1980S CHANEL Navy Blue Haute Couture Cashmere Blend Boiled Wool 3/4 Length Coat
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
1980S CHANEL Navy Blue Haute Couture Cashmere Blend Boiled Wool 3/4 Length Coat & Pencil Skirt Suit
1980S CHANEL Navy Blue Haute Couture Cashmere Blend Boiled Wool 3/4 Length Coat
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
1980S CHANEL Navy Blue Haute Couture Cashmere Blend Boiled Wool 3/4 Length Coat & Pencil Skirt Suit
Vintage Lagerfeld Chanel Runway 1989 Polka-Dot Swimsuit/Matching Skirt + Sleeves
By Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of the most memorable and collectible 3 pc black and white polka-dot swimsuit ensemble by Chanel 1989. Designed in a very appealing sexy one shoulder one piece with adjustable ...
Chanel By Karl Lagerfeld Camellia Bow Printed Denim Dress, Spring-Summer 1987
By Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel
Located in Geneva, CH
Karl Lagerfeld approached day wear at Chanel with a balance between tradition, structure and a playful use of the house's codes. This fun 1987 Spring-Summer printed dress is crafted ...
Chanel Quilted Black Caviar Skin Shoulder Bag / Tote, Golden Chain & Hardware
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Chanel Quilted Black Caviar Skin Shoulder Bag / Tote, Golden Chain & Hardware Material: Leather Vintage Code ID 0548030 Color: Black Description Chanel Tote From the Late 1980's - E...
Vintage Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel Black Lambskin Quilted Crossbody Bag
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in Stuttgart, DE
Vintage Chanel bag, Prais, black lambskin with 2,5 cm diamond quilting, lined inside with red colord leather and various inside conpartiments. Original 2-meter carrying chain inter...
Brown leather shoulder bag with top-stitching and chain Chanel Circa 1984
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Chanel
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Brown leather shoulder bag with top-stitching and chain. Black leather lining. One flat pocket with zip inside and one flat pocket without zip. "CC" claps covered with black leather...
Vintage 80s Chanel Black Pleated Crepe Dress Deep V-Neck Detachable Satin Cuffs
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld
Located in Antwerpen, Vlaams Gewest
Rare Vintage 1980s Chanel Boutique Black Deep V-Neck Pleated Crepe Dress, Designed by Karl Lagerfeld. Step into timeless sophistication with this authentic vintage Chanel Boutique d...
Chanel 1987 Veste Tailleur FR38 Quilted Graphic Script Ensemble Suit UK10 US6
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld
Located in PARIS, FR
Chanel jacket SS1987 collection by Karl Lagerfeld skirt suit in quilted cotton canvas with CC and Chanel logo and symbol pattern, camellia, rue Cambon 5 ... on a background of wide r...
Chanel 1990 Veste Jupe FR42 Late 80s Classic Black CC Ensemble UK14 US12
By Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel
Located in PARIS, FR
Chanel jacket in skirt suit late 1980, in black wool crepe composed of a jacket with a rounded notched collar closed by a jewel button signed CC, 2 slit pockets and long sleeves clos...
Chanel Black Cashmere Cocoon Coat Triangle Button Pockets Button Thru Cuffs 1988
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Chanel Boutique
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chanel 1988 black cashmere cocoon coat with unique triangle button hip front pockets. Cocoon shape coat has long notched lapels, the coat closes at the front with a single logo butto...
A Polka Dots crepe cocktail dress by Chanel Haute Couture numbered 59644 C. 1975
By Chanel
Located in Toulon, FR
Circa 1970-1980 France Chanel Haute Couture cocktail dress numbered 59644 dating from the 1970s.
CHANEL SCARV 100 % SILK, 97 cm x 93 cm, hand rolled
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in Stuttgart, DE
CHANEL SCARV (Made in Italy) , 100 % Silk, hand rolled in best condition. Light blue background printed with white camillias and green leaves. Interspersd with the icoic gold CCs! A ...
Chanel Karl Lagerfeld Large Silk Scarf Green Floral Gold Accents 130cm
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in Stuttgart, DE
Large silk scarf from CHANEL, 130 cm x 130cm green with typical light CHANEL flowers, outlined in gold and leaves in gold. Perfect condition and hand washbar. Dimensions: 130 cm ...
$449Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage CHANEL Scarf 100 % Silk 90cm x 90 cm
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in Stuttgart, DE
Vintage silk scarf by Chanel printed on a green background with Coco Chanel's favorite flower the Cameilia. Green ground, different camellias in light gray with green leaves and gold...
Chanel By Lagerfeld Logo Plate & Medallion Coin Gold-Tone Chainlink Belt, SS1988
By Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel
Located in Geneva, CH
Timeless late 80s (from Spring-Summer 1988 collection) Chanel gold plated metal chain-link belt with embossed "CC Chanel 31 Rue Cambon Paris" medallion and iconic "CHANEL" plate. The...
Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Haute Couture Bow Skirt Suit, Circa 1985
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld
Located in Geneva, CH
Iconic, timeless, chic and versatile ! Very few garment can provide these four qualities simultaneously. A Chanel skirt suit has definitely such power, especially when it is Haute Co...
$2,109Sale Price|20% Off
CHANEL BLACK QUILTED LAMBSKIIN VANITY CASE, classic interlocking CC logo, 1990s
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in Stuttgart, DE
The Chanel 1990s black quilted lambskin Vanity Case is an icoic accessory that embodies timeless elegance and practicality, Crafted from luxurious lambskin leather, this sleek recta...
Vintage Chanel Karl Lagerfeld Large Size 44 Pink 80s Logo Silk 1980s Shirt Dress
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare vintage CHANEL late 80s larger size pink and white logo print silk shirt dress! Unbelievably chic print with a flattering fit. Interior hook-and-eye closures at waist. Elastic w...
Chanel 1986 Ceinture Chaine Perles T70 a 85 Maxi Chain Pearl Belt 28 to 34 in
By Chanel, Victoire de Castellane
Located in PARIS, FR
Chanel belt from the SS1986 collection, composed of an extra-large gold-tone metal chain with a decorative pearl suspended from each wide, round link, fastened with a hook. The belt ...
Vintage Chanel belt made by Robert Goossens and House of Gripoix 24 k. golld pl
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in Stuttgart, DE
A very unusual Chanel belt (Made in France) with many faux pearls and 14 spaces made by Robert Goossens with colored liquid glass paste from the House of Gripoix. It is a unique, per...
Vintage Chanel belt made by Robert Goossens and House of Gripoix 24 k. golld pl
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in Stuttgart, DE
A very unusual Chanel belt with many faux pearls and spaces made by Robert Goossens with colored liquid glass from the Hause of Gripoix. It is a unique, perfectly preserved, from the...
Chanel hat boater-style (Attributed to)
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
CHANEL -White boater hat decorated with a light-green strip and camellia brooches. Not signed hat attributed to Chanel. Condition: Very good condition Dimensions: Head circumferenc...
Vintage Pink and Grey Chanel Style Jacket
Located in London, GB
A beautifully made pink tweed Chanel style jacket. The jacket has a round collar , two pockets at lower leval and two faux pockets at the higher leval. It is lined in silk satin, a...
Chanel Vintage CC Logo Gold Chain Belt with Black Leather
By Hermès
Located in Palm Beach, FL
An enduring symbol of Chanel’s unmistakable design language, this Vintage CC Logo Gold Chain Belt combines the house’s signature interlocking CC motif with a luxurious woven leather ...
Bonwit Teller "Chanel" style black quilted shoulder bag
By Bonwit Teller
Located in New York, NY
Bonwit Teller Black butter-soft quilted lambskin leather "Chanel" style shoulder bag is detailed with gold hardware shoulder straps entwined with butter-soft black lambskin leather. ...
Black Wool Chanel Style Jacket by Sartoria Verzola Milan
Located in London, GB
A wonderful vintage jacket by SartoriaVerzola Milan. In a black wool boucle, the jacket is lined in silk, has four front pockets, and wonderful buttons. t has a button front opening ...
Leather School Taupe "Chanel-Style" Quilted Lambskin Belt Pouch
Located in New York, NY
Leather School "Chanel-Style" taupe lambskin belt pouch is accented with gold hardware along with a zipper interior. Belt pouch is fully lined with black leather. Butter-soft, bag me...
Vintage les Copines de Nitsa Paris Chanel Style Skirt Suit
Located in London, GB
A wonderful vintage Chanel style skirt suit by Les Copines de Nitsa. In an ivory and caramel mix , the jacket has a six button opening at the front with a pocket on either side, and...
1980s Michel Modes Navy White & Black Chanel Tweed Boater-Style Hat w Camellia
By Maison Michel
Located in Gresham, OR
1980s Michel Modes Navy White & Black Chanel Tweed Boater-Style Hat w Camelia: This vintage authentic Chanel tweed had comes from the original Maison Michel label, Michel Modes. A ...
Moschino Couture Suit, Humorous Pockets Poke Fun at Chanel Jackets and Skirts
By Moschino Couture, Moschino
Located in New Hope, PA
Franco Moschino designed this navy blue wool suit with the idea that he would poke a little fun at the classic Chanel suit. He has used a similar shape and similar buttons. The humo...
Silk ivory cocktail dress with flower tulle brooch Attributed to Chanel (no tag)
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Silk ivory cocktail dress with flower tulle brooch. Silk satin edge, waist and bow. Buttons, buttonhole and snaps at the end of the shoulder straps on the back. NO BRAND TAG. SIZE XS
Rare Maison Gripoix Poured Glass Evening Bag
By Maison Gripoix
Located in New York, NY
Rare Gripoix Glass Haute Couture purse from the 1980's. A Chanel design, but made in custom colorations.
In the years following the opening of her modest millinery shop, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel became a pivotal designer of both fashionable casual wear and Paris haute couture as well as an icon and arbiter of 20th-century style with her bob haircut and pearls. Today vintage Chanel handbags, jackets and evening dresses are among the most sought-after clothing and accessories for fashion lovers all over the world.
The first Chanel shop was established in 1910 in Paris on rue Cambon by the young milliner Gabrielle Chanel (1883–1971), who had picked up the nickname “Coco” while working as a club singer. The boutique drew the attention of the Parisian fashion elite who popularized her wide-brimmed Chanel Modes hats. Soon she added a sportswear store in the Normandy resort town of Deauville, where Coco set the tone for her defining sense of style — traditionally masculine garments reimagined for feminine shapes, made from simple jersey fabric.
Effortless and elegant, Chanel's designs promoted comfort and grace in women’s wear that had been dominated in the previous century by complicated layers of fabric and cumbersome corsets. She followed this success with a couture house, opened in 1915 in Biarritz.
But Chanel was not born into a life of glamour. Following the death of her mother, her father left her in an orphanage where she lived until the age of 18. It was there that she learned to sew as well as appreciate the classic pairing of black and white as worn by the nuns.
In 1926, Chanel introduced her first little black dress, reclaiming a color that had once been reserved for mourning and working-class women. That same decade, she debuted her perfume, Chanel No. 5, as well as the Chanel suit with a fitted skirt, inspired by the boxy lines of men’s clothing and employing a sporty tweed.
Chanel closed her fashion operations during World War II, then returned to the industry in 1954 to design for the functional needs of modern women.
Structure and wearability endured in all of Chanel’s clothing and accessories, like the quilted leather 2.55 handbag — a 1955 update of a 1920s-era design — with its gold-chain shoulder strap that freed up a woman’s hands. The 1957 two-tone slingback pumps had a practical heel height while offering a bold statement in the black tip of the shoes. Her collarless jacket reacted against the constricting styles of Christian Dior's New Look, replacing them with a design that was timeless, an instant classic.
After Coco Chanel died in 1971, the brand underwent several changes in leadership, including fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, who took over as artistic director in 1983. His collections for Chanel displayed his knack for synthesizing old and new, high and low. Lagerfeld revived Chanel ballet flats and thoroughly embraced the classic logo's interlocking CCs, which took the form of a clasp featured on so many of the rare Chanel bags that are much sought after today.
Vintage Karl Lagerfeld designs for Chanel dresses, coats and other clothing of the 1980s, '90s and 2000s riffed on its iconography, accenting a lexicon of Chanel-isms with tastes of the moment. And as the 1990s have become associated with styles adopted by today’s supermodels and influencers, vintage Chanel bags of the 1990s are among the most prized of the brand’s offerings.
Over the years, the company has continued to innovate, such as expanding into ready-to-wear fashion in 1978 and, in 2002, establishing a subsidiary company — Paraffection — dedicated to preserving the heritage skills of fashion artisan workshops. The House of Chanel still operates its flagship on rue Cambon in Paris, where it all began.
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