Chanel "Coco Crush" Camera shoulder flap bag in black caviar leather, GHW
By Chanel
Located in Paris, IDF
Sublime Chanel Camera Front Pocket handbag from the "Coco Crush" collection in black quilted caviar leather, gold-plated hardware, a gold-plated metal chain handle interlaced with bl...
CHANEL - 90's CC Gold Leather Vintage Crossbody /Shoulder Bag W/ Tassel
By Chanel
Located in Sanford, FL
Chanel - Fair - 90's Shoulder Bag Gold Leather Vintage Crossbody / Shoulder Bag - Gold - Handbag Description Chanel camera bag in quilted gold leather Zip closure with tassel Long ...
Sold|$1,300
1980's Black Chanel Quilted Bag
Located in New York, NY
Black Chanel camera style bag from the 1980's in the softest lambskin with large tassel.
Sold|$1,670
Chanel Lizard Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in San Diego, CA
You are camera ready and picture worthy with this Chanel lizard camera bag.
Sold|$2,800
Chanel Chevron Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Chanel chevron quilted camera bag. Features classic tassel with CC gold tone ball, pocket in the back, multi stand leather strap.
Sold|$1,650
Chanel Vintage Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in San Diego, CA
Keep your essentials in this Chanel vintage camera bag! A perfect go to in a bronze lambskin leather, gold tone hardware, quintessential diamond pattern throughout, one interior fron...
Sold|$3,949
Chanel Reissue Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in Antwerp, BE
Go glam with this gorgeous and timeless black Chanel Reissue Camera Bag. It is made of black distressed quilted calfskin and features gunmetal hardware, Mademoiselle turnlock and exq...
Sold|$2,205
Chanel Vintage Chevron Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Vintage Chevron Camera Bag Quilted Leather Small, crafted in black quilted leather, features woven-in leather chain strap, tassel zipper pull, and gold-tone hardware.
Sold|$3,985
Chanel Urban Companion Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
Chanel Urban Companion Camera Bag This camera bag features a quilted lambskin leather body, leather woven chain shoulder strap, top strap with metal lock closure, zip around closure...
Sold|$2,025
Chanel Vintage Lambskin Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in San Diego, CA
Red lips, long lashes, a tailored dress and the Chanel vintage lambskin camera bag create a classically glamorous look for a sophisticated dinner date or evening on the town.
Sold|$3,295
Chanel Beige Leather Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in Malibu, CA
This Authentic Chanel Beige Leather Camera Bag is in excellent vintage condition.
Sold|$2,025
Chanel Vintage Lambskin Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage Chanel at its best. This unique cherry red leather camera bag calls attention with classy curves and sassy adornments.
Sold|$1,900
Chanel 1986-1988 Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in US
Vintage Chanel bag from 1986-1988. Vintage Leather Camera Bag with Tassel has a soft leather tassel as a zipper closure along the top, quilting to the leather at the front and back, ...
Sold|$1,900
Chanel 1986-1988 Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in US
Vintage Chanel bag from 1986-1988. Vintage Leather Camera Bag with Tassel has a soft leather tassel as a zipper closure along the top, quilting to the leather at the front and back, ...
Sold|$2,995
Chanel Orange Suede Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in Malibu, CA
Chanel Orange Suede Medium Camera Bag- EXCELLENT Vibrant orange suede adds interest to any outfit and is complementary with all the neutrals.
Sold|$3,400
CHANEL Quilted "Camera" Box Handbag
By Chanel
Located in Chicago, IL
This chic CHANEL box handbag features chromed metal hardware and has a flip top opening lid with a latch closure. The red colored leather interior has one sleeve pocket and is qui...
Sold|$1,895
Chanel Vintage Gold Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in San Diego, CA
Just in time for Coachella! This Chanel bag is the quintessential vintage game changer! Features gold lambskin leather throughout, flap style front, quintessential diamond detailing ...
Chanel Quilted Lambskin Camera Shoulder Handbag
By Chanel
Located in Antwerp, BE
Black Chanel quilted lambskin camera shoulderbag. - cc flap - inside zipper pocket
Sold|$1,250
Chanel Vintage Patent Leather Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in San Diego, CA
Look chic and ever so stylish in this stunning Chanel patent leather camera bag! This bag features iconic diamond quilted Chanel pattern throughout, gold tone chain detail at strap, ...
Sold|$3,200
Chanel Black Leather Classic Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in New York City & Hamptons, NY
Chanel Black Leather Camera Bag- PRISTINE; Never Carried Retail $3,900.00 plus taxes.
Sold|$1,130
Chanel Vintage Tassel Camera Bag Lizard
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Vintage Tassel Camera Bag Lizard adds a luxurious touch to any day or evening look.
Sold|$2,795
Chanel Beige Leather Vintage Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in Malibu, CA
Chanel Beige Leather Chevron Camera Bag- Excellent condition The chevron quilting adds to the vintage vibe and really stands out in soft camel.
Sold|$2,076
Chanel Black Small Tassel Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in Irvine, CA
chanel black small tassel camera bag with odor in interior. heavy wear on exterior and strap, moderate creasing and discoloration on exterior. scuffs and small indentations on exteri...
Sold|$3,795
Chanel Pink Leather Vintage Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in Malibu, CA
Chanel Pink Leather Vintage Camera Bag is in pristine condition.
Chanel Cambon Camera Bag Quilted Leather
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Cambon Camera Bag Quilted Leather is classic in design and perfect for everyday use.
Sold|$1,965
Chanel Boy Camera Bag Stingray Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Boy Camera Bag Stingray Small is a modern and youthful piece made for any fashionista.
Chanel Cambon Camera Bag Quilted Leather
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Cambon Camera Bag Quilted Leather is classic in design and perfect for everyday use.
Sold|$1,250
CHANEL Lambskin Wild Stitch Camera bag
By Chanel
Located in Austin, TX
CHANEL Lambskin Diamond Stitch Camera Bag FEATURES Lambskin Diamond Stitch Exterior Leather Interior Double Chain Straps with Leather, Drop 18” CC Logo Zipper Pull Zip Closure In...
Sold|$2,795
Chanel Black Caviar Affinity Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Chanel chic Affinity camera shoulder bag is finely crafted of luxurious diamond-quilted caviar leather in black.
Sold|$2,850
Chanel Vintage Camera Bag Black Quilted
By Chanel
Located in Dublin, IE
Gold tone heat stamps "Chanel" "Made in France". Box and dustbag included.
Sold|$3,360
Chanel CC Camera Bag Caviar Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 10", Height 7", Width 11", Depth 3" Designer: Chanel Model: CC Camera Bag Caviar Medium Exterior Material: Leather Exterior Colo...
Sold|$1,200
Chanel Black Patent Leather Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in New York City & Hamptons, NY
This authentic Chanel Black Patent Leather Camera Bag is in excellent vintage condition with light corner wear.
Sold|$4,995
Chanel Black Caviar Leather Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in Malibu, CA
Chanel Black Caviar Leather Camera Bag- Pristine Vintage Condition This chic little black bag is perfect for hands free shopping trips or a night out.
Sold|$1,000
CHANEL SUEDE CAMERA BAG WITH TASSEL
By Chanel
Located in Chicago, IL
Chanel bag in green suede, it has a tassel with beautiful rhinestones. It comes with a serial sticker inside the bag and an authenticity card.
Vintage Chanel Rare Camera Lens Round Sunglasses
By Chanel
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Chanel rare camera lens round sunglasses with Chanel logo on the frame.
Sold|$2,636
Chanel Beige Leather Triple CC Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in Irvine, CA
Chanel Beige Leather Triple CC Camera Bag 81036MSC
Sold|$3,795
Chanel Navy and White Leather Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in Malibu, CA
Chanel Navy Blue Leather Camera Bag- Pristine condition.
Chanel Lax Accordion Camera Bag Leather Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Lax Accordion Camera Bag Leather Medium is ideal for everyday use.
Chanel LAX Accordion Camera Bag Leather Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel LAX Accordion Camera Bag Leather Small is ideal for everyday use.
Chanel Vintage Camera Bag Quilted Caviar Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Vintage Camera Bag Quilted Caviar Medium is perfect for on-the-go moments.
Chanel Bicolor Camera Case Bag Lambskin Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Bicolor Camera Case Bag Lambskin Medium, Crafted from black and gold lambskin leather, features chain shoulder straps with leather pads, CC charm, and gold hardware.
Sold|$2,070
Chanel Paris-Dallas Camera Case Tweed Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Paris-Dallas Camera Case Tweed Medium, crafted in multicolor tweed, features woven in leather chain link strap with leather pad and aged silver-tone hardware.
Chanel Vintage Camera Bag Quilted Leather Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Vintage Camera Bag Quilted Leather Medium, crafted from green quilted leather, features woven-in leather chain strap and gold-tone hardware.
Sold|$1,695
Chanel Vintage CC Camera Bag Patent Mini
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Vintage CC Camera Bag Patent Mini is a nostalgic piece.
Chanel Propeller Camera Bag Quilted Calfskin Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Propeller Camera Bag Quilted Calfskin Medium, crafted from gray quilted calfskin, features woven-in leather chain strap, interlocking CC logo, and aged silver-tone hardwa...
Chanel Lax Accordion Camera Bag Leather Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Lax Accordion Camera Bag Leather Small is ideal for everyday use.
Chanel Vintage Camera Bag Quilted Leather Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Vintage Camera Bag Quilted Leather Medium is a timeless and iconic piece made for any fashionista.
Chanel Vintage Tassel Camera Bag Lizard Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Vintage Tassel Camera Bag Lizard Small, crafted in genuine black lizard, features woven-in leather chain strap, exterior slip pocket, side tassels, and gold-tone hardware.
Chanel Blue Quilted Leather Vintage Camera Bag
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
Chanel Blue Quilted Leather Vintage Camera Bag -Timeless style -Iconic Chanel CC logo to the zip -Classic Chain and leather double shoulder strap -Quilted soft leather -2 full-...
Chanel Vintage Camera Bag Quilted Leather Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Vintage Camera Bag Quilted Leather Large is a timeless and iconic piece made for any fashionista.
Chanel Propeller Camera Bag Quilted Calfskin Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Propeller Camera Bag Quilted Calfskin Medium, crafted from dark green quilted calfskin, features woven-in leather chain strap, interlocking CC logo, and aged silver-tone ...
Chanel Vintage Camera Tassel Bag Lambskin Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Vintage Camera Tassel Bag Lambskin Medium, crafted in black lambskin leather, features a flat leather strap, exterior flap pocket, leather tassel, and gold-tone hardware.
Chanel Vintage Camera Bag Quilted Leather Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Vintage Camera Bag Quilted Leather Medium, crafted from black quilted leather, features woven-in leather chain strap and gold-tone hardware.
Chanel Vintage Camera Bag Chevron Suede Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Vintage Camera Bag Chevron Suede Small, crafted from brown suede, features woven-in leather gold chain strap, suede tassel zip pull, and gold-tone hardware.
Chanel Vintage Camera Bag Chevron Suede Small
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Vintage Camera Bag Chevron Suede Small, crafted from brown suede, features woven-in leather gold chain strap, suede tassel zip pull, and gold-tone hardware.
Chanel Vintage Camera Bag Quilted Suede Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Vintage Camera Bag Quilted Suede Medium, crafted in black quilted suede, features woven-in leather chain straps, and gold-tone hardware.
Sold|$1,845
Chanel Coco Break Camera Case Caviar Medium
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Coco Break Camera Case Caviar Medium, crafted in pink caviar leather, features dual woven in leather chain link straps with leather pads, front quilted lambskin insert wi...
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.