Chanel faces backlash over ‘tragic’ $825 advent calendar

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On TikTok, one user named Elise, who goes by the username @eliseharmon, has documented her entire experience opening the advent calendar, with her first video, showing her opening the box numbered nine because it looked “promising,” only to find stickers, viewed more than 14.6m times. The advent calendar’s gifts continued to disappoint both Elise and her viewers as she filmed herself opening the remaining boxes in subsequent videos, with the TikTok user expressing her shock after she opened one box to unveil an empty Chanel dust bag - and nothing else. “It’s just a dust bag.” In response to the video, one viewer claimed that the luxury company had taken “whatever random trash they had that had Chanel on it” and put it in the calendar. “You’re not gonna run from the calendar,” one person commented on a post uploaded on Monday, while another said: “Address the calendar.” Someone else added: “So, what’s happening with the whole calendar stuff?” As of now, Chanel has not released a statement regarding the backlash over the calendar.