CHANEL

Description

The annual price hikes aren’t an accident. They’re the strategy — and Stevie J is the first to say it plainly. The Flap, the 2.55, the Boy, the tweed jacket that became the global uniform of female authority, and yes, the founder’s history, because you can’t write about Chanel honestly without it. The quality complaints, the markup reality, and which pieces actually earn their number.