Accessories Accede: What’s in My Chanel Camellia WOC Sac?

Q & A in Barcelona, Spain, September 2017

Is Camellia WOC satisfying your dream of Chanel collection?

Definitely. It’s been a while my consideration between Chanel square mini or lipstick mini flap bag, until at Chanel Passeig de Gràcia boutique, there is no availability to acquire any, then Camellia WOC catches my instant attention, that is crafted with a timeless look and quality, woven chain leather strap, can be worn cross body, shoulder style and even possible to adjust the length while wrapping the chain outside-in of the flap; all it needs to steal my heart.

How’s the craftsmanship and interior design of Camellia WOC?

Chanel WOC (wallet on chain) is embellished with the iconic smooth double C logo, and in 2017 Camellia version, unlike the previous WOC used hard caviar or fragile lambskin, is made from grained calfskin, which is durable as caviar but also luxurious as lambskin. For the interior, there are a central pocket, patch pocket, multiple credit card slots and even a zip pocket, the size is 12.3x 19.2x 3.5 cm, slightly larger than the classic caviar WOC, suitable for my iPhone, a mini pochette, metro card, city map and travel size cosmetics.

✔HOLA BCN 72-hour card allows me to take bus, metro, tram and local train within metropolitan area of Barcelona, even the journey from the airport to the city centre. And the travel card is always the best souvenir keeper.

✔Chanel Rouge Coco #448 Elise or Rouge Allure #257 Ultrarose are my quick saviors while striking the poses. Elise pinkish hue is good for denim jacket look, while Ultrarose presents the wild side of me at late night flamenco show.

✔Chanel metal & resin Dallas star piercing earrings owns the cute shape, amazing details on the edges and golden double interlock C logo. Its thickness of design stands out as abstract perspective on earlobes, surely a pair to allure for.

✔Chanel Coco Mademoiselle 2ml tube eau de parfum allows me to travel light and fragrant fast. Request politely while purchasing at Chanel cosmetics, the surprises are awaited at the corner!

✔Chanel Camellia caviar cardholder has 3 side credit card slots and 1 central pocket for the convenience of card organizing. The durability of caviar calfskin prevents the cards from the slide-away, the carving Camellia flowers make the pure black hues another layer of unique craftsmanship.

✔My talented friend Linda made the pastel-pink blogger business cards come true. Since I never known what kind of encounter I will meet during the travelling, therefore having several in Camellia WOC never goes wrong.

✔Dimensions de Chanel mascara #10 Noir is also from the freebie while purchasing the cosmetics. Its packaging design resembles the retail version, even it’s only 1 ml but available to sustain over a week of daily use.

✔Barcelona City Map folded as the perfect size to fit in Camellia WOC. I always collect two, one map for practical functionary, that we can fold, draw, or mark on it without any concern of destruction, and the other spare map is brand new copy to save it as a piece of lovely memory.

✔Eurostar Hotel key cardholder is also the good reminder and easy souvenir to collect. After years of traveling experiences, now I only book hotel rooms which stands good location and are equipped with private bathroom, hence comparing the design of the hotel small items is also the pleasure during the trip.

SOUVENIR DE BARCELONA

✔The other souvenir I target to collect is the book, yep, either paperback or hard cover version. I used to collect different linguistic of VOGUE magazine while visiting a city, later I find they are super heavy to carry and super troublesome to bookshelf storage, since then my focus falls on those rather appropriated-size of local readings. Barcelona Modernisme Beyond Gaudí by the author/illustrator Lapin, a French guy living in Barcelona, introduces the most amazing architecture design of Barcelona by adapting water colours, in English, Spanish and Catalan.

✔Being as a super fan of Fiji Film Instax, I always would like to capture the unforgettable moments with friends and family. It’s been 13 years after my cousin Jenny and I are able to travel together abroad, the very moment was taken at Gaudí House Museum located inside Parc Güell, the friendly Catalan lady puts down her shopping bags, and nails our smiles at the perfect snap. Yep, I place the National flag of Spain and some cute stickers to make the Instax photo a lot of fun! 

✔I admit that I adore different kinds of printing matters. Thereupon, the postcards, tickets and flyers from the museums or street vendor are also the best souvenir to collect, such as the postcard printed from mosaic art piece by Gaspar Homar at Museu Nacional D’Art de Catalunya; the ticket of La Pedrera (Casa Milà) totally recalls the ‘The X-Files’ rooftop view, or the illustrated La Sagrada Familia postcard by Bin Kashiwa, all they have the pure magic to take me back those Barcelona lovely September days.