In response to Russia Invades UkraineLuxury fashion brand Chanel has imposed a ban on the sale of its products including clothing, perfumes and other luxury items to Russian customers abroad if it intends to bring them back. Russia.
Before that, Chanel was closed its stores in Russia along with a number of other companies have temporarily suspended business in the country.
Chanel said.
This move by the brand did not go well with the Russians, who called it “fear of the Russians” and cut their Chanel bags in protest.
“Never seen any brand act as disrespectful to their customers as @chanelofficial #byebyeCHANEL,” wrote Russian model and actress Victoria Bonya as she posted a video of herself cutting a black crossbody bag from Chanel.
Another famous Russian figure, Marine Ermoshkina, claims that she is against “Russian phobia”. “I am against a pro-Russian brand,” she writes, as she destroys Chanel bag. “If you need to sell the Motherland to Chanel, then I don’t need such a Chanel.”
DJ Katya Guseva also followed suit and said: “I always dream that a #chanel bag will appear in Wardrobe and it happened last year. But after learning about the brand’s policy towards Russians, I decided to remove these bags from my daily life until the situation changes”.
While many supported these women, others called out to them for ignoring the suffering of millions in the country. Ukraine due to the Russian invasion.
“You talk about the ‘problem’ of buying a bag? As for the massacre of Bucha, Irpin, and Mariupol? Why are you not shocked and concerned about the massacre of civilians and children? Why don’t you talk about this brutal war? This will make you a real fighter for justice,” one user commented on Bonya’s video.
Another user wrote: “Respect you? Perhaps you should comment on atrocities and war crimes in Ukraine instead of acting like a victim…”
“Well, people are crying for their dead children and you are crying for a handbag?!?! This is the ultimate stupidity and you are showing it off to the world proudly,” wrote one user, criticizing the act of cutting a Chanel bag.
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