A prominent Russian influencer who participated in a high-profile socialite act to scissor her previous Chanel purse in protest at Western sanctions over Vladimir Putin’s war has been made fun of for her new purchase.
Model Victoria Bonya, 42, of Monaco, who has 9 million followers, spearheaded the anti-Chanel campaign by affluent female Kremlin supporters in April.
She said at the time in English, “I have to ask: If Chanel House doesn’t appreciate its customers, why should we respect Chanel?” I’ll see you later.
At her opulent residence, she was seen throwing the bag away.
The entrepreneur who favours living in the West and admires Putin said she has “never seen any brand behave so disrespectfully toward its clientele.”
However, after sharing images of herself in a vehicle with a Chanel bag while on vacation in Dubai, she has now been charged with being “hypocritical.”
Her supporters labelled her a “hypocrite” since the new bag looks to be an exact replica of the one she trashed.
Russian social media is flooded with criticism, with one commenter claiming that her shattered luggage “was revived.”
Another person said: “So pitiful. Disgusting.’
There was one more: “She must have purchased a new bag right away.”
Due to Chanel’s closure in Moscow and other major cities, the majority of Russians are unable to purchase the brand, and even while travelling abroad, they are not supposed to be offered for sale to Putin’s residents.
Where do you get Chanel handbags, Bonya? He questioned her.
Someone another asked, “Is Chanel back?”
She was charged of “hypocrisy” and “double standards.”
Did she glue it together, a story in Antiglyanets questioned?
Ksenia Sobchak, the top female opposition leader in Russia and a former contender for president, made the joke, “How to DIY a Chanel bag.”
Bonya was one of many well-off Russian ladies who lost it in April when their preferred brand forbade them from making additional purchases.
They only talk about their personal fashion traumas brought on by Putin’s invasion, not the hundreds of dead and injured Ukrainians or Russian soldiers in the conflict that led to the sanctions.
In addition to leaving Russia, the French luxury retailer forbade sales to Vladimir Putin’s affluent countrymen when they were travelling for shopping abroad.
They said that the decision to exclude them from purchasing Chanel reeked of “Russophobia.”
When she joined Ms. Bonya’s stunt in April, Marina Ermoshkina, 28, declared: “Not a single thing or brand is worth my love for my nation.”
The 39-year-old DJ Katya Guseva also tore up her Chanel purse and said, “Bye-bye, Chanel.”
TV host, public relations specialist, and actress Marina Ermoshkina, 28, voiced her fury to her 299,999 followers when she learned that Russian women are being required to sign a pledge in overseas Chanel shops promising not to wear or advertise the brand in Russia.
She ripped her accessories bag with heavy-duty scissors and said, “Not a single thing or brand is worth my love for my nation and my self-respect.”
I’m saying “No” to Chanel, said DJ Katya Guseva, 39, who has 587,000 followers on Instagram.
“I oppose both racism and racial segregation,” you may say.
I’ll just rip up this bag to prove to you that I’m serious.
I don’t need it any more. “Goodbye, Chanel.”
Influencer Yana Rudkovskaya, 47, a producer of music shows in Moscow and the wife of Olympic figure skating champion Alexander Plyushenko, was appalled but did not blame Putin.
She considered the prohibition to be “quite embarrassing” considering how much money she had spent at Chanel over the years.
Maria Zakharova, a spokesperson for the Russian foreign ministry, charged Chanel of supporting the “Russophobic effort to “cancel Russia.”
She emphasised that “Coco Chanel herself was a collaborator and agent of the Third Reich throughout the Second World War.”
She said that Russia was fighting fascism in Ukraine.
At the time, Chanel’s French headquarters said that EU and Swiss prohibitions on luxury goods had pushed them to take action.
The sale of luxury goods to any natural, legal person or organisation in the Russian Federation or for use in the Russian Federation is prohibited under the most recent sanctions limitations of the European Union and Switzerland, according to a statement.
In order to “ensure that the things they buy would not be utilised in Russia,” consumers were questioned.
The business acknowledged that certain consumers may experience some difficulties as a result of the efforts taken to comply with the legislation.
We apologise for any misconceptions or issues that may have resulted from the process and are presently trying to make it better.