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Close Encounters of the Chanel Kind

Close Encounters of the Chanel Kind

by Jessica Iredale with contributions from Miles Socha

Posted Thursday October 16, 2008

Last Edited Monday November 17, 2008

From WWD Issue 10/16/2008

Chanel’s Mobile Art mother ship has landed in Central Park. The futuristic, Zaha Hadid-designed pavilion, which houses 18 modern artists’ odes to the iconic Chanel 2.55 handbag, will open...
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