Chanel SS14 Artclass Light Grey Canvas Large Graffiti Backpack — Full Set
The light grey variant of the Chanel SS14 Artclass Graffiti Backpack stands apart from its darker grey counterpart in one crucial respect: its overall tonality. Where the dark grey reads as urban and architectural, the light grey canvas produces a bag of extraordinary softness and painterly luminosity — the graffiti motifs appearing to emerge from a washed, silvery ground that gives this particular colourway an almost watercolour quality. Distributed exclusively to VVIP clients at only a few Chanel boutiques across Europe, this is not simply a rare bag. It is a piece that most collectors will never have the opportunity to encounter, let alone acquire — and this example comes as a full set.
Light Grey vs Dark Grey — The Critical Distinction
Élégance du Luxe currently holds examples of both the light and dark grey Chanel SS14 Graffiti Backpack. The distinction between the two is immediately apparent and significant to collectors:
The dark grey reads as a deep, saturated charcoal — the graffiti print emerging dramatically from a near-black ground with high contrast and urban intensity. The light grey — this piece — is an entirely different proposition: a pale, silvery-grey canvas base in which the graffiti motifs, the stencilled CC logo, and the "Rue Cambon Paris" text appear with a lighter, more diffused quality — as though the entire bag has been treated with a wash of grey that has softened every element into a unified, painterly whole. The large white CC logo on the back panel reads with particular clarity against the pale ground, creating the most graphic and immediately identifiable of the three Graffiti Backpack colourways.
Full Set — The Rarest Configuration
This example is offered as a complete full set — an exceptional status for a piece of this rarity and age. The full set includes:
- The backpack itself
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Double CC metal pendant at the front flap pocket
- Internal keychain
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Rope chain accessory with logo-engraved silver carabiner firmly attached to the top handle and a blue carabiner at the end — the complete carabiner configuration that allows the rope to be worn, detached, and styled in multiple ways
Finding a grey Artclass Graffiti Backpack in any condition is exceptional. Finding one as a complete full set with all original accessories intact is, by any reasonable measure, extraordinary.
Construction & Details
The backpack features a camel leather top handle, a front zip flap pocket with double CC metal pendant, a main drawstring compartment, and an internal keychain. The ruthenium (dark silver-tone) chain runs through the strap eyelets on both sides. The rope chain accessory — the collection's most directional detail — is constructed from a multi-strand rope with the silver and blue carabiner configuration described above.
The Artclass Collection — Historical Significance
The Chanel Spring/Summer 2014 Artclass show transformed the Grand Palais into a contemporary art gallery under Karl Lagerfeld's direction — one of the most ambitious Chanel presentations in recent memory. The Graffiti Backpack series was the show's most talked-about accessory, and over a decade later remains one of the most immediately recognisable Chanel runway pieces ever produced. Grey colourway examples, distributed only to VVIP clients at one or two European boutiques, are among the rarest Chanel pieces available on the global secondary market.
Condition & Authenticity
Authenticated and offered by Élégance du Luxe. Every piece in our inventory is carefully reviewed before listing and comes with our full Authenticity Guarantee.
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Model: Large Graffiti Backpack — Full Set
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Collection: Spring/Summer 2014 Artclass Runway
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Canvas Tone: Light Grey (palest of three colourways)
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Material: Printed canvas with camel leather trim
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Hardware: Ruthenium (Dark Silver-tone)
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Closure: Drawstring main compartment + front zip flap
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Handle: Camel leather top handle
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Accessory: Rope chain with engraved silver carabiner + blue carabiner
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Full Set Includes: CC pendant, internal keychain, rope chain accessory
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Distribution: VVIP boutique exclusive
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Origin: Chanel Paris
