are given number since 1990, so you can make sure the authenticity of your Chanel bags through its number.
For you Chanel-holic who live in Asia Pacific, do not panic. Getting your dreamed authentic Chanel handbag does not make you have to go to Paris or France because Singapore, which is the next international-level fashionable city, has three official boutiques. These three boutiques are Chanel Boutique at Takashimaya Shopping Centre and at The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands and Chanel Fine Jewelry Boutique at Takashimaya Shopping Centre. Besides these three boutiques, Singapore that currently is developing its country as a shopping city has more than ten shopping malls. In these shopping malls you can easily get the collection of Chanel handbags and the other collections of Chanel because its collection has also been spread in many outlet stores.