Chanel Black Nylon Matelasse Chain Flap Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
This shoulder bag features a nylon body, silver-tone chain straps, zip around detail, front flap
Chanel Black Nylon Matelasse Chain Flap Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
This shoulder bag features a nylon body, silver-tone chain straps, zip around detail, front flap
Chanel Baguette Flap Shoulder Bag Lambskin Red and Black Silver Double Chain
By Chanel
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
Chanel Baguette Flap Shoulder Bag Lambskin Red and Black Silver Double Chain These are professional
Chanel Matelasse PNY Rare Chain Flap Black Nylon Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
This shoulder bag features a nylon body, silver-tone chain straps, zip around detail, front flap
Chanel East West Boy Convertible Chain Shoulder and Clutch Bag Black Patent Leat
By Chanel
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
This convertible Chanel East West Boy Bag can be carried as a evening clutch or on the shoulder
$2,480Sale Price|20% Off
Chanel Paradoxal Camera Bag Black Caviar Leather Double Chain Silver Hardware
By Chanel
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
, zip opening Double Matelasse chain Caviar leather Black color exterior Black interior Silver-tone
CHANEL Small Casual Riviera Zip quilted leather ruthenium CC chain shoulder bag
By Chanel
Located in Hong Kong, NT
CHANEL Small Casual Riviera Zip black quilted leather ruthenium CC chain shoulder bag Reference
Chanel Black Quilted Leather Relax CC Camera Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Rome, Rome
Introducing the Chanel Relax CC Tote Camera Shoulder Bag, a sophisticated and versatile piece that
Chanel Reissue XL Black Quilted Patent Leather Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel Vintage Black Quilted Patent Leather Reissue Flap Bag XL Shoulder Bag Spacious carry-all
Chanel Black Fuchsia Lambskin Lined 2008 CC Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
circa 2008 black/fuchsia lambskin diamond quilting signature interlocking CC logo leather and chain
Chanel 2006 Black Lambskin Diamond Quilted Vintage Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
circa 2005-2006 black lambskin diamond quilting leather and chain-link shoulder strap front flap
Chanel 2013 Paris-Edinburgh Large Black Flap Calfskin Leather Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
Chanel 2013 Paris-Edinburgh Large Black Flap Calfskin Leather Shoulder Bag These are professional
Chanel 2013 Paris-Edinburgh Large Black Flap Calfskin Leather Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
Chanel 2013 Paris-Edinburgh Large Black Flap Calfskin Leather Shoulder Bag These are professional
CHANEL black 2004 MIRROR & LIPSTICK SATIN MINI Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Zürich, CH
100% authentic Chanel 2004 Mirror & Lipstick shoulder bag in black quilted satin. The design
CHANEL black shiny lambskin leather 19 MEDIUM Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Zürich, CH
This 100% authentic Chanel 19 Medium shoulder bag in black smooth shiny lambskin is a modern icon
$1,100Sale Price|20% Off
Chanel Mademoiselle Camera Bag Chocolate Brown Suede Silver Chain 2005-2006
By Chanel
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
Chanel Mademoiselle Camera Bag Chocolate Brown Suede Silver Chain 2005-2006 These are professional
Chanel Vintage Black Red Lambskin No. 5 Star Chain Tote Bag
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Chanel Vintage Black Red Lambskin No. 5 Star Chain Tote Bag SKU: 150127 Condition
Chanel Vintage Black Quilted Patent Leather Reissue Flap Bag XL Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel Vintage Black Quilted Patent Leather Reissue Flap Bag XL Shoulder Bag Spacious carry-all
CHANEL black & multi fabric 21S 19 MEDIUM GRAFFITI Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Zürich, CH
This 100% authentic Chanel 19 Medium shoulder bag in black nylon fabric showcases a vibrant
Chanel Wallet on Chain Classic Flap Black Patent Leather Silver Hardware
By Chanel
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
Chanel Wallet on Chain Classic Flap Black Patent Leather Silver Hardware These are professional
Chanel Distressed Calfskin So Black Classic Double Flap Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel Calfskin Distressed Classic Limited Edition Double Flap Bag 2006 {VINTAGE 16 Years
CHANEL black Aged Calfskin leather GABRIELLE MEDIUM HOBO Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Zürich, CH
100% authentic Chanel Gabrielle Medium Hobo Bag in black aged calfskin featuring double chain
Chanel Envelope Clutch Shoulder Bag Burgundy Wine Lambskin Leather Silver Hardwa
By Chanel
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
The single chain is suitable for carrying on the shoulder. CONDITION: Very good condition with
CHANEL black quilted leather IN THE BUSINESS LARGE CAMERA Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Zürich, CH
100% authentic Chanel In The Business Large camera case bag in quilted black featuring silver-tone
Chanel CC Obsession Black with Dark Blue Pearls Lambskin Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel Classic Flap CC Obsession Rare Black with Dark Blue Pearls Lambskin Bag Year: 2008
Chanel Fringe Bag Black White
By Chanel
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Beautiful Chanel shoulder bag in black and white tweed. The edges are trimmed with fringes around
Chanel 2009 Classic Flap Hidden Mesh Medium Black Sequins Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel Classic Flap Hidden Mesh Medium Black Sequins Shoulder Bag Year: 2009 {Vintage 15 Years
Chanel Istanbul Flap Bag 2011 Medium Leather and Knot Chain Redyed Black
By Chanel
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
Chanel Istanbul Flap Bag 2011 Medium Leather and Knot Chain Redyed Black These are professional
Chanel Single Flap Bag Raisin Dark Purple Calfskin Caviar Leather Silver Chain
By Chanel
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
Color: Antiqued silver Single Flap Interior: Beige fabric width: 28cm x Height 17cm x Depth 7cm Chain
Chanel Black Quilted Patent Classic Wallet On Chain
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
: Chanel Model: Classic Wallet On Chain Origin Country: France Handbag Silhouette: Shoulder Bag Occasions
Chanel Rare Vintage 22 Black Quilted Swarovski Charm Shoulder Hobo Tote Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel Rare Vintage 22 Black Quilted Swarovski Charm Crossbody Shoulder Hobo Tote Bag Year: 2006
Chanel Black Quilted Patent Classic Wallet On Chain
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Chanel Black Quilted Patent Classic Wallet On Chain SKU: 149747 MSRP: 3700.00 USD
Chanel Classic Flap XL Large Plush Textured Black Microfiber Nylon Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel large plush Chanel textured flap with patent leather detail Year: 2010 Silver hardware
$1,524Sale Price|25% Off
Chanel Istanbul Flap Bag 2011 Medium Leather and Knot Chain Redyed Black
By Chanel
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
Chanel Istanbul Flap Bag 2011 Medium Leather and Knot Chain Redyed Black These are professional
Chanel Quilted Caviar Jumbo Classic Double Flap Bag Silver Hardware Black
By Chanel
Located in Aventura, FL
This Jumbo Classic Double Flap bag is in black caviar leather with silver-tone hardware and
Chanel Black Caviar Jumbo Classic Flap Bag with Silver Hardware
By Chanel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
This Chanel Jumbo Classic Flap Bag is crafted in durable black caviar leather, offering a textured
$1,888Sale Price|20% Off
Chanel 1999 Sac 2.55 Ecru Wool Jersey Dark Silver Shoulder Bag
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld
Located in PARIS, FR
and shoulder strap (carried on the shoulder and crossbody) in aged silver metal chain, interior in
2008 Chanel Reissue Maxi Jumbo Blue Top Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
pockets, including one with zip closure. Equipped with a sliding chain shoulder strap, to wear the bag on
Chanel Mini Flap Bag Mini Black Glitter Sequins
By Chanel
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
Chanel Mini Flap Bag Mini Black Glitter Sequins These are professional photos of the actual bag
Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Jumbo Double Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Jumbo Double Flap Bag SKU: 149305 MSRP: 12200.00 USD
Chanel Black Strass CC Chevron Mini Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Chanel Black Strass CC Chevron Mini Flap Bag SKU: 146007 Condition: Pre-owned
Chanel Black Lambskin Leather Chain Around Logo Pochette
By Chanel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
: Chanel Dust Bag, Authenticity Card Colour: Black Hardware: Silver Material(s): Lambskin Leather
Chanel Big Bang Chain Flap Bag Metallic Crumpled Calfskin
By Chanel
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
This exquisite metallic Chanel bag glistens when it catches light! Chanel presents a modernized
Chanel Classic Flap Mini Black Lambskin Silver Hardware
By Chanel
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
Chanel Classic Flap Mini Black Lambskin Silver Hardware These are professional photos of the actual
CHANEL cream lambskin leather LARGE BOY Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Zürich, CH
100% authentic Chanel (old) Large Boy flap bag in cream quilted lambskin leather with Ruthenium
CHANEL grey & cream nylon 13A EDINBURG TWEED PRINT Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Zürich, CH
This 100% authentic Chanel Jumbo Flap Bag in black and white tweed-printed nylon offers a modern
Chanel Black Calfskin Smooth Small Trendy CC Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Chanel Black Calfskin Smooth Small Trendy CC Flap Bag SKU: Z150764 Condition: Pre
Chanel Leather Oversize Patent and Leather Quilted Tote Shoulder Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel Leather Oversize XL Patent and Leather Quilted Tote Shoulder Flap Bag Year: 2008-2009
Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Medium Classic Double Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Medium Classic Double Flap Bag SKU: 139222 MSRP
Black quilted fabric Timeless bag CHANEL 2002
By Chanel
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Black quilted fabric Timeless bag. Silver metal chain and hardware. SIZE 30cm X 18cm X 5cm Chain
Chanel Black White Tweed Woven Patent Medium Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Chanel Black White Tweed Woven Patent Medium Flap Bag SKU: 142304 Condition: Pre
Chanel 2008 Pearl CC Flap Classic Soft Lambskin Shoulder Crossbody Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel 2008 Pearl CC Flap Classic Soft Lambskin Shoulder Bag Silver hardware Soft black lambskin
Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Medium Classic Double Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Medium Classic Double Flap Bag SKU: 140872 MSRP
Chanel Wallet on Chain Classic Flap 2014 Black Caviar Leather Gold Hardware
By Chanel
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
Chanel Wallet on Chain Classic Flap 2014 Black Caviar Leather Gold Hardware These are professional
Chanel 2009 Leather Oversize Patent and Leather Quilted Tote Shoulder Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel Leather Oversize XL Patent and Leather Quilted Tote Shoulder Flap Bag Year: 2008-2009
Chanel 2019 Wallet on Chain Classic Flap Black Caviar Leather Gold Hardware
By Chanel
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
Chanel 2019 Wallet on Chain Classic Flap Black Caviar Leather Gold Hardware These are professional
Chanel 2006 Vintage Cruise Patent Classic Double Flap Square Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel Cruise Patent Classic Double Flap Square Shoulder Bag Year: 2006 {Vintage 18 Years
Chanel Wallet on Chain Classic Flap Black Caviar Leather Gold Hardware 2018-19
By Chanel
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
Chanel Wallet on Chain Classic Flap Black Caviar Leather Gold Hardware 2018-19 These are
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.
Browse vintage Chanel bags, evening dresses, shoes, jewelry and other clothing and accessories on 1stDibs.
Ever since we’ve needed an accessory to carry our personal items when we’re on the go, shoulder bags have proven indispensable. Today, vintage and designer shoulder bags are such a treasured part of fashion history that they even get their own museum exhibitions. And while lovers of luxury handbags and purses are savvier now and have a wider range of shopping options, classics created by brands such as Louis Vuitton, Dior and Balenciaga still rule.
Prior to bags becoming an essential piece of any ensemble for any gender, women wore pockets strung on ribbons as garments that were separate from their gowns, accessible by openings in the fabric. Small handbags and handheld purses were developed before the accessory gained importance as functional and fashionable. Most had more in common with wallets than anything else.
While the bags of the 16th century warranted ornament, such as exteriors embroidered with silver-gilt thread and beads, it wasn’t until the late 18th century and early 19th century that the design and craft of bags had really broadened. Handheld purses were finished with details that were meant to garner attention, and bags were fitted with shoulder straps. A stylish shoulder bag meant that women could tote jewelry, cash and perhaps a decorative snuff box full of tobacco to an evening ball across town.
The early 1900s saw the introduction of gold and silver minaudières. The patenting of these compact bejeweled clutches has been attributed to revered French jewelry house Van Cleef & Arpels, and today they remain a fashion favorite. One of Judith Leiber’s innovative minaudières even earned a role in the movie Sex and the City.
A luxury shoulder bag is a work of art with a long, fascinating origin story, and entire brands and fashion lines have emerged around creating the perfect versions of shoulder bags and top-handle bags. For example, the iconic Hermès Kelly bag, which was popularized by actress Grace Kelly, is a widely coveted, collected and often faked entry from the handbag hall of fame. And while vintage Gucci tote bags have their own dedicated fan base, collectors are likely familiar with the Dionysus, a pared-down Gucci shoulder bag that manages to make a substantial statement anyway.
Embrace a classic look with a vintage shoulder bag designed by Chanel, Givenchy or Fendi — find yours on 1stDibs today.
For the brand’s 2014–15 ready-to-wear show in Paris, the designer was inspired by a most unexpected place: the supermarket.
Only Chanel could elevate humble materials like denim and wicker to icon-level status.
In the hands of Karl Lagerfeld, even running errands became a chic exercise.
From handbags and heels to jackets and jewels, Sharon Coplan Hurowitz has a deep admiration for (and collection of) all things Chanel.
How do you tell if a Chanel purse is a knockoff or the real deal? We spoke with handbag experts Alexa Ridolfi and Gerry Gallagher about how to authenticate a Chanel bag. Of course, you don’t have to worry about that on 1stDibs, where all our sellers are highly vetted.
When the name of a bag is as well-known as its brand, you know it's a classic.