CHANEL black leather 13K ENCHAINED BOY MEDIUM Shoulder Bag
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This 100% authentic Chanel Enchained (old) Medium shoulder bag in smooth black leather is a bold and edgy take on the iconic Boy Bag.
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Unused 2014 CHANEL Limited Edition XL Enchained Boy Bag Black Lambskin Silver
By Chanel
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This limited editioned CHANEL XL Boy bag is crafted of smooth lambskin leather in black and chrome silver-toned hardware adorned with lots of chains. Front flap Boy push-lock closure...
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Chanel Enchained Black Leather Medium Boy Bag
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This is a classic Chanel Boy bag in black leather with silver-tone hardware. It is in very good condition and comes with an Entrupy certificate of authenticity. Features: - Model:...
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Chanel Enchained Boy Bag 2012 Black Leather Medium Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
Chanel Enchained Boy Bag 2012 Black Leather Medium Flap Bag These are professional photos of the actual bag offered by Luxbags.
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Chanel Blue Tweed Leather Enchained Medium Boy Shouder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Krakow, PL
Chanel medium 'Enchained Boy' shoulder bag in blue quilted leather and navy tweed, from the 2015 Spring/Summer collection, by Karl Lagerfeld.
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Chanel Le Boy Medium Bag Burgundy Lambskin Leather Silver Antiqued Hardware
By Chanel
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
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Chanel CC Matelasse Medium Black Calfskin Leather Single Flap Bag Silver Hardwar
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From the Fall/Winter 2014 collection comes this stunning and extremely rare tweed and enchained Boy flap bag from Chanel. Features gorgeous quilted and smooth lambskin leather this b...
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Chanel Black Quilted Enchained Boy Bag
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Chanel Boy Flap Bag Enchained Lambskin XL
By Chanel
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This Chanel Boy Flap Bag Enchained Lambskin XL, crafted in black lambskin leather, features chain link strap with leather pad, draped metal chains on front flap, and aged silver-tone...
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Chanel Boy Flap Bag Enchained Tweed XL
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This Chanel Boy Flap Bag Enchained Tweed XL, crafted in black enchained tweed and leather, features chain link strap with leather pad, draped chains on the front flap, and aged silve...
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Chanel Boy Flap Bag Enchained Lambskin XL
By Chanel
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Measurements: Handle Drop 8", Height 9.5", Width 13.5", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 16" Designer: Chanel Model: Boy Flap Bag Enchained Lambskin XL Item Number: 10169/01
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Chanel Boy Flap Bag Enchained Tweed XL
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Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 9", Height 11", Width 14", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 15" Designer: Chanel Model: Boy Flap Bag Enchained Tweed XL Exterior Material...
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Chanel Boy Flap Bag Enchained Tweed XL
By Chanel
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Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 9", Height 11", Width 14", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 15" Designer: Chanel Model: Boy Flap Bag Enchained Tweed XL Exterior Material...
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Chanel Boy Flap Bag Enchained Lambskin Old Medium
By Chanel
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Chanel Boy Flap Bag Enchained Lambskin Old Medium
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Chanel Boy Flap Bag Enchained Lambskin New Medium
By Chanel
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Minor wear in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag, Authenticity Card Measurements: Handle Drop 9", Height 7", Width 11", Depth 3", Strap Drop 16" Designer: Chanel ...
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Chanel Boy Flap Bag Enchained Lambskin Old Medium
By Chanel
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Accessories: Box, Authenticity Card, Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 10", Height 7", Width 10.5", Depth 3", Strap Drop 18" Designer: Chanel Model: Boy Flap Bag Enchained Lambskin...
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Chanel Boy Flap Bag Enchained Lambskin Old Medium
By Chanel
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Accessories: Box, Authenticity Card, Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 10", Height 7", Width 10.5", Depth 3", Strap Drop 18" Designer: Chanel Model: Boy Flap Bag Enchained Lambskin...
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Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 7", Width 11", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 18" Designer: Chanel Model: Boy Flap Bag Enchained Lambskin Old Medium Exterio...
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Chanel Boy Flap Bag Enchained Lambskin Old Medium
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Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 7", Width 11", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 18" Designer: Chanel Model: Boy Flap Bag Enchained Lambskin Old Medium Exterio...
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Chanel Black Leather Medium Enchained Boy Flap Bag
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With flawless craftsmanship, immense style quotient, and an air of elegance, this Chanel bag has it all! Stitched to perfection, the handbag is made using only prime-quality material...
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This authentic Chanel Paris-Dallas Boy Flap Bag Enchained Fringe with Quilted Calfskin New Medium is from the brands' 2013/2014 Paris Dallas Chanel collection s an eye-catching piece...
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Chanel Enchained Boy Brown Knitting Wool Silver Metal Chain Shoulder Flap Bag
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Chanel Paris-Dallas Boy Flap Bag Enchained Fringe Tweed with Calfskin New Medium
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Chanel Black Quilted Enchained Boy Bag
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Chanel black quilted calfskin leather Enchained Boy flap bag featuring front draped metal chain link detail with antiqued silvertone hardware, front CC push lock closure and antiqued...
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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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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.
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