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TikTokers are divided over the $4,450 price ticket on Chanel's System 1 T-shirts

  • Chanel’s System 1 themed embroidery T-shirts are going viral on social media.
  • They’re a part of the model’s newest F1-inspired Cruise 2022/23 assortment.
  • Every luxurious shirt will set you again $4,450, per Highsnobiety.

Luxurious objects go viral on social media every so often, sometimes with folks reeling in shock from the exorbitant costs.

In 2017, folks had been dropping their collective minds over Prada’s $185 paper clip. Final yr, the web was baffled when Balenciaga’s distressed sneakers had been being offered for nearly $2,000.

Most lately, a four-figure Chanel System 1 T-shirt is the discuss of the city. And it has the web divided.

Launched as a part of the model’s newest Cruise 2022/23 assortment, the F1-themed bead-embroidered shirts are available in two designs. Every shirt of both design prices $4,450, per Highsnobiety.

The worth of the shirts weren’t listed anyplace on the official Chanel web site, though a TikTok video exhibiting the worth tag of the shirt displayed the price earlier than taxes.

 

Within the video, influencer Zozo is proven within the retailer after receiving a tip in regards to the new shirt, “My gross sales affiliate at Chanel referred to as me and instructed me she had a shock for me, so I needed to run over. It was the sold-out System 1 T-shirt.”

She continues, exhibiting herself within the shirt and asking her followers to assist resolve whether or not it could be buy, “I would like you guys to assist me resolve if I ought to get it or not.”

With over 700 feedback, the vast majority of  Zozo’s viewers did not suppose it was definitely worth the value. Zozo’s replies implied that she felt the identical. 

In the meantime, some are desperate to get their palms on their very personal luxurious cotton tee.

TikTok star Madeleine White posted a video of herself on the platform carrying the viral luxurious shirt, garnering over 2.3 million views as of June 5.

The mannequin turned TikToker is thought for her trend opinions and viral movies of her luxurious upcycling tasks. White has a following of 4.2 million on TikTok as of June 5. 

“Carrying my denims and a tee nevertheless it’s not simply any tee it is the chanel 22/23 cruise assortment F1 tee,” learn the in-video caption. She goes on to level out that despite the fact that it is only a T-shirt — reasonably than a designer bag — a bag would not have German automotive racer Sebastian Vettel on it. 

And the feedback part was brimming with envy. 

“Id promote my kidney for that shirt,” learn one of many prime favored feedback on the TikTok video. “jealousy is jealousing arduous,” learn one other.

Many individuals have taken to numerous social media platforms expressing their unbridled want for the shirt, with some agonizing over the hefty price ticket.

“women do not desire a boyfriend. women need the chanel f1 shirt!” a Tweet learn. “the chanel F1 shirt is a necessity however wth $5k,” Tweeted one other. 

The Chanel Cruise 2022/23 assortment is presently solely obtainable in boutiques, per Chanel’s official web site.

Insider has reached out to Chanel for remark.