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The newest addition to Chanel's venerable handbag line, the Chanel 25 Handbag, has become a season-to-turn-it-on hot item.

By all logic, Chanel should be floundering. A global juggernaut without a captain, the house has been in a state of limbo since the abrupt departure of Virginie Viard, drifting toward an uncertain ...