Ladies! When Maxaluna and i were at NM today, admiring the Reissue, the SA Sabrina, who took a break from her usual businesslike but friendly and sweet demeanor, to become a Chanel Reissue educator for us! She told us all about the history of the 2.55 Reissue...some of the facts are really interesting and may not be well known (most people do know that "2.55" refers to Feb. 1955 when the bag first was issued) Coca Chanel grew up in an orphanage/convent, therefore, the double (or is it triple?) chain shoulder strap comes from when, in the orphanage, the childrens' caretakers there would dangle keys from their waists with the same type of chains as on the Reissue..............also, the zippered compartment on the inside of the front flap of the Reissue is where Coco sequestered her love letters, as she was having an affair. The brownish red color of the inside represents the color of Coco and the rest of the children's uniforms (the nuns' were black with white trim: thus, the packaging on Chanel parfum/au de parfum/au de toilette). The back outside flap of the Reissue represents where Coco would stash extra money..........
we just wanted to share this with our PF sisters lol
we just wanted to share this with our PF sisters lol