Can one accessory be all things to all people? I didn't always think so, until I started tracking the Chanel 25 bag's rapid ascent to It-item status.
New Chanel accessories tend to start a frenzy, whether they're a variation on the house's cap-toe slingback heels or a surprisingly sexy flat. (A patent leather glove flat has also been inescapable in my fashion editor circle this spring.) But the response to the Chanel 25 bag, which debuted on the Spring 2025 runway at Paris Fashion Week last September, reappeared for Metiers d'Art in December, and arrived in boutiques this spring at last, was like nothing I'd seen before.
