Vintage Chanel Spring 2001 Purple Diamond Weave Pencil Skirt with Zig Zag Trim
By Chanel
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage 2000s Chanel purple diamond weave pencil skirt with a strip of zig zag cut trim at front and back side from the Spring/Summer 2001 collection designed by Karl Lagerfeld. Purp...
Chanel bodysuit 'White and golden' by Karl Lagerfeld Spring-Summer 2007
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
CHANEL - 2007 Spring-Summer ready-to-wear 'White and golden' Collection under the artistic direction of Karl Lagerfeld. Stretch tweed-like bodysuit tying with golden metal press stu...
Chanel Spring 2002 Black Silver Sequin Tweed Flared Mini Skirt FR38
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Chanel
Located in London, GB
Stunning vintage Chanel skirt from the Spring 2002 collection. In amazing unworn condition. Made from soft black and silver wool mix tweed, sprinkled with tiny silver and gold sequin...
Chanel Spring 2005 Black Double Breasted Tweed Jacket w/ removable cuffs-Size 40
By Chanel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chanel Spring 2005 Black Double Breasted Jacket with removable cuffs-Size 40 This black tweed lightweight wool blend double breasted evening Jacket has a two tone black and metallic ...
Chanel Spring 2006 06P Beige Pink Gold Sequin Belted Knit Cardigan Jacket
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Chanel
Located in Woodland Hills, CA
Designer: Chanel Creative Director: Karl Lagerfeld Collection: Spring/Summer 2006 / 06P Period: 2000–2009 Style: Cardigan / knit jacket Colors: Ecru, beige, blush pink, coral, champa...
Chanel 2005 Spring / Summer RTW Runway Sport skirt and leg warmers
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Chanel
Located in Алматинский Почтамт, KZ
Chanel 2005 Spring / Summer RTW Runway Sport skirt and leg warmers Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel Country of production: France Collection: Spring / Summer 2005 Composition: viscose 50% c...
Runway Chanel Spring 2006 Ivory Crinkled Silk & Bouclé Jacket by Karl Lagerfeld
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Chanel
Located in PARIS, FR
A highly collectible Chanel Spring/Summer 2006 runway jacket, designed by Karl Lagerfeld, showcasing one of the collection's most recognizable silhouettes. Presented on the Paris run...
Rare! CHANEL & Karl Lagerfeld 01P Spring/Summer RTW 2001 linen vest
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Chanel
Located in Алматинский Почтамт, KZ
Rare! CHANEL & Karl Lagerfeld 01P Spring/Summer RTW 2001 line invest Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Collection: Spring/Summer 2001 - Ready-to-Wear Chanel style: 01P / A0269 / P17487V09933...
Chanel Spring 2008 Vintage Cream Fantasy Tweed Pencil Skirt FR38/UK10
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in London, GB
Totally stunning archival Chanel fantasy tweed skirt from the Spring 2008 collection. Bought for £2500 and unworn. Superbly crafted from cream cotton/nylon/wool mix fantasy tweed whi...
Chanel Spring 2001 beige jacket
Located in Eivissa, ES
Chanel Beige Cropped Wool Jacket with Black Trim – Spring 2001 An elegant cropped jacket from Chanel’s Spring 2001 collection, embodying the refined and modern aesthetic of the earl...
CHANEL & Karl Lagerfeld 03P 2003 Spring most wanted iconic very rare top
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Chanel
Located in Алматинский Почтамт, KZ
CHANEL & Karl Lagerfeld 03P 2003 Spring most wanted iconic very rare top Karl Lagerfeld for Channel Collection: Spring 2003 Collection (look 50) Chanel style: 03p / 94305 / P21388V01...
$1,600Sale Price|29% Off
Chanel Spring 2001 Purple Two Toned Wool/Silk Blend Ribbed Skirt Suit - Size 40
By Chanel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chanel Purple Two Toned Wool/Silk Blend Ribbed Skirt Suit - Size 40. This vintage skirt suit is a made of a deep purple wool fabric that has a thin lighter purple horizontal pinstrip...
Chanel keyring 'Ready for surfing' by Karl Lagerfeld Spring-Summer 2003
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
CHANEL - 2003 Spring-Summer ready-to-wear 'Ready for surfing' Collection under the artistic direction of Karl Lagerfeld. Openwork silvery metal keyring representing a cc logo. Made...
Chanel vintage spring summer 2007 medallion charm attached white cotton T-shirt
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Chanel
Located in Antwerpen, Vlaams Gewest
Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld T-shirt from the Spring 2007 Runway collection. This unisex T-shirt features a front cutout with a thin gold medallion charm, approximately the size of a qua...
Chanel bag jewelry 'Musical accessories' by Karl Lagerfeld Spring-Summer 2004
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
CHANEL - 2004 Spring-Summer ready-to-wear 'Musical Accessories' Collection under the artistic direction of Karl Lagerfeld. Silvery metal bag jewelry with a black enamel logo. Made ...
CHANEL Spring 2006 Karl Lagerfeld Bronze Gold Silk Paneling A-Line Mini Skirt
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Chanel
Located in Thiensville, WI
Brand / Manufacturer: Chanel Collection: Spring 2006 Designer: Karl Lagerfeld Style: Mini skirt Color(s): Shades of bronze/gold Lined: Yes Marked Fabric Content: "100% silk" (primar...
Vintage Chanel Spring 2007 Black Leather Perforated Mary Jane Pumps – Size 41
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in San Jose, CA
Step into retro runway chic with these vintage Chanel Mary Jane pumps from the Spring 2007 collection. Crafted in perforated black leather with a peep toe and signature CC button str...
Chanel 04P Jacket, Spring-Summer 2004, France
Located in Алматинский Почтамт, KZ
Chanel 04P Jacket, Spring-Summer 2004, France Condition: Excellent 🔹 Color: White 🔹 Style: Open-front 🔹 Sleeves: Long 🔹 Length: Cropped 🔹 Composition: 87% nylon, 13% spandex/e...
Set of 3 Chanel CC Logo Tennis Balls Unused Karl Lagerfeld Spring/Summer 2008
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
This is a rare set of 3 original CHANEL Sport CC logo tennis balls from the Spring/Summer 2008 collection, designed during the Karl Lagerfeld era. These collectible non-pressure rubb...
Chanel By Karl Lagerfeld Runway Padded Quilted Cotton Tank Top, SS2000
By Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel
Located in Geneva, CH
Modeled by Devon Aoki at the Spring-Summer 2000 Chanel runway show in yellow color (see video + pictures 4 & 5), this tank top is designed with quilts for a soft, lightly padded feel.
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.
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