Chanel don't 'officially' give their colours names, the same way Hermes do.
'Rose Sakura' is a legendary colour by the house of Hermes, a beautiful nearly there pale pink colour. Near impossible to request and very covetable on the secondary market.
Chanel don't repeat their colours (apart from black and beige clair ) so when they do produce a baby pink, typically the hue and the tone will differ a bit through the years, as Chanel have a habit of not repeating their colours.
So the unofficial name of Sakura Pink has been drifting around bag world for a good while now, and for some romantic unknown reason, everyone knows exactly what is Sakura and what is not....
The name is linked to the beautiful Japanese cherry blossoms, which of course emphasises the start of spring time and everything lovely and positive.
Via a wonderful friend I was able to secure a pure pale pink in vintage lambskin circa 1997, medium size, with mint 22-24k gold hardware to compliment it. A bit unusual for me as I do like my darks.
An absolute dreambag she is too, she certainly she deserves the Rose Sakura stamp of approval.
By the way; it was an eccentric Englishman who saved the Japanese Cherry Blossom, his name was Collingwood 'Cherry' Ingram. Look it up when you get a chance, it is quite a rich story.
Without him the iconic blooms would have been extinct.... so this lovely colour would probably have ended up with a different name!
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