From Marcus Thuram’s oversized green suede Chanel flap bag to Hermès travel totes that retail for upwards of R200,000, Les Bleus reminded the world that their reputation for style is as formidable as their squad depth. Picture: X, @AthleteVanity When France touched down at Boston Logan International Airport this week ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the cameras were waiting, and Les Bleus did not disappoint. Didier Deschamps’ 26-man squad checked into the Four Seasons hotel before moving to their training facilities at Bentley University, but it was the walk-through arrivals, not the training pitch, that immediately went viral.
The squad’s collective haul of Chanel, Hermès, Louis Vuitton, and Goyard turned Boston Logan into a makeshift runway, and the internet’s fashion lovers have not recovered since. The images, shared widely by fashion accounts @StreetFashion01 and @Lesflappers, offer a masterclass in the particular strain of effortless luxury that French footballers have turned into an art form. Designer pieces worn with the nonchalance of someone who picked up their bag en route to the terminal and happened to grab a six-figure Hermès.
The French national team has long turned the tunnel walk into a signature, with players’ arrivals at Clairefontaine becoming a fixture of their pre-tournament routine. What the Boston airport moment confirms is that this squad has taken that energy global. The post generating the most heat features Inter Milan striker Marcus Thuram, who arrived carrying a large green suede Chanel flap bag; an oversized shoulder piece with prominent chain hardware and quilted detailing, consistent with styles from Chanel’s expanded maxi flap range.
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The colour alone made it a conversation piece; in suede, it pushes into statement territory. I’m genuinely obsessed with Thuram’s Chanel x Pharell flap baghttps://t.co/VISyx3CdbApic.twitter.com/DPAmo9BgEU Reaction online oscillated between unqualified admiration and the kind of performative discomfort that tends to greet men carrying luxury handbags – which, at this point, is practically a five-star review. The Chanel maxi flap bag was named the hottest bag of 2026 so far according to Lyst, making Thuram’s airport choice either impeccably timed or entirely intuitive, both equally on-brand for a player whose father, Lilian Thuram, is a 1998 World Cup winner and whose own cultural literacy has never been in question.
At retail, a Chanel flap bag of this size and material typically runs between R80 000 and R150 000, or more, depending on size, hardware, and specification. Several teammates arrived carrying Hermès pieces, the undisputed status symbol of the luxury bag world. Rayan Cherki and Ousmane Dembélé both carried Hermès bags; Dembélé’s was a leather tote or duffel, likely another HAC configuration, while Cherki had it in what appears to be an HAC (Haut à Courroies) or structured Kelly travel variant.
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