Chanel Ladybug Classic Medium Flap (Hand-Painted by Kevin Lyons)
Chanel Ladybug Classic Medium Flap (Hand-Painted by Kevin Lyons)
Description
One of one
In March 2011, Chanel did something it almost never does: it handed over its own pristine stock to be painted on. For ten days, the house took over a raw garage on rue Saint-Honoré with Colette (the most influential concept store fashion has known, and Karl Lagerfeld's favorite) for a pop-up unlike anything before or since. A small circle of artists were invited to customize Chanel bags by hand, live, on site. No two alike.
On opening day, March 1st, that artist was Kevin Lyons. The American creative force behind the look of streetwear itself, from Stüssy to Nike to Girl, known the world over for his "Monster" characters. This is the bag he painted.
The foundation is Chanel's 2011 Ladybug Medium Classic Flap in black quilted lambskin: silver-and-enamel ladybugs scattered across the quilting, one perched on the CC turn-lock. Over it, Lyons worked by hand in white trailing lines looping across the front, a Monster across the back, and his signature, KYLONS, in silver. A Chanel canvas, made singular.
The pop-up never returned. Colette closed for good in 2017. What was made in those ten days is now closed history, ad this is the only one of its kind.
Details
- Brand: Chanel
- Model: Ladybug Classic Medium Flap
- Collection: Spring/Summer 2011
- Customization: Hand-painted and signed by Kevin Lyons; Chanel x Colette pop-up, Paris, March 2011
- Material: Black quilted lambskin; black grosgrain (canneté) interior
- Hardware: Silver-tone; CC turn-lock with ladybug; silver-and-enamel ladybug appliqués
- Dimensions: 26 x 16 x 6 cm (10.2 x 6.3 x 2.4 in)
- Condition: Excellent
- Inclusions: Original Chanel box, dust bag, authenticity card, 2011 Colette event brochure signed and dedicated by Kevin Lyons during the live pop-up
- Entrupy Certificate of Authenticity
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