For all its glamour and frill, Chanel chose to stage one of its Fall-Winter shows in a faux grocery store a few years back.
Rows of Chanel-branded pastas and cheeses lined the runway in Paris' Grand Palais as models strutted down in sparkly, pink tweed. Some even donned grocery baskets made with Chanel's signature leather-trimmed chain link, which were later sold for $12,500 apiece.
The concept, drawing from pop art, was the supermarket as a great equalizer. Women of any creed and demographic must shop under the same roof, walk the same aisles and choose from the same selection. The irony, of course, is glaring: peddling novelty items for $12,500 is hardly equalizing, even for the 1%.
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