The cult of the handbag has reached new heights, literally and women wallets seem follow the tide. Chalk it up to the celebrity culture, women’s rising economic clout and one undeniable, intoxicating fact: You don’t have to be model thin to wear one. Observers of fashion and culture say It Bags and wallets are to women what sports Cars and motocycles are to men, a competitive status symbol that knows no rational limits, though less accident-prone.
Not just a designer, not just big name, Coco Chanel was an icon in the fashion industry - she was passionate about clothing design and a trendsetter whose influence can still be seen today. Above all, Chanel transformed herself and her name into a symbol of style: Chanel-ization went beyond frocks and fashion and fads. Even today, the Chanel name and the famous C-C logo are powerful status symbols: They radiate timeless style and class. The Chanel logo seems to exert magic stylorific powers: put "Chanel" on anything and it becomes instantly fabulous!
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