by Noble Ezeala

Chanel is one of the world’s leading authorities on luxury goods. The French fashion house, founded by Coco Chanel in 1909, has remained an iconic fashion label credited for inventing the Little Black Dress, making skirt suits “high fashion,” and creating the classic Chanel 2.55 bag which is a fave of many Nigerian fashionistas.

For the label’s Fall/Winter 2014 show, Karl Lagerfeld (Creative Director) opted out of using a runway and instead, created the Chanel shopping centre. The models simply shopped, decked out in the label’s FW2014 pieces. During this presentation, there was one particular item that didn’t really catch the eye–that is until we found out how much it was of course.

Your eyes would immediately shoot to the stunning tweed coat, but no, we’re talking about the shopping basket.

That simple shopping basket, with its traditional Chanel chain link, is one of the most expensive accessories in the collection at £7190 (N2.19M). What’s the most expensive accessory? The little jewellery box inside the basket.

It costs £8450 (N2.58M).

It is the season of love, so if your feeling particularly wealthy (or slightly psychotic) at the moment, surprise the love of your life with this shopping basket and jewellery box. Find them here.

Noble Ezeala