Which Chanel Bag Most Suits Your Personality?
If Chanel bags could talk, what would they say? Well, no other fashion powerhouse has quite the range of arm candy options like those created under M. Karl Lagerfeld. At Chanel you can find the ultimate classics sitting alongside the latest in highly decorative, totally kooky novelty wares (remember the metal shopping baskets or that hula hoop bag?).
So as a way to cheer Monday out of the chill and shake off that back-to-work feeling, we've decoded what kind of Chanel bag girl we'd be if we bought any of the following. Scroll down to pinpoint your luxury vibe.
Hands-free and ready to roam the globe, you are an adventurer who likes her home comforts but wouldn't be afraid to hit that ravine with the aforementioned Chanel backpack worn with a Balenciaga biker and leather Balmain jeans. Just an average day at the office, hey?
Collecting Chanel's many pieces of arm candy is your number one hobby. It's a fun time pursuit where a different bag can match seven day's worth of outfits... or more. You are a head-turner, a chameleon, someone who wants to start a conversation via their clothes and never fails to do so.
If quirky is the name of your game, you need to channel these individuals this spring.
You think matchy matchy is for the less imaginative, and if you're going to splash a couple of grand on a Chanel bag, you may as well make it highly noticeable. The red Chanel wearer makes a bold statement without ever looking passé. In fact, right now red leather is having quite a moment.
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You had cash to burn and it went all on one GIGANTIC Chanel bag. This is a real status-cementer, shouting louder than the average-sized classics whilst remaining utterly ladylike at the same time. You must be busy and self-sufficient, because this style is enough to effortlessly tote all of the essentials—and then some.
You aren't a girl who plays by the rules, but you are clued up enough to appreciate what each of the big fashion houses specialises in—and that their strengths should be enjoyed not cast aside in the face of ubiquity. But, like Dakota Johnson, having a vintage style certainly puts an edge on proceedings doesn't it?
Cue some well-deserved bragging and head over to Farfetch.com to see the best online edit of vintage Chanel goodies.
You are fully aware of every bag in Chanel's vast back catalogue of signatures, that's why you have the classic bag rendered in the classic house fabric—it's a double nod. You are a girl confident in the knowledge that you will have more than the one Chanel bag in a lifetime. Lucky devils.
See Milan's fashion pack in their finest garms.
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Hello, rock chick of the gang! You probably consider the 2.55 to be too prissy for your bad-girl tastes and the hardware featured on this style matches the stacked-up jewellery you've collected from hidden stores across the globe or welded yourself in that artist's studio in Copenhagen. Maybe you'll wear yours short across the body in order to not be restricted.
You value the eternal excellence of such a classic wardrobe pillar. This item never looks dated or tied to a point in time, but rather whispers of elegant style and the possibility that you had a natty grandma who knew Coco Chanel very well, leaving this beauty to you in immaculate condition. You look after it and don't dare place it on the floor because you know that is it a hugely important, special thing for any girl to own.
Gen up on the A-list It bags with the most staying power here.
You are so darn important that someone else carries all of your excess baggage at all times, meaning you can use this super-cute, back-friendly little guy whenever, wherever. All you need is a small tube of lip plumping stuff and a good phone for Snapchat.
Which Chanel bag do you dream about? Let us know in the comments box below…
Hannah Almassi is the Editor in Chief of Who What Wear UK. Hannah has been part of the the Who What Wear brand since 2015, when she was headhunted to launch the UK sister site and social channels, implement a localised content strategy and build out the editorial team. She joined following a seven-year tenure at Grazia magazine, where she led front-of-book news, fashion features and shopping specials as fashion news and features editor. With experience in both print and digital across fashion and beauty, Hannah has over 16 years in the field as a journalist, editor, content strategist and brand consultant. Hannah has interviewed industry heavyweights such as designers including Marc Jacobs and Jonathan Anderson through to arbiters of taste including Katie Grand and Anna Dello Russo. A skilled moderator and lecturer specialising in the shift to digital media and e-commerce, Hannah’s opinion and work has been sought by the likes of CNBC, BBC, The Sunday Times Style, The Times, The Telegraph and MatchesFashion.com, among many others. Hannah is often called upon for her take on trends, becoming known as a person with their finger of the pulse of what’s happening in the fashion space for stylish Brits. Hannah currently resides in Eastbourne with her photographer husband, incredibly busy son and highly Instagrammable cat.
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