Kristen Stewart embodies the 11.12 handbag in a new campaign shot by Karl Lagerfeld. More on chanel-news.com/-3Girls3Bags

"Create a better future from the glorious elements of the past". This is a famous Goethe's phrase, adopted by Karl Lagerfeld as a motto!

The genius of the Chanel bag can be found in its versatility! #Chanelovertheyears #classic

“The best things in life are free, the second best are expensive” Coco Chanel #talkingaboutthecounterfeitissue

Some of the tragic results of counterfeiting are human trafficking, child labor, and gang warfare. #thecounterfeitmarketofluxurygoods

The ICC estimates that counterfeiting accounts for between 5-7 per cent of world trade and is worth an estimated $600 billion a year.

Today Twilight star, Kristen Stewart, is one of the faces of Chanel. #newtargets #youngcostumers x.com/chanel/status/…

Chanel glorified function over form, or at least the ideal twinning together of the two.#CocoChanel #Functionality

Chanel's bag was a form of protest against the impracticality of everyday fashion in the mid fifties #revolutionaryfashion #changingconcepts

"It is timeless but is also in style" Karl Lagerfeld about Chanel. youtube.com/watch?v=kSVmNh…

Chanel closed one era and launched one century of fashion. Chanel liberated women after liberating herself. #revolutionaryChanel

" I don't do fashion, I am fashion." Coco Chanel #aninfluentialpowerhouse

Associated with the image of the 1920's flapper, Chanel's designs garnered a new breed of self-confident women.

"I gave women a sense of freedom. I gave them back their bodies: bodies that were drenched in sweat, due to fashion's finery." Coco Chanel

Andre Malraux, a french novelist, declared in 1971 "From this century in France, 3 names will remain: De Gaulle, Picasso and Chanel."

Chanel had the second greatest market share of the luxury handbags market worlwide in 2012. #luxurymarket #leaders

The luxury hierarchy for handbags!

Handbags and accessories are among the fastest growing segments in the overall luxury goods industry.

Fashion, price and diversities are the key factors responsible for driving competition in the handbags market. #understandingthemarket

10 top luxury markets across the Globe!