Did you manage to get tickets to see Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto at the V&A? If you've been, or are yet to go, you'll be able to relate to how it has stoked our love for all things Chanel. Only thing is, unfortunately the price tags are pretty much out of reach for most of us. Even a pair of simple slingbacks cost upwards of £850 – a whopping blow to most of our bank accounts.
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I woke on Tuesday at 4am and could hardly breathe. I was sweating (and, post-menopausal that I am, I never sweat) and racked with worry. I grabbed my hair, put my head in my hands, and said out loud, ‘What am I doing? What was I thinking?’