Chanel Bowling Bag Exotic Bowler Paris NY Grey Crocodile Skin Leather Satchel
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Grey Crocodile bowler from the Paris-NY collection 2005 {VINTAGE 17 Years} Antique silver hardware 4 bottom feet Cc zipper charm Hanging cc plate Grey satin interior lining Small in...
Chanel Deep Red Crocodile Jumbo Classic Flap Bag with Silver Hardware
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Crafted by the House of Chanel, the piece showcases the exceptional beauty of exotic skin, with each scale uniquely patterned to create a rich, dimensional surface.
Chanel Vintage Pink Crocodile Kelly Handbag
By Chanel
Located in San Francisco, CA
Historical Context & Color Story The Lagerfeld Era: Designed during the late 1990s peak of structured, ultra-premium top handles. Because Chanel has since ceased all exotic skin prod...
Chanel Brown Classic Lizard Leather Flap Bag 1996
By Chanel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Can be worn as a cross body or as a shoulder bag. In 2018 Chanel ceased using exotic skins, making this a rare item that is really sought after by collectors and brands enthusiasts.
Chanel Vintage 1989 Classic Mini Flap Black Alligator 24K Gold Plated Bag
By Chanel
Located in Jersey City, NJ
A true collector's item, this bag is a rare find as Chanel no longer produces exotic skins and gold-plated hardware.
Chanel Black Lizard Skin Octagonal Long Chain Strap Exotic Bag
By Chanel
Located in Tampa, FL
This is an authentic Chanel bag. This beauty is done in shiny black leather with an 8-sided structure. It features gold-toned hardware, a leather-chain link shoulder strap, and a fla...
Chanel Cognac Crocodile Exotic Skin Leather Kelly Evening Shoulder Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Charlotte, NC
The Exotic Chanel to Complete Your Collection. Since announcing the discontinuation of exotic skin handbags, the demand for exotic Chanel has increased tenfold.
Chanel Cognac Alligator Exotic Skin Leather Gold Evening Shoulder Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Charlotte, NC
Since announcing the discontinuation of exotic skin handbags, the demand for exotic Chanel has increased tenfold.
Chanel Gray Snakeskin Exotic Skin Leather Silver Evening Shoulder Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Charlotte, NC
Since announcing the discontinuation of exotic skin handbags, the demand for exotic Chanel has increased tenfold.
Chanel Black Gold Crocodile Exotic Skin Leather Evening Shoulder Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Charlotte, NC
Crocodile Leather Gold tone hardware Leather lining Turn-lock closure Made in France Shoulder strap drop 17" Measures 10" W x 6" H x 3" D Includes authenticity card and dust bag 10...
Chanel Dark Red Alligator Exotic Skin Gold Large Evening Shoulder Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Charlotte, NC
Since announcing the discontinuation of exotic skin handbags, the demand for exotic Chanel has increased tenfold.
Sold
H 5.71 in D 2.76 in L 7.88 in
1990s Chanel Black Exotic Lizard Skin Leather Vintage Evening CC Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
This Evening CC Flap Bag is in excellent pre-owned condition. This Chanel handbag has been fully inspected in house. Our authenticators and restoration team check all handbags, this ...
Chanel NEW Turquoise Alligator Exotic Skin Gold Large Shoulder Flap Bag in Box
By Chanel
Located in Charlotte, NC
Since announcing the discontinuation of exotic skin handbags, the demand for exotic Chanel has increased tenfold.
Chanel NEW Taupe Metallic Lizard Skin Leather Exotic Evening Shoulder Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Charlotte, NC
Lizard Leather Gunmetal tone hardware Leather lining Push-lock closure Made in France Adjustable shoulder strap drop 12-20" Measures 7.75" W x 4.75" H x 3.25" D 100% authenticity...
Chanel Exotic Python Maxi Double Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Athens, GA
Brand new condition. Chanel no longer does exotic skins. Rare investment piece.
Chanel Crocodile Black Jumbo Bag
By Chanel
Located in Athens, GA
Most wanted Jumbo size 12" wide. Hard to get exotic skins in Chanel. Guaranteed authentic.
Chanel Vintage Jumbo Single Flap Black Alligator Bag Gold Hardware
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel no longer produces exotic skin or single flap bags, and to find one in such superb condition puts it on the collectors must have list.
Vintage Chanel Blue Crocodile Top Handle Mini Bag with CC Turnlock
By Chanel
Located in San Francisco, CA
Overall, a highly presentable example of a rare Chanel exotic piece. Features: Genuine crocodile skin exterior Gold-tone CC turn-lock closure Single top handle Dual-compartment int...
Chanel Exotic Lizard Skin Leather 2.55 Silver Envelope Evening Wallet Clutch Bag
By Chanel
Located in Charlotte, NC
Chanel Exotic Lizard Skin Leather 2.55 Silver Envelope Evening Wallet Clutch Bag Lizard Silver tone hardware Leather lining Turnlock closure Date code present Made in Italy Features...
Chanel NEW Pink Snakeskin Exotic Skin Leather Silver Evening Shoulder Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Charlotte, NC
Since announcing the discontinuation of exotic skin handbags, the demand for exotic Chanel has increased tenfold.
Sold
H 6 in W 9.9 in D 2.5 in
Chanel Hot Pink Shiny Alligator Medium Double Flap Bag with Gold Hardware
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Own a piece of history with this iconic handbag! Note: Chanel ceased crafting bags in exotic skins in 2019.
Chanel 13A Paris-Edinburgh Silver Ombre Python Clutch on Chain Evening Bag 68467
By Chanel
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Since 2019, Chanel has stopped using exotic skins such as python.
Chanel Timeless Bag in Exotic skin and stainless steel hardware
By Chanel
Located in Paris, FR
orgeous Chanel bag in exotic skin and stainless stell hardware.
Chanel Rare Exotic Persian Baby Lamb Skin Hand Bag Clutch Black
By Chanel
Located in Pasadena, CA
Authentic Rare Chanel Baby Persian Lamb Shoulder Bag Clutch Gold Hardware. Soft all over baby Persian lamb fur flap bag. There is a gold hardware CC buckle in front of the bag. Leat...
Chanel Navy Alligator Jumbo Double Flap Bag No. 22259765
By Chanel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Own a piece of fashion history with this iconic handbag! Note: Chanel ceased crafting bags in exotic skins in 2019.
Chanel Turquoise Alligator Jumbo Double Flap Bag No. 20173682
By Chanel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Own a piece of history with this iconic handbag! Note: Chanel ceased crafting bags in exotic skins in 2019.
Chanel Burgundy Alligator Jumbo Double Flap Bag No. 22151348
By Chanel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Own a piece of history with this iconic handbag! Note: Chanel ceased crafting bags in exotic skins in 2019.
Chanel Hot Pink Alligator Jumbo Double Flap Bag No. 22586821
By Chanel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Own a piece of history with this iconic handbag! Note: Chanel ceased crafting bags in exotic skins in 2019.
CHANEL Vintage Exotic Lizard Skin Tassle Bag
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
CHANEL Exotic Lizard Skin Tassle Bag real lizard skin.
Missoni Colorful Silk Halter Dress
By Missoni
Located in Water Mill, NY
A fabulous colorful fine silk knit halter dress from Missoni in a red, orange, blue, yellow, white, lavender and black abstract pattern. It slips on over the head and has 2 black str...
1990s Moschino Cheap & Chic Animal Print Vintage 90s Silk Short Sleeve Top
By Moschino
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage MOSCHINO Cheap & Chic silk animal print blouse! Features leopard, zebra, cheetah, and tiger prints throughout. Warm colors of brown, ivory, trimmed with black lace....
CHANEL 2002 Red White Blue CC Surf Wave Print Stretch Short Sleeve Top
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in Thiensville, WI
CHANEL 2002 Red White Blue CC Surf Wave Print Stretch Short Sleeve Top Brand / Manufacturer: Chanel Collection: The Surf Line 2002 Label(s): Numbered - 02S / P19539V11371 Designer...
$1,516Sale Price|20% Off
Size: 12
Beautiful 1990s Badgley Mischka Size 12 Fully Beaded Grey Vintage 90s Deco Gown
By BADGLEY MISHCKA, Badgley Mischka
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage 1990s BADGLEY MISCHKA size 12 gray fully beaded + rhinestone deco style evening gown! Features elegant 3/4 sleeves with a fitted bodice and forgiving skirt. Hand cr...
Hermes Kelly Sellier 25 Vert Criquet Bag Epsom Leather Gold Hardware
By Hermès
Located in Miami, FL
Mightychic offers an Hermes Kelly Sellier 25 bag featured in fresh Vert Criquet. Stunning Hermes light green that is absolutely neutral. Epsom leather accentuates colours beautiful...
Hermes Kelly Sellier 28 Black Box Leather Bag Palladium Hardware
By Hermès
Located in Miami, FL
Mightychic offers an Hermes Kelly Sellier 28 bag featured in rare Black Box leather. Considered to be of the most collectible hertiage leathers from Hermes, this timeless beauty exu...
Ultra-rare Belle Époque pleated pink fine straw evening bag
Located in Rubiera, RE
Ultra-Rare Belle Époque Pleated Fine Straw Evening Bag with Gilt Brass & Pink Opaline Jewel Clasp – Pristine Original Silk Interior with Period Lockstitch Sewing – Museum Quality...
Hermes Birkin 35 Vermillion Bag Gold Hardware Togo Leather
By Hermès
Located in Miami, FL
Mightychic offers an Hermes Birkin 35 bag featured in Vermillion. Unique warm red tone - is lush with gold hardware. Togo leather is scratch resistant. NEW or NEVER WORN. Comes with...
$6,920
H 3.1 in W 3.9 in L 0.8 in
Chanel Waist Classic Flap Rare Vintage 90s Limited Edition Micro Mini Bronze Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel Rare Vintage 90's Limited Edition Micro Mini Classic Flap Bag 1991 {VINTAGE 33 Years} Gold Hardware Bronze quilted lambskin leather CC Turnlock Leather lined interior 3.9" W ...
Louis Vuitton x Takashi Murakami Nano Speedy bag 2003 limited edition
By Louis Vuitton
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
LOUIS VUITTON - (Made in France) Multicolored and black 'Murakami' monogram canvas Nano Speedy bag with natural leather, golden brass, and a padlock with its keys. A 2003 Collection ...
$14,920
H 5.5 in W 10.5 in L 5.5 in
Chanel Cc Logo Reindeer Muff Vintage Rare Limited Edition White Fur Satchel
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel' White CC Reindeer Rabbit Muff 2001 {VINTAGE 21 Years} CC Logo with reindeer Gold hardware Detachable brushed-gold interwoven chain White rabbit fur Filled with down Black sa...
$529
Size: Recommended; Medium / UK 8-10
2000s DOLCE & GABBANA Black Mohair sheer Cream lace trim mini slip dress
By Dolce & Gabbana
Located in Sheffield, GB
Delicate 2000s DOLCE & GABBANA Black Mohair and Cream lace trimmed mini slip dress, featuring fully adjustable shoulder straps and pretty bow detail at the front. The mohair is semi...
$1,412Sale Price|20% Off
Size: 39,5
Prada S/S 2008 Fairy Collection Sculptural Flower Heel Sandals Size 39.5
By Prada, Miuccia Prada
Located in Berlin, DE
A true collector’s item from Miuccia Prada’s whimsical Spring/Summer 2008 “Fairy Collection,” these statement heels showcase the Italian house’s artistic flair and sculptural ingenui...
Hermes Kelly 32 shiny Porosus Crocodile Vert Fonce bag
By Hermès
Located in New York, NY
Hermes Kelly 32 shiny Porosus Crocodile Vert Fonce bag. X vintage stamp. Bag is vintage- comes with dust bag, keys,Clochette and locker. No strap. Bag is in very good condition.Gol...
$1,295
Size: US 4, GB 30, I 38, F 36, D 32
Christian Lacroix Vintage Strapless Floral Print Mini Dress with Raffia, 1990s
By Christian Lacroix
Located in Sparks, NV
Incredible vintage Christian Lacroix strapless mini dress with a floral print and black raffia embroidered lace. Sexy iconic Lacroix! Fully lined with zip closure. The marked size is...
$1,320Sale Price|20% Off
Size: 39.5
New Yves Saint Laurent by Stefano Pilati YSL Runway Satin Heels Pumps Sz 39.5
By Stefano Pilati for Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Conroe, TX
Stefano Pilati for Yves Saint Laurent Debut Collection Rare & Collectible Brand New * Yves Saint Laurent "POUF" Heels * Fuchsia Satin Upper * Removable Feather POUF * Leather Ins...
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.