An interior,” Coco Chanel once said, “is the natural projection of the soul.” Given her obsession with coromandel screens, maybe her soul belonged in the Far East. The story goes that the 18-year-old ...

this embroidered bag most closely captures the spirit of the original relic. “I’m like a snail. I carry my house with me,” was another Chanel aphorism. Consider this a more realistic way to ...