Chanel Pre-Fall 2012 Alpaca Fine Knit Elephant Button Sweater
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in London, GB
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Chanel Elephant
Brown thin wool skirt suit with " elephant" button CHANEL Boutique
By Chanel Boutique
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Brown thin wool skirt suit with " elephant" button and buttonhole closure on the middle front, on the back and on the cuffs. Silk branded lining. 4 pocket on the front and one pleat...
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CHANEL Vintage Iconic Gold Tone Coins Bangle Bracelet
By Chanel
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CHANEL vintage iconic gold tone bangle bracelet featuring coins : Crowned CC CHANEL 31 Rue Cambon Paris, Elephant, Helmeted Guards, CC logos and a Lady profile.
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2001 Chanel Black wool with Silk Ribbon Sash & Bow Jacket & Skirt Suit
By Chanel, Chanel Boutique
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Black wool jacket with hidden button placket at left side, with cross body black silk satin ribbon adorned with gold elephant embossed Chanel Paris buttons, finished with a bow at th...
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CHANEL silk 'elephant' blouse
By Chanel
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Whimsical silk blouse with elephant print from Chanel. Size 40. Extra long neck ties.
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Vintage CHANEL Gold Toned Resin Cuff Bracelet Elephant Clover Tweed
By Chanel
Located in Bangkok, TH
Vintage Chanel black resin cuff bracelet featuring six Chanel’s motifs including a very rare CoCo elephant coin.
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Chanel Paris-Bombay Collection Dress With 'CC' Logo Elephant Buttons
By Chanel
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Chanel Paris-Bombay Collection Dress With 'CC' Logo Elephant Buttons Navy dress crafted from wool blend with rare 'CC' logo Elephant decorative buttons to the neckline.
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CHANEL White Cotton Jacket W. Elephant Buttons & Belt Sz. 46 RT. $4, 355
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
CHANEL White Cotton Jacket W. Elephant Buttons & Belt Sz. 46 RT. $4,355 Age: 2012 Made in Italy Materials: 34% wool, 31% rayon, 15% angora, 13% nylon, 7% polyester.
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CHANEL Navy Blue Pleated Silk Elephant Print Dress W. Gold Logo CC Buttons Sz. 4
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
CHANEL Navy Blue Pleated Silk Elephant Print Dress W.
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Rare 1980s CHANEL White Elephant Buttons Navy Blue Wool Sweater Dress (36)
By Karl Lagerfeld
Located in Port Hope, ON
Absolutely beautiful dress of ribbed wool, it has a high collar and ten rare white elephant buttons from the neck to the bottom of the dress. But that is not all, the cuffs and hems ...
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Vintage Chanel Black Double Breasted Jacket W/Lace Trim
By Chanel
Located in Studio City, CA
Details include black satin bow at collar and gold toned Elephant themed Chanel buttons down the front, at pocket closure, and cuffs.
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Chanel Black Leather Jacket w/ belt "India Collection"- Sz 38
By Chanel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chanel Black Leather Jacket w/ belt "India Collection"- Sz 38 This beautiful black collared leather jacket has a black leather belt/sash, and spectacular chanel enamel elephant butto...
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Vintage Chanel Blue Doupioni Silk Mao Mandarin Style Skirt Suit CC Logo Details
By Chanel
Located in Switzerland, CH
A fabulous vintage Chanel suit Made of finest blue dupioni silk Pleated skirt Jacket with short sleeves Inspired from Chinese Mao style Mandarin collar Closes in front Three CC logo...
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Chanel Gripoix Elephant Necklace
Located in Litchfield County, CT
Whimsical and rare vintage Chanel signed Gripoix elephant necklace. Amazing find fresh from France.
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Chanel White Intarsia Elephants Slim-Fit Jumper
By Chanel
Located in Antwerp, BE
Very good preloved condition Chanel White Intarsia Elephants Slim-Fit Jumper This beautiful Chanel jumper features a unique intarsia detail of elephants with the Chanel-logo.
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1988 Chanel Boutique Jacket with Elephant Motive Buttons
By Chanel Boutique
Located in Hamburg, Deutschland
1988 Chanel Boutique jacket in black wool and elephant motive buttons.
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Chanel Reissue 2.55 Mademoiselle Lock Black Elephant Veins Leather Bag
By Chanel
Located in Antwerp, BE
Chanel Reissue 2.55 Mademoiselle Lock Black Elephant Veins Leather Bag.
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Chanel Navy Tweed Blazer
By Chanel
Located in Antwerp, BE
Stunning double breasted Chanel tweed blazer in dark navy blue. With broad padded 80s shoulders and pale gold 'Chanel Paris - Coco' with African elephant breasted buttons.
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CHANEL 1988 Vintage Large Icon Charm Gold Tone Belt
By Chanel
Located in New York City, NY
The charms are iconic CC's, quilted prints, wheat, elephants, COCO CHANEL PARIS, and coins This classic piece is an iconic Chanel belt to begin or add to your collection ...
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Chanel Buttons - Rare Matching Gold Tone Buttons - 1980's
By Chanel
Located in Boca Raton, FL
The front of the button has an elephant logo and on top reads, 'Chanel Paris.' Beneath the elephant it says 'Coco.'
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1980s French Miscellaneous
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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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