My First Time at a Chanel Boutique
This post was automatically translated by AI from the Japanese original.
After looking hard at my own reluctance to spend money last time (in Japanese), I decided to make a purchase I don’t normally make.
I wanted to try shopping at a luxury brand.
If I was going to do it, I wanted to go to a Chanel boutique.
While reading a book about Coco Chanel’s way of life, I was moved by how she kept making what she herself wanted, and how that changed women’s sense of who they could be.
It’s also amazing that after her career had once ended, she went back to the fashion world and took on the challenge again.
Among everything she created, I was drawn to costume jewelry: accessories made without expensive gemstones, valuing design over asset value. I love the idea that “whether it’s real or not, it’s fine if I feel its value,” a way of thinking that puts weight on your own sensibility.
Maybe when a woman wears Chanel, she can always remember the strength inside her.
So, my first Chanel ever.
Should I have made a reservation? Would they even take me seriously?
I visited on a cold winter day, feeling fidgety.
I asked the doorman, “I don’t have a reservation. Can I go in?” and joined the line. After a few minutes, I was shown inside. I told them what I wanted to see, and after a while the person who would help me came over.
The first thing I looked at was the chain wallet.
I’d been curious about it since someone very stylish told me she was glad she bought one.
It’s a wallet, but you can use it like a clutch at dinner.
I thought it would also be handy for a short outing during a trip, packed in a suitcase.
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They brought out several, and I tried them on. I’d gone in thinking I’d pick caviar skin because it lasts a long time, but when I actually tried it, I chose the cute, soft, fluffy skin instead.
Then, a costume jewelry necklace.
Before going, I’d looked at the website, so I showed them a photo that caught my eye and said, “I’m interested in necklaces with ribbons or pearls!”
They showed me all kinds of long pearl necklaces.
I found out afterward that what’s on the website is the new collection, which actually goes on sale a few months later. It was also my first time learning how the fashion industry’s year flows. When I looked into it, there’s the history of Chanel itself, but also the history of what each era’s designer created, so knowing it would make the items even more fun!
There were pearl necklaces like the one Andy wears in The Devil Wears Prada, and even ones with stars!
“For your first one, I recommend a long necklace. You can wear it as a single strand or double it up,” I was told, so I chose an edgy one with metal and pearls.
While I paid, I sat on a sofa watching a movie of the new collection and looking at the clothes around me. They gave me a magazine and some sweets as a souvenir, and I headed home, mission accomplished.
I heard it was winter-limited wrapping.
The ribbon looks like tweed, and it’s so cute!
Thank you for a first-time experience ^^
I’ll probably remember this experience every time I use them.
