{"id":22518,"date":"2017-03-28T10:32:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T10:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=22518"},"modified":"2017-03-28T10:32:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T10:32:29","slug":"meet-gabrielle-chanel-bag-world-waiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/meet-gabrielle-chanel-bag-world-waiting\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Gabrielle, the Chanel bag the world has been waiting for"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a long wait for mere non-celebrities the Chanel Gabrielle bag is arrived in stores around the world – here’s what you need to know…<\/p>\n

The Gabrielle bag is one of those simple yet ingenious designs at which Karl Lagerfeld excels. He got the idea from looking at virtual reality goggles and upending the shape. Cue a flat-bottomed, neo hobo with an ingenious double chain handle that straddles both shoulders for ease of carrying, and security.<\/p>\n

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With Pharrell Williams, Kristen Stewart, Cara Delevingne and Caroline de Maigret as the faces of its campaign, the Gabrielle bag was debuted at the Paris Metiers D\u2019Arts show in December last year. And while the recent autumn\/winter 2017 show might have been overshadowed by a rocket launch (see story<\/a>) and spectacular space-age set, there were\u00a0various versions of the Gabrielle bag spotted on the runway, and on the arms of notable Chanel favourites on the front row.<\/p>\n

The bag\u2019s rigid bottom structure is where the reference to the augmented reality googles most manifests. (It nods too to the classical binocular cases gentlemen would wear over the shoulder at the races.) Crafted from aged calfskin with a classically Chanel quilted body and smooth base, the Gabrielle comes in black, white, navy and beige in several variations.<\/p>\n

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