In this new episode of Chanel’s podcast, 3.55, Amanda Harlech is welcoming French writer Anne Berest. She started her career working as the editor-in-chief for a theater publication she founded. Then, she began to write books and received many prizes as an author.

Together, they talked about Gabrielle Chanel’s apartment and her personality (01:20), what books can reveal of people, (02:40) Anne Berest’s first Chanel bag (07:50) and why men don't wear handbags (14:37).