17 in W x 9 in H 8 in handle drop Notes from the Curator The Triple CC tote in black patent leather with perforated logo emerged during Karl Lagerfeld's sustained exploration of the interlocking-C motif in the mid-2000s, when the house began treating the emblem not merely as hardware or quilting but as a structural design element unto itself. The triple interlocking CC logo is stitched at the front and back, here executed through fine perforation—hundreds of precisely drilled holes that allow light to filter through while preserving the leather's structural integrity. The technique, borrowed from haute couture's tradition of broderie anglaise, turns the skin's surface into a kind of typographic scrim. Over the years Chanel has introduced different kinds of chains on their bags; the most popular are the leather entwined with chain on classic flaps, yet this model trades braiding for dark enamel-wrapped links that hang weightlessly against the high-gloss finish, a pairing that underscores the bag's graphic, almost Pop sensibility rather than its heirloom origins.