Selected pieces from French businesswoman Mouna Ayoub&rsquo;s expansive collection will soon be up for purchase.

For many, to own one <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion-week/chanel-haute-couture-fall-winter-2023-show-every-look-collection-paris-fashion-week" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chanel Haute Couture</a> piece is a dream come true. So imagine what it would be like to own 2,500. This is the reality of French businessman Mouna Ayoub, who has amassed a massive Haute Couture collection over the years &mdash; designs that can now be embraced in your own closet.
Ayoub announced that she is putting 252 pieces from her <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/karl-lagerfeld-archival-lofficiel-interview-photographs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Karl Lagerfeld</a> Chanel Haute Couture collection up for auction. Per an <a href="https://wwd.com/fashion-news/designer-luxury/chanel-auction-couture-karl-lagerfeld-ayoub-1235925036/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview with WWD</a>, Ayoub explained the reason for this is that these pieces no longer "fit" her.

"[I'm doing this] for two reasons really: Number one, they don&rsquo;t fit me anymore. Number two, I really want to give the young generation that didn&rsquo;t know Karl and didn&rsquo;t have the chance to own any haute couture pieces by <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/cara-delevingne-claudia-schiffer-karl-lagerfeld-muses-fashion-legacy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Karl</a> to own them and wear them and love them like I did &mdash; especially since most of them have never been worn," she said.
Ayoub is the former wife of billionaire advisor Nasser Al-Rashid, and during their marriage (that ended in 1997), she was not allowed to wear garments that revealed her limbs or her d&eacute;collet&eacute; &mdash; resulting in many of these soon-to-be auctioned pieces having never been worn.
&ldquo;It was very difficult to decide which pieces I was going to part ways with, especially since I really love them all,&rdquo; she told WWD. &ldquo;But in order to have a successful sale, I had to choose the best pieces.&rdquo;

Pieces in the collection include evening coats, gold-laced dresses, suits, shoes, jewelry, and even a wig &mdash; the latter of which is an ankle-length ponytail <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/shalom-harlow-young-model-90s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shalom Harlow</a> formerly wore on Chanel's runway. Ayoub&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/chanel-spring-summer-2023-haute-couture-collection-runway-images" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chanel Haute Couture</a> designs will be up for free public viewing in Paris on November 19 and 20.&nbsp;
Even though she's bidding adieu to over 250 couture designs, Ayoub will still possess around 2,500 pieces and counting with more orders &mdash; from <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/chanel-tweed-high-jewelry-collection-fall-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chanel</a>, <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/history-of-maison-schiaparelli-elsa-schiaparelli-shocking-pink-daniel-roseberry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Schiaparelli</a>, <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/stefano-pilati-fendi-collaboration-return-luxury" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fendi</a>, and <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion-week/kelly-wearstler-dior-spring-summer-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dior</a> &mdash; on the way.
&ldquo;I'm very particular about it and a little bit crazy, but no one understands that," she said. "If I were given the opportunity to buy a piece of jewelry for 200,000 Euros and a dress for the same price, I would always choose the dress. Because I love promoting the high fashion industry. Although I am not very fond of fast fashion, I am actually against it.&rdquo;

The auction take place at Paris's Pavillon Gabriel on Monday, November 20, 2023, at 6:30 pm Paris time and online at drouot.com and invaluable.com.

More Than 250 Karl Lagerfeld Chanel Haute Couture Designs are Going up for Auction

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