Chanel Small Boy Flap Bag Black Velvet Emerald-Cut Crystal Clasp GHW 68751
By Chanel
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Store item: 68751 A very special piece from the 2020 Metiers D'Art Collection is this Chanel Small Boy Flap Bag Black Velvet Emerald-Cut Crystal Clasp GHW.
CHANEL black quilted velvet BOY SMALL Flap Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Zürich, CH
Chanel 'Small Boy' shoulder bag in black velvet and clafskin with grey and taupe quilted pattern. It features antique silver-tone hardware and the iconic boy CC logo in the front. Li...
Chanel "Paris Edimbourg" Red Velvet and Plaid Fabric Boy Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Paris, FR
Chanel Boy flap bag 'Paris-Edimbourg' in red velvet and plaid fabric.
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small, crafted from purple quilted velvet, features chain link strap with shoulder pad and aged silver-tone hardware.
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small, crafted in blue quilted velvet , features a chunky chain link strap with leather pad and gunmetal-tone hardware.
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small, crafted from navy quilted velvet, features chain link strap with shoulder pad and aged silver-tone hardware.
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Chevron Velvet Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Boy Flap Bag Chevron Velvet Small, crafted in burgundy chevron velvet, features chunky chain link strap with leather pads, and aged gold-tone hardware.
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small is every woman's dream.
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small is every woman's dream.
Chanel Small Quilted Velvet Boy Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small is every woman's dream.
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small is every woman's dream.
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small is every woman's dream.
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 5.5", Width 8", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 21" Designer: Chanel Model: Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small Exterior Materi...
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 5", Width 8", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 21" Designer: Chanel Model: Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small Exterior Material...
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Creasing underneath flap, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 4.5", Width 8", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 21.5" Designer: Chanel Model: Boy ...
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Scuffs, indentations and discoloration underneath flap, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Authenticity Card Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 5", Width 8", Depth 2.5", Strap Dr...
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 5", Width 8", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 21" Designer: Chanel Model: Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small Exterior Material...
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 5", Width 8", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 21" Designer: Chanel Model: Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small Exterior Material: Velv...
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 5", Width 8", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 21" Designer: Chanel Model: Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small Exterior Materia...
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Authenticity Card Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 5", Width 8", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 21" Designer: Chanel Model: Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small Exterior Mater...
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Mini
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Creasing and moderate scuffs underneath flap, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Authenticity Card Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 4", Width 6", Depth 2", Strap Drop 22" Desig...
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Mini
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Creasing and moderate scuffs underneath flap, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Authenticity Card Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 4", Width 6", Depth 2", Strap Drop 22" Desig...
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Authenticity Card, Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 5", Width 8", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 21" Designer: Chanel Model: Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small Ext...
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Authenticity Card, Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 5", Width 8", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 21" Designer: Chanel Model: Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Small Ext...
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Chevron Velvet Old Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Boy Flap Bag Chevron Velvet Old Medium, crafted from blue chevron velvet, features long chain strap with leather shoulder pad and brass-tone hardware.
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Chevron Velvet Old Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Boy Flap Bag Chevron Velvet Old Medium, crafted from blue chevron velvet, features long chain strap with leather shoulder pad and brass-tone hardware.
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Chevron Velvet Old Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Boy Flap Bag Chevron Velvet Old Medium, crafted from blue chevron velvet, features long chain strap with leather shoulder pad and brass-tone hardware.
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Old Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Old Medium combines classic Chanel craftsmanship with definitive style fit for the contemporary fashionista.
Chanel Black Quilted Velvet Medium Boy Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Chanels luxurious Boy Flap bag is a must have in a well curated wardrobe This stunning bag is made from quilted velvet with gunmetal tone hardware fittings.
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Old Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Old Medium, crafted in blue quilted velvet, features chain link strap with leather pad and aged silver-tone hardware.
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Chevron Velvet Old Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Boy Flap Bag Chevron Velvet Old Medium, crafted from pink chevron velvet, features long chain strap with leather shoulder pad and aged gold-tone hardware.
Chanel Fuchsia Quilted Velvet Small Boy Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Eyed by women worldwide, Chanel's luxurious Boy Flap bag is a must-have in your closet!
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Quilted Velvet Old Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Slight creasing on sides, light scuffs and creasing underneath flap, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Authenticity Card Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 6", Width 10", Depth ...
Chanel Blue Quilted Velvet Small Boy Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Introduced as a part of the Chanel Fall/Winter collection of 2011, the Boy flap bag is alluring and complemented with exquisite details.
Chanel Pink Quilted Velvet Small Boy Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Introduced as a part of the Chanel Fall/Winter collection of 2011, the Boy flap bag is alluring and complemented with exquisite details.
Chanel Yellow Quilted Velvet Mini Boy Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Introduced as a part of the Chanel Fall/Winter collection of 2011, the Boy flap bag is alluring and complemented with exquisite details.
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Blue Velvet 20
By Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel
Located in Antwerp, BE
Chanel Boy Flap Bag. Electric blue velvet and gunmetal aged silver hardware.
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Stitched Quilted Velvet Old Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag, Authenticity Card Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 6", Width 10", Depth 3", Strap Drop 21" Designer: Chanel Model: Boy Flap Bag Stitched Quilted Velvet Ol...
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Stitched Quilted Velvet Old Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Authenticity Card Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 6", Width 10", Depth 3", Strap Drop 21" Designer: Chanel Model: Boy Flap Bag Stitched Quilted Velvet Old Medium E...
Chanel Boy Flap Bag Stitched Quilted Velvet Old Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Authenticity Card Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 6", Width 10", Depth 3", Strap Drop 20" Designer: Chanel Model: Boy Flap Bag Stitched Quilted Velvet Old Medium E...
Chanel Grape Purple Quilted Velvet Small Boy Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
The Boy flap bag is an icon of Chanel's. This here has been exquisitely crafted from velvet.
Chanel Multicolour Tweed and Velvet Medium Boy Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Like this stunner of a Boy Flap that has been exquisitely crafted from tweed and velvet.
Chanel Black Quilted Velvet Small Wild Stitch Boy Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
The Boy flap bag is an icon of Chanel's. This here is a version in black quilted velvet.
Chanel Blue Quilted Velvet and Leather Small Boy Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
The Boy flap bag is an icon of Chanel's. This here is a version in velvet and leather.
Chanel Paris-Edinburgh Quilted Tweed with Velvet Large Boy Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Paris-Edinburgh Boy Flap Bag Quilted Tweed with Velvet Large presented in the brand's Paris-Edinburgh Metiers D'Art Pre-Fall 2013 Collection mixes classic Chane...
Chanel Paris-Edinburgh Boy Flap Bag Quilted Tweed with Velvet Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Paris-Edinburgh Boy Flap Bag Quilted Tweed with Velvet Large presented in the brand's Paris-Edinburgh Metiers D'Art Pre-Fall 2013 Collection mixes classic Chane...
Chanel Red/Green Quilted Tartan and Velvet Medium Boy Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Chanel's luxurious Boy Flap bag is a must-have in a well-curated wardrobe!
Chanel Green/Purple Quilted Velvet and Tweed Small Boy Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
The Boy flap bag is an icon of Chanel's. This here is a version in velvet and tweed.
Chanel Paris-Edinburgh Boy Flap Bag Quilted Tweed with Velvet Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Authenticity Card Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 5", Width 8", Depth 3", Strap Drop 22" Designer: Chanel Model: Paris-Edinburgh Boy Flap Bag Quilted Tweed with Ve...
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H 5.71 in W 2.76 in L 9.85 in
Chanel Burgundy Quilted Tweed Leather and Velvet Medium Boy Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Elevate your style with this Chanel Boy bag. Merging form and function, this exquisite accessory epitomizes sophistication, ensuring you stand out with elegance and practicality by y...
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H 5.71 in W 2.76 in L 9.85 in
Chanel Burgundy Quilted Tweed, Leather and Velvet Medium Boy Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Elevate your style with this Chanel Boy bag. Merging form and function, this exquisite accessory epitomizes sophistication, ensuring you stand out with elegance and practicality by y...
Chanel Paris-Edinburgh Boy Flap Bag Quilted Tweed with Velvet Old Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Paris-Edinburgh Boy Flap Bag Quilted Tweed with Velvet Old Medium, crafted from quilted tweed with green velvet, features chunky chain link strap with leather shoulder pa...
Chanel Paris-Edinburgh Boy Flap Bag Quilted Tweed with Velvet Old Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Authenticity Card, Box, Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 6", Width 10", Depth 3", Strap Drop 20.5" Designer: Chanel Model: Paris-Edinburgh Boy Flap Bag Qui...
Chanel Paris-Edinburgh Boy Flap Bag Quilted Tweed with Velvet Old Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Authenticity Card Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 6", Width 10", Depth 3", Strap Drop 20.5" Designer: Chanel Model: Paris-Edinburgh Boy Flap Bag Quilted Tweed with...
Chanel Paris-Edinburgh Boy Flap Bag Quilted Tweed with Velvet Old Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 6", Width 10", Depth 3", Strap Drop 21" Designer: Chanel Model: Paris-Edinburgh Boy Flap Bag Quilted Tweed with Velvet Old...
Chanel Paris-Edinburgh Boy Flap Bag Quilted Tweed with Velvet Old Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 6", Width 10", Depth 3", Strap Drop 21" Designer: Chanel Model: Paris-Edinburgh Boy Flap Bag Quilted Tweed with Velvet Old...
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H 6.5 in W 9.5 in D 3 in
Chanel Paris-Edinburgh Boy Flap Bag Quilted Tweed with Velvet Old Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 6.5", Width 9.5", Depth 3", Strap Drop 21" Designer: Chanel Model: Paris-Edinburgh Boy Flap Bag Quilted Tweed with ...
Chanel Red/Green Quilted Tweed and Velvet Medium Boy Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Designer bags are ideal companions for ample occasions! Here we have a fashion-meets-functionality piece crafted with precision. It has been equipped with a well-sized interior that ...
Christian Dior Low Back Silk Dress
By Christian Dior
Located in Water Mill, NY
A gorgeous off white silk dress from Christian Dior 2012 collection. It has a full skirt, waistband and 2 straps crossing the back attaching to the dress with hidden buttons. The dr...
Chanel Vintage S/S 1988 White Black Lace Camellia Bow Dress Gown
By Chanel
Located in Jersey City, NJ
This stunning vintage Chanel gown from the Spring/Summer 1988 collection is a timeless masterpiece that exudes elegance and sophistication. The dress features a striking contrast be...
Chanel Shiny Alligator Jumbo Double Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
Rare Item - Chanel Shiny Alligator Jumbo Double Flap Bag Shiny black iconic handbag crafted in Alligator skin and gold hardware. Double front flap and signature 'CC' turn-lock clos...
$55,971
H 8.27 in W 9.26 in D 4.73 in
Hermès Birkin Cargo 25 Noir/Black Canvas Swift Palladium Hardware
By Hermès
Located in Berlin, DE
Hermès Birkin Cargo 25 in noir and canvas swift leather with palladium hardware. The bag is unworn and comes as full set. Stamp U (2022)
Chanel Gift Box Minaudière Black Plexiglass GHW
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
Chanel Black Plexiglass Gift Box Minaudière Gold Hardware, 2017. The interior is lined in black leather. Includes authenticity card, and dust bag. This pre-owned Chanel® item has b...
Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel Black Lace Gown
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Chanel
Located in Sharon, CT
Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel Collection Croisière '84. Black floral motif lace Evening Gown with pink satin sash, fully lined.
Hermes Limited Edition Mini Kelly 20 Sellier Beton Matte Alligator Bag Gold Hard
By Hermès
Located in Miami, FL
Mightychic offers a Limited Edition Hermes Kelly 20 Sellier bag featured in Beton Matte Alligator. This mini Kelly bag is light gray with bone undertone (beton + concrete), and the n...
Chanel Navy Lambskin Double Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This Chanel navy blue Double Flap Bag is made of beautiful dark blue diamond quilting lambskin leather with gold tone hardware/chain link shoulder strap, double flap closure, CC turn...
$124,482
H 14.57 in W 19.69 in D 10.24 in
Hermès Havane Shiny Porosus Crocodile Leather Birkin 50cm Retourne
By Hermès
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Hermès Havane Shiny Porosus Crocodile Leather Birkin 50cm Retourne Product Details Xupes Ref: CB1486 Brand: Hermès Model: Birkin 50cm Type: Tote Serial Number: [P] Age: 2012 Accomp...
Dolce&Gabbana Vintage S/S 1995 White Crystal Embellished Midi Dress
By Dolce & Gabbana
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Introducing an exceptionally rare find: a white crystal dress from Dolce&Gabbana's Spring/Summer 1995 collection. Famously worn by Monica Bellucci, Brooke Shields, Celine Dion and Ma...
$5,188Sale Price|20% Off
Chanel 2013 Grey Fur CC Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Bressanone, Trentino-Alto Adige
Rare Chanel 2013 CC flap bag in grey fur, silver hardware. Condition: Good. Packing/accessories: Authenticity card. Measurements: 29cm x 20cm x 10cm
Chanel Black Shearling Muff Flap Bag GHW 68590
By Chanel
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Store item: 68590 A gorgeous piece for the season is this striking Chanel Black Shearling Muff Flap Bag GHW. With quilted soft shearling nubuck exterior and shearling fur interior ...
Chanel Matte Alligator Jumbo Double Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
Rare Item - Chanel Matte Alligator Jumbo Double Flap Bag Matte green iconic handbag crafted in Alligator skin and champagne gold hardware. Double front flap and signature 'CC' turn...
Hermès Kelly 25 Sellier Black Epsom Leather Gold Hardware Handbag
By Hermès
Located in Neguri, Vizcaya
The Hermès Kelly 25 Sellier in Vert Bosphore Epsom leather with Palladium Hardware (PHW) is a breathtaking piece that showcases one of the brand's most enigmatic and sophisticated co...
$7,929
Chanel evening bag 1991
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
CHANEL - Partially quilted red satin evening bag. Golden metal cc fastener, and satin interlaced crossbody chain handle. Piece with a serial number. A 1989/1991 Collection. Conditio...
Hermès Kelly 32 Retournè Blue Izmir
By Hermès
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hermès kelly retournè 32cm taurillon clemence blue Izmir with gold tone hardware. Handle drop 3.5" and detachable shoulderstrap 17.5". Date stamp Q for 2011. Comes with felt, cloche...
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.
An integral part of fashion, handbags and purses have been indispensable accessories ever since we began to carry around personal items. Level of craftsmanship, style and shape matters — from coin purses in ancient Greece to early 20th-century opera bags and onward, handbags have evolved considerably over the years to meet our needs and desires, whether or not you happen to be prioritizing functionality over a flashy exterior.
Once, a single “It” handbag ruled each fashion season. No more. Today, lovers of vintage handbags are savvier and have a wider range of shopping options. Nevertheless, classics created by the likes of Louis Vuitton, Dior and Balenciaga still rule.
“It is not a fashion bag — it is a statement bag,” says Mightychic's Debra Kent of Hermès's widely beloved accessories. “When you carry an iconic Hermès bag — Birkin, Kelly, Constance — no one knows how long you have been into this culture or if you are a newbie. Your status is validated immediately.”
First released in 1997, Fendi's Baguette rose to fame along with Carrie Bradshaw, the Sex and the City character portrayed by Sarah Jessica Parker. Recently, the design has seen such a resurgence in popularity that Fendi has reissued it.
They are part of design history, so owning a handbag has meaning. As New York–based fashion historian Sarah C. Byrd says, “You have made the choice to invest in this piece because you understand the value of it in the past and in the future to come.”
From a 1980s Chanel black leather quilted mini buckle bag to the rare Hermès Birkin 30cm Himalayan with diamond hardware to a range of 19th-century bags, find a rich variety of vintage and designer handbags and purses spanning numerous brands on 1stDibs — seasonal “It” designation no longer needed.
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.