Chanel Beige Quilted Caviar Classic Wallet On Chain
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Chanel Beige Quilted Caviar Classic Wallet On Chain SKU: Z157886 Condition: Pre-owned Condition Description: No house has shaped the fashion landscape quite like Chan...
Chanel Black Quilted Caviar Classic Wallet On Chain
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Chanel Black Quilted Caviar Classic Wallet On Chain SKU: 156822 Condition: Pre-owned Condition Description: No house has shaped the fashion landscape quite like Chanel.
Chanel Red Quilted Patent Classic Wallet On Chain
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Chanel Red Quilted Patent Classic Wallet On Chain SKU: Z157420 MSRP: 3700.00 USD Condition: Pre-owned Condition Description: No house has shaped the fashion landscape...
Chanel Black Quilted Caviar CC Wallet On Chain
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Chanel Black Quilted Caviar CC Wallet On Chain SKU: 155983 Condition: Pre-owned Condition Description: No house has shaped the fashion landscape quite like Chanel.
Chanel Black Quilted Caviar CC Wallet On Chain
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Chanel Black Quilted Caviar CC Wallet On Chain SKU: 156027 Condition: Pre-owned Condition Description: No house has shaped the fashion landscape quite like Chanel.
Chanel Beige Quilted Caviar Classic Wallet On Chain
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Chanel Beige Quilted Caviar Classic Wallet On Chain SKU: Z157886 Condition: Pre-owned Condition Description: No house has shaped the fashion landscape quite like Chanel.
Chanel Pink Quilted Caviar Wallet On A Chain
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Chanel Pink Quilted Caviar Wallet On A Chain SKU: 153354 Condition: Pre-owned Condition Description: Intrinsically Chanel, the medium Coco top handle bag was named af...
Chanel Black Quilted Caviar Classic Wallet On Chain
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Chanel Black Quilted Caviar Classic Wallet On Chain SKU: 155178 Condition: Pre-owned Condition Description: No house has shaped the fashion landscape quite like Chanel.
Chanel Black Quilted Caviar Classic Wallet On Chain
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Chanel Black Quilted Caviar Classic Wallet On Chain SKU: 155607 Condition: Pre-owned Condition Description: No house has shaped the fashion landscape quite like Chanel.
Chanel Grey Quilted Lambskin Jeweled Mini Wallet On Chain
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Chanel Grey Quilted Lambskin Jeweled Mini Wallet On Chain SKU: 155734 Condition: Pre-owned Condition Description: No house has shaped the fashion landscape quite like...
Chanel White Quilted Calfskin Pearl CC Wallet On Chain
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Chanel White Quilted Calfskin Pearl CC Wallet On Chain SKU: 154047 Condition: Pre-owned Handbag Condition: Very Good Condition Comments: Item is in very good conditio...
Chanel Iridescent Pink Quilted Lambskin CC Wallet On Chain
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Chanel Iridescent Pink Quilted Lambskin CC Wallet On Chain SKU: 154044 Condition: Pre-owned Handbag Condition: Excellent Condition Comments: Item is in excellent cond...
Chanel Lambskin Black Quilted Chanel 19 Zip Around Coin Purse Wallet Bag
By Chanel
Located in Houston, TX
Brand: Chanel Gender: Ladies Measurements: (W x H): 4.50" x 3.00" Weight: 70.00 grams Chanel Lambskin Black Quilted Chanel 19 Zip Around Coin Purse Wallet Bag.
Chanel Double Zip Wallet on Chain in Black Quilted Leather
By Chanel
Located in Houston, TX
Crafted from black quilted leather, this wallet by Chanel is the bag you will carry everywhere.
Chanel White Pink Quilted Caviar Woven CC Wallet On Chain
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Chanel White Pink Quilted Caviar Woven CC Wallet On Chain SKU: 153860 Condition: Pre-owned Handbag Condition: Excellent Condition Comments: Item is in excellent condi...
Chanel Wallet on Chain WOC Classic Quilted Lambskin Leather Turquoise Blue
By Chanel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chanel Wallet on Chain WOC Classic Quilted Lambskin Leather Turquoise Blue - Preowned An authentic vintage Chanel Wallet on Chain (WOC) crafted in quilted lambskin leather, finished...
$3,895Sale Price|29% Off
Chanel Brown Quilted 19 Wallet On Chain WOC Crossbody Bag
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Chanel Brown Quilted 19 Wallet On Chain WOC Crossbody Bag Made In: Italy Year of Production: 2022 Color: Caramel brown Hardware: Goldtone, darkened silver, ruthenium Materials: Lamb...
Chanel Chocolate Bar Quilted Iridescent Canvas Wallet on Chain GHW4C512S
By Chanel
Located in Dix hills, NY
Chanel Chocolate Bar Quilted Iridescent Canvas Wallet on Chain GHW4C512S Date Code/Serial Number: 6384941 Made In: Italy Measurements: Length:7.5 " Width: 1.75 " Height: 5 " Shoul...
Chanel Red Quilted Lambskin Hold The Line CC Wallet On Chain
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Chanel Red Quilted Lambskin Hold The Line CC Wallet On Chain SKU: 153528 Condition: Pre-owned Handbag Condition: Excellent Condition Comments: Item is in excellent co...
Chanel Maxi Pearls Wallet on Chain WOC Black Quilted Mini Bag
By Chanel
Located in Guangzhou, CN
Coco Chanel once famously declared, *"A woman needs ropes and ropes of pearls."* Decades later, the House of Chanel reimagined this ultimate feminine hallmark into an avant-garde m...
Chanel Black Quilted Caviar Leather Wallet On Chain WOC Crossbody Bag
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Chanel Black Quilted Caviar Leather Wallet On Chain WOC Crossbody Bag.
Chanel Light Blue Lambskin Leather Quilted Pearl Wallet On Chain WOC Crossbody
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Chanel Light Blue Lambskin Leather Quilted Pearl Wallet On Chain WOC Crossbody Bag Made in: Italy Year of Production: 2022 Color: Light blue Hardware: Pale goldtone Materials: Lambs...
CHANEL 2020 Maxi Pearls black quilted lambskin gold hardware wallet on chain bag
By Chanel
Located in Hong Kong, NT
CHANEL 2020 Maxi Pearls black quilted lambskin gold hardware wallet on chain bag Reference: TGAS/G00295 Brand: Chanel Designer: Virginie Viard Model: Maxi Pearls Mini Wallet On Chain...
Chanel 2023 NEW Mustard Yellow Quilted Wallet On Chain WOC Crossbody Bag
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Chanel 2023 NEW Mustard Yellow Quilted Wallet On Chain WOC Crossbody Bag.
Chanel 'CC' Logo Diamond Quilted Leather Card/Wallet On Chain With Rufffled Pad
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
We Adore - Chanel 'CC' Logo Diamond Quilted Lambskin Leather Card/Wallet On Chain With Ruffled Shoulder Pad Black mini bag crafted from soft lambskin leather with the Chanel's signa...
Chanel Pink Lambskin Chevron Quilted Trendy CC Wallet On Chain WOC Crossbody Bag
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Chanel Pink Lambskin Chevron Quilted Trendy CC Wallet On Chain WOC Crossbody Bag Made In: Color: Pink Hardware: Pale goldtone Materials: Lambskin leather Lining: Leather & grosgrain...
Chanel Chain Around Boy Wallet On Chain
By Chanel
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This Chanel Caviar Quilted Boy Wallet On is crafted in diamond quilted caviar leather in red with linear-quilted border trim.
Chanel Classic Double Flap Bag Quilted Caviar Navy
By Chanel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
CHANEL Caviar Quilted Medium Double Flap Wallet in Navy.
Chanel 2022 Black Quilted Lambskin Leather Punk-Essentials Wallet-on-Chain
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Leather Punk-Essentials Wallet-on-Chain Product Details Brand: Chanel Model: Wallet-on-Chain Product Title: Black Quilted Lambskin Leather Punk-Essenti...
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.