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Tweed de Chanel introduces 64 new high jewellery designs to its revered collection

Used to make everything from co-ord jackets and skirts to dresses and bags, there is no Chanel fabric more iconic than tweed. Introduced in 1924, when Gabrielle Chanel enlisted a Scottish factory to produce a sophisticated version of the woollen material for the house’s designs, tweed became an integral part of both her personal wardrobe and the maison’s menswear and womenswear lines. A woven fabric, tweed can be produced to feature a number of effects, from tight to textured, plaited and twill. In 2020, Patrice Leguéreau, the director of Chanel’s fine jewellery creation studio, first took inspiration from the coarse material, reinventing tweed as we know it with gold, platinum and precious stones. A collection of 45 textured rings, earrings, bracelets, necklaces and watches made up Tweed de Chanel, each…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2023

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