Chanel 2001 P Purple Tweed Knit Jacket
By Chanel
Located in US
Chanel 2001 P Tweed Jacket featured in a purple tweed fabric with chains and button fastenings
Chanel 2001 P Purple Tweed Knit Jacket
By Chanel
Located in US
Chanel 2001 P Tweed Jacket featured in a purple tweed fabric with chains and button fastenings
Chanel 2001 P Enamel & Pearl Brooch/Pendant
By Chanel
Located in US
Chanel White Enamel and pearl brooch on a gold tone metal from Chanel’s 2001 Spring collection
Chanel Patterned Halter Dress NWT 2001 P
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in US
Chanel cotton blend halter dress, from 2001P, Bright purple, pink and white print with Chanel's CC
Chanel Off White Suit with Pearl Accents and Camelia Design 2001 P Sz 40
By Chanel
Located in US
Chanel Off White Skirt and Jacket with Pearl Buttons and Pearl neck Closure. Has great wedding
Chanel pink 100% cashmere twin-set
By Chanel
Located in Port Hope, ON
2001P Chanel cashmere size 38 sleeveless top and matching cardigan. The cardigan has lovely
CHANEL 01P CC pink purple brush geometric print halter strap mini dress FR34 XS
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld
Located in Hong Kong, NT
/C01971 Brand: Chanel Designer: Karl Lagerfeld Collection: 2001P Material: Cotton, Viscose, Elastane Color
Chanel P/E Printed Stretch Summer Dress, 2001
By Chanel
Located in Studio City, CA
2001 Chanel purple, pink and white printed summer dress with CC logo in print. Dress is a cotton
Chanel red and white plaid sequin vest and trouser set 2001P
By Karl Lagerfeld
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chanel red and white plaid sequin trim vest and trouser set 2001P...Sleeveless vest has round
Chanel Enamel Star Clip-On Earrings, Spring 2001
By Chanel
Located in Nice, FR
Chanel blue enamel clip-on earrings featuring a star with CC monograms. Spring 2001 Collection
2001 Chanel Red & Silver Boucle Three Piece Suit Jacket Skirt Top
By Chanel
Located in Studio City, CA
2001P Chanel red & silver boucle jacket, transparent striped cowl-neck sleeveless blouse and
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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From handbags and heels to jackets and jewels, Sharon Coplan Hurowitz has a deep admiration for (and collection of) all things Chanel.
The classic tweed garment has been a wardrobe staple of chic women around the world since the 1950s.