The Hand-Beaded Chanel Bag That Takes 120 Hours to Embroider

The origins of Chanel’s classic flap handbags can be traced back to February 1955, when the house’s founder, Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, created her first pocketbook with a shoulder strap. Like most of her ideas, that purse, dubbed the 2.55 (to commemorate the month and year it was introduced), had …