When is a Chanel jacket not a Chanel jacket? Whenever it is a collarless jacket in a sophisticated pastel tweed, with a square-shaped shape complemented by sparkling gold buttons on four fixed pockets – however, the name says Mango. Or on the other hand, when it is an unstructured hip-length finished blazer in a delicate centre, check with pearl-impact buttons – however, it’s £59.99 at Zara. The popular light tweed jacket Coco Chanel made has turned into a bread-and-butter search for design retailers everywhere. Not that the Chanel name is…
The Chanel jacket that sent off a thousand duplicates – and why that is OK
