As we mentioned before, this Target clutch is similar to a vintage Chanel bag: the Chanel Tortoise Logo Chain Mini Bag.It’s not a current purse from Chanel, of course, so places like Treasures ...

Now rising on New York City’s East 57th Street is Marino’s steel-and-glass version of her vision, which will serve as Chanel’s New York flagship when it opens this month.

Measuring only 12cm x 20cm x 5.5cm, the £5,370 price tag appears only to have aided the Chanel clutch's reputation as the ‘it’ bag of Summer 2013. Plastic has become ‘fabtastic’, and is ...