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Evening Bag

2014
Artist/Maker
Chanel (Fashion house)
Lagerfeld, Karl (fashion designer)

Chanel 'Lait de Coco' evening bag in the style of a milk carton. Designed by Karl Lagerfeld for the Chanel Autumn-Winter Ready-to-Wear 2014 collection.

Object details

Categories
Accessories
Bags
Object type
Evening bag
Materials and techniques
Lambskin leather
Leather
Brief description
Evening bag designed by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, leather, France, 2014.
Physical description
Chanel 'Lait de Coco' evening bag in the style of a milk carton. Designed by Karl Lagerfeld for the Chanel Autumn-Winter Ready-to-Wear 2014 collection.
Dimensions
  • Width: 9cm
  • Height: 20cm
  • Depth: 9cm
Gallery label
(12/2020)
This evening bag in the shape of a milk carton featured in Chanel’s supermarket-inspired Autumn–Winter 2014 collection. It displays many of the classic Chanel symbols such as quilting, the interlocking CC motif and pearls. The text on the front reads 'lait de coco', French for 'coconut milk' and a play on Gabrielle Chanel’s nickname, Coco.

V&A, Room 40, Bags: Inside Out
Bibliographic reference
Bags V&A Exhibition (Project) Bags: Inside Out (2020) Lucia Savi, V&A Publishing, pg 36
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.166-2019

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Record createdDecember 14, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1467691/evening-bag-lagerfeld-karl/
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