Chanel Tweed Jacket
$1,500
Chanel Tweed Jacket
By Chanel
Located in Sharon, CT
A blue Green Tweed Jacket 21c. Silk lining at top of back only.
$1,500
Chanel Tweed Jacket
By Chanel
Located in Sharon, CT
A blue Green Tweed Jacket 21c. Silk lining at top of back only.
$2,739
Chanel Tweed Jacket
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Chanel - Tweed jacket ornamented with zippers, silvery metal buttons, and rhinestones.
$3,812
Chanel tweed jacket
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
CHANEL - (Made in France) Short blended wool jacket in red and black tones. Size 40FR indicated. Condition: Very good condition Dimensions: Shoulder width: 40 cm - Chest: 46 cm - S...
Chanel, Metallic tweed jacket
By Chanel
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Chanel, Metallic double breasted silver tweed jacket with silver CC buttons. The item is in good condition, small discoloration in the lining.
Chanel yellow tweed jacket
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Chanel
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
CHANEL - (Made in France) Yellow tweed jacket with silvery details. Silk lining. Composition and size labels missing, it fits a 38FR.
$4,646
Chanel pink tweed jacket
By Chanel
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
CHANEL - Mid-length tweed jacket in pink, red, orange, and purple tones.
$5,718
Chanel tweed jacket 1991
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Chanel
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
CHANEL - (Made in France) Pink tweed jacket with braids. Silk lining. Size and composition labels missing, it fits a 38FR. 1991 Spring-Summer Collection under the artistic direction ...
Chanel Tweed Jacket, 2006
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Chanel - (Made in France) Grey, black, and white tweed jacket embroidered with sequins. Size 40FR indicated. 2006 Fall-Winter Collection, under the artistic direction of Karl Lagerfe...
Chanel 2007 Gold Tweed Jacket
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
From the Spring 2007 Collection by Karl Lagerfeld Runway (Look 41) Metallic & Neutrals Tweed Pattern Fringe Trim Accent CC logo buttons at cuffs CC logo button center front Colla...
Black Tweed jacket CHANEL 2002
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Black Tweed jacket . Tweed composition: 43% cotton, 20% nylon, 13% acrylic, 9% polyurethane, 7% rayon, 6% polyester, 2% wool.
Chanel tweed jacket Resort 2020
By Chanel
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
CHANEL - (Made in France) White tweed jacket, tartan-like silk organza lining and sleeve lapels in blue, yellow, and red tones.
Chanel Brown Tweed Wool Jacket
By Chanel
Located in Paris, FR
Chanel Brown tweed wool jacket featuring a front button opening, a long length, silver logo buttons, a black tarnish chain in the bottom, three patched pockets, silk lining.
Chanel Black Evening Tweed Jacket
By Chanel
Located in Paris, FR
Chanel Black evening tweed wool jacket featuring a front button opening, a long length, black logo buttons, a silk lurex ling, four patched pockets.
Chanel Purple Tweed Wool BlazerJacket
By Chanel
Located in Paris, FR
Chanel Purple tweed wool blazer jacket featuring a fitted line, front logo buttons, logo silk lining, long sleeves, silver-tone chain inside bottom.
Tweed single breasted jacket CHANEL
By Chanel
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Tweed single breasted jacket . Tweed composition: polyester/ rayon/ wool/ cotton/ acrylic.
Chanel 1993 Spring Tweed Blazer
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Crafted in a signature pastel tweed, the palette blends soft sherbet hues—think blush pink, mint, and butter yellow—woven into a luminous, lightweight structure that captures the ess...
Chanel 'Scales' Black Tweed Jacket
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Chanel
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Chanel - (Made in France) Black tweed jacket with a shiny silvery sequined collar.
Pink Tweed single breasted jacket CHANEL
By Chanel
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Pink Tweed single breasted jacket. Main fabric composition: 40% acrylic, 40% wool, 17% polyester, 3% nylon.
$2,833Sale Price|20% Off
Chanel Multi-Coloured Tweed Jacket
By Chanel
Located in Sheung Wan, HK
- Chanel multi-coloured tweed jacket from 1996 spring/summer collection.
Chanel Vintage Black Tweed Blazer
By Chanel
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Overall, the Chanel Vintage Black Tweed Blazer is an elegant and versatile piece that embodies the enduring appeal of Chanel's iconic tweed blazers.
Chanel 2012 Gripoix Tweed Blazer
By Chanel
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
This ecru tweed blazer features a beautifully textured ivory boucle tweed, creating a classic silhouette with a subtle yet sophisticated appeal.
$2,939Sale Price|20% Off
Chanel Multi-Coloured Tweed Jacket
By Chanel
Located in Sheung Wan, HK
- Chanel multi-coloured tweed jacket from 1996 spring/summer collection.
Chanel 1999 Brown Tweed Blazer
By Chanel
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
The Chanel 1999 Brown Tweed Blazer is a vintage piece that represents the timeless elegance and craftsmanship for which Chanel is renowned.
$3,243Sale Price|25% Off
Chanel multi-coloured tweed jacket
By Chanel
Located in Sheung Wan, HK
- Chanel multi-coloured yellow/orange tweed jacket from year 1994 A/W collection. - Featuring a yellow gold toned CC button single breasted closure
Chanel Tweed Jacket Spring, 1998
By Chanel
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Chanel - (Made in France) Tweed jacket in pink, purple, green, and burgundy tones.
Chanel 2005 Ensemble Tweed Soie FR34 Pastel Silk Tweed Jacket Skirt UK6 US4
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld
Located in PARIS, FR
Chanel Spring/Summer 2005 collection ensemble in silk (70%) in shades of pink, blue, and pale green. It features a round neck with a double CC button in silver metal and pink enamel,...
White & Black Chanel Checked Tweed Blazer
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
White and black checked tweed blazer by Chanel. Notched lapel. Dual hip pockets.
Chanel Airlines Collection Fantasy Tweed Jacket
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
We Adore - Chanel Airlines Collection Fantasy Tweed Jacket From the Spring-Summer 2016 Chanel Airlines Collection is this fantasy tweed jacket in navy, red and white.
Vintage Chanel resort tweed blazer, 2004
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Chanel tweed blazer from the Cruise 2004 Collection by Karl Lagerfeld Interlocking CC Logo & Bouclé Pattern Embroidered Accent & Collarless Slit Pockets & Zip Closure Size...
Chanel, purple tweed blazer with lurex
By Chanel
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Chanel, purple tweed blazer with lurex and multicoloured mother of pearl buttons.
Fushia Tweed single breasted jacket CHANEL
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Chanel
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Fushia Tweed single breasted jacket . Purple satin lining.
Beige Tweed single breasted jacket CHANEL
By Chanel
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Beige Tweed single breasted jacket with branded button and buttonhole closure on the middle front.
Chanel Brown Fancy Tweed Wool Jacket
By Chanel
Located in Paris, FR
Chanel Brown fancy tweed wool jacket featuring two patched pockets, gold-tone logo buttons, brown contrasted gros-grain finishing, front buttoned opening, gold-tone chain inside bott...
Chanel Tweed and Lace Jacket - '90s
By Chanel
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Chanel jacket in brown tweed wool with black lace sleeves, round neck, CC embossed golden buttons, and flap chest pockets for a chic, timeless look.
Asymmetrical single breasted tweed jacket CHANEL
By Chanel
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Asymmetrical single breasted tweed jacket . Main fabric fabric composition: 86% wool, 10% nylon, 4% polyester.
Chanel 14C Pink Tweed Jacket Sz 38
By Chanel
Located in Krakow, PL
CHANEL 14C Pink Belted Tweed CC Logo Button Jacket Sz.38 2014 Description: Chanel 14C Pink & White Belted Tweed Jacket from 2014 Collection.
Tweed chevron double breasted jacket CHANEL
By Chanel
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Tweed chevron double breasted jacket . No fabric composition tag but the shel fabric is probably a mix of wool and silk with silver threads.
Chanel long tweed and wool Coat
By Chanel
Located in Sheung Wan, HK
- Multi-colours light blue and white long tweed and wool coat jacket is beautifully done with fully silk lining from Fall 2000 collection
$1,972Sale Price|25% Off
Chanel brown double-breasted tweed jacket
By Chanel
Located in Sheung Wan, HK
- Classic and timeless Chanel brown double breasted tweed jacket from Fall 1997 collection. - CC dark grey toned hardware buttons
Chanel, black and gold tweed jacket
By Chanel
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Chanel, black and gold tweed jacket. The item is in good condition. Comes with hanger
Chanel, Paris Seoul double breasted tweed coat
By Chanel
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Chanel, Paris Seoul double breasted tweed coat in multicolour. The item is in very good condition.
$3,072Sale Price|20% Off
Chanel Black Pink Boucle Tweed Jacket
By Chanel
Located in Sheung Wan, HK
- Chanel black and pink boucle tweed long wool jacket from 1995 F/W collection. - Featuring two front flap pockets and two front flat pockets.
Chanel Peach & Cream Tweed Jacket - 38
By Chanel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chanel single breasted peach & cream tweed jacket with four hidden buttons. Jacket is in impeccable condition.
Chanel Tweed Jacket Autumn/Winter 2004
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
Chanel jacket In the classic tweed in beige with bright pops of blue-green and pink.
Chanel tweed jacket 2019 PARIS/EGYPT COLLECTION
By Chanel
Located in London, England
Iconic Chanel tweed jacket Look 5 from the Pre-Fall 2019 Métiers d'Art Runway Egypt collection, PARIS - NEW YORK 2018/19 MÉTIERS D'ART COLLECTION.
Chanel Paris Seoul Checked Cotton Tweed Jacket
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
Collectors Item - Chanel Paris Seoul Checked Cotton Tweed Jacket Pink cotton tweed jacket from Paris Seoul 2016 Cruise Collection.
Chanel Karl Lagerfeld Spring 2016 Blue tweed jacket
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in CANNES, FR
Chanel x Karl Lagerfeld Spring/Summer 2016 Ready-to-Wear Collection Officer-style jacket in blue heathered tweed, with epaulettes. Size 34.
Chanel Karl Lagerfeld Spring 2017 Multicolor tweed jacket
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in CANNES, FR
Chanel x Karl Lagerfeld Spring/Summer 2017 Ready-to-Wear Collection Multicolored tweed zip-up jacket. Size 40. Very good condition (marks on the lining—see photos—barely visible).
Chanel Black Tweed Asymmetrical Wool Blazer Jacket
By Chanel
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Chanel Black Tweed Wool Blazer Jacket Double Breasted Asymmetrical design Good overall condition, light pilling Size 38, fits like Small Length 22" Bust 34" Waist 25"
Chanel 'CC' Logo & Chain Detail Tweed Jacket
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
Chanel 'CC' Logo & Chain Detail Tweed Jacket From 2008 Collection by Karl Lagerfeld is this black and metallic grey tweed jacket.
Unworn Chanel multi-coloured tweed classic jacket
By Chanel
Located in Sheung Wan, HK
- Unworn Classic Chanel multi-coloured wool tweed jacket. - One CC front button closure. - Two front slip side pockets - Fully silk lined
Chanel 2017 Cruise Lemon Yellow Ribbon Tweed Jacket
By Chanel
Located in Guangzhou, CN
This vibrant lemon yellow tweed coat is from the Chanel Cruise 2012 Collection designed by Karl Lagerfeld.
$2,824Sale Price|20% Off
Chanel gold metallic glitter wool tweed jacket
By Chanel
Located in Sheung Wan, HK
- Chanel gold, metallic and glitter cream wool tweed jacket from fall 2000 collection. - Featuring four flattened gold-toned hardware "Chanel" buttons
Chanel 2012 Navy Blue Tweed Jacket, Sz.38
By Chanel
Located in Krakow, PL
Timeless Chanel Navy Blue Tweed Jacket from the Spring 2012 Collection! Size 38.
Green tweed edge to edge jacket CHANEL
By Chanel
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Green tweed edge to edge jacket . Main fabric composition: 43% wool, 38% acrylic, 6% cotton, 5% nylon, 5% rayon, 3% polyester.
$2,230Sale Price|20% Off
Chanel Black and White Wool Tweed Jacket
By Chanel
Located in Sheung Wan, HK
- Chanel black and white wool tweed jacket from Fall 2004 collection. - Open jacket
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
2004 Chanel Ivory Black Lesage Tweed Fringe Jacket
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in Woodland Hills, CA
Presented here is an elegant Chanel Lesage tweed jacket dating to the 2004 Karl Lagerfeld era for the House of Chanel.
$2,672Sale Price|20% Off
Chanel Brown Multi Colour Cropped Tweed Jacket
By Chanel
Located in Sheung Wan, HK
- Vintage Chanel brown multi colour (green, brown, black, etc...) cropped tweed jacket from 1998 A/W collection. Featuring four orange camellia flower buttons closure and on each cuf...
Chanel tweed jacket by Karl Lagerfeld Fall 2005
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Chanel
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
CHANEL - 2005 Fall-Winter ready-to-wear Collection under the artistic direction of Karl Lagerfeld. Mid-length tweed jacket in pink, red, blue , and beige tones edged with a matching ...
Tweed edge to edge jacket CHANEL FW 2002
By Chanel
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Tweed edge to edge jacket . Tweed composition: 45% rayon, 30% silk, 9% polyester, 8% cotton, 8% acrylic.
Chanel Tweed Jacket
By Chanel
Located in Roslyn, NY
Black and multicolor Chanel tweed jacket featuring checkered knit pattern. Collared.
Chanel Black Tweed Military Jacket
By Chanel
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is the kind of Chanel jacket that you'll have your whole life - perfectly cool and styled with just enough military detailing, it's timeless but at the same time fun. The rounde...
Chanel Bright Green Tweed Jacket
By Chanel
Located in San Francisco, CA
Stand out from the crowd! This Chanel bright green jacket is bold and fun with a pop-art sensibility. The deep scoop neck is modern and easy, while the four front pockets add symmetr...
Chanel Burgundy and Black Tweed Jacket
By Chanel
Located in Narberth, PA
Chanel Burgundy and Black Tweed Jacket $1599 Made in France 87% Wool, 6% Nylon, 7% Cotton Size 38 Length 23” Bust 36” Waist 34”
2000s Chanel Nubby Wool Tweed Jacket
By Chanel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A modern take on a fashion classic - the new and improved little Chanel jacket circa 21st century. Black and white tweed with trim in a nubby plaid pattern. Trimmed in delicate lace ...
Chanel Navy and Brown Tweed Jacket
By Chanel
Located in San Francisco, CA
The chocolate and navy tweed contrasts the cream collar with black embroidery.
Chanel Classic Blue Fantasy Tweed Jacket
By Chanel
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Note that the check pattern of the tweed on the front and back are perfectly in synch with the sleeves
Chanel Black & White Check Tweed Jacket
By Chanel
Located in Toronto, Ontario
A departure from CHANEL’s usual structured jackets which are fitted to the body, this unstructured silhouette is unlined and free flowing. The generous ruffled collar & front adds a...
Chanel Plum Tweed Double-Breasted Blazer
By Chanel
Located in San Francisco, CA
Such a deeply elegant piece - in a jewel-toned plum color woven throughout with navy and metallic gold threads, this jacket is perfect. The inky, saturated color is dressy and polish...
CHANEL Multicolor Metallic Tweed Jacket Size M
By Chanel
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Chanel long sleeve, tweed jacket with metallic thread throughout, silk interior lining and gold-tone button closure with textured CC logo detail.
CHANEL Couture Multicolor Tweed Jacket SZ 36
By Chanel
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Chanel multi color tweed jacket with tonal stitching, mandarin collar, sequin embellishment throughout, dual front flap pockets and logo front button closure.
Chanel Black and White Tweed Fitted Jacket
By Chanel
Located in San Francisco, CA
Either with a skirt or just jeans, you will look amazing in this fresh interpretation of a black and white tweed jacket.
Chanel Double Breasted Jacket in Fuschia Tweed
By Chanel
Located in Toronto, Ontario
This double breasted blazer in Chanel’s fuschia tweed is for the woman who loves color. The silhouette is fitted at the shoulders and falls loosely and comfortably from the torso dow...
Chanel Pink Tweed Cara Delevingne Style Jacket M
By Chanel
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
An elegant silhouette classy fit and perfect tailoring make this Chanel womens tweed jacket a fine choice. It is made of quality materials secured with front zip closure and added wi...
Chanel 2004 Metallic Tweed Open Jacket 36
By Chanel
Located in San Francisco, CA
Offered is a contemporary look from Chanel. Beautiful pink and brown cotton graphic lining that trims the lapel and sleeve pockets. Metallic thread and sequins embellish the intric...
CHANEL 1993s Black & White Tweed Jacket SZ 38
By Chanel
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Chanel Boutique Black and ivory vintage tweed collarless blazer with structured shoulders, long sleeves, four patch pockets and gold-tone interlocking CC button closures at front.
Chanel Haute-Couture 1960 -1970 Vintage Tweed Suit
By Chanel
Located in Paris, FR
Chanel Haute-Couture 1960 -1970 Vintage Tweed Jacket and the skirt The color are black brown orange mixed all together .
Chanel Blue Glitter Tweed Sequin Detail Long Jacket L
By Chanel
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Crafted from high-quality glitter tweed, it features intricate blue sequin embellishments that create a captivating contrast against the blue base.
Chanel Blue Glitter Tweed Sequin Detail Long Jacket L
By Chanel
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Crafted from high-quality glitter tweed, it features intricate blue sequin embellishments that create a captivating contrast against the blue base.
Authentic Chanel Red Tweed Jacket F 40 uk 12
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
Authentic Chanel Red Tweed Jacket F 40 uk 12 Stunning Jacket from Chanel in red and orange tweed Gold tone logo buttons to the front and cuffs Lined in silk with chain to inside he...
Chanel Runway Multicolor Cotton Tweed Jacket, Spring / Summer 2017
By Chanel
Located in Hong Kong, Hong Kong
An iconic jacket from Chanel 2017 spring-summer runway collection. Multi-color tweed with hand-sewn fringes all over the jacket.
CHANEL Grey and Multi Color Tweed Jacket Sz 44
By Chanel
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Chanel grey, red, and multi color tweed cropped jacket with pointed collar, dual mock flap closure pockets at waist, ruffle trim at sleeves, and white and black CC embellished resin ...
Chanel Black & White Tweed 'CC' Buttoned Jacket SZ 40
By Chanel
Located in Chicago, IL
Chanel tweed jacket featuring enameled 'CC' button closures, two pockets, and a spread collar.
Chanel Black Tweed Jacket with Sequins Size 36 (4)
By Chanel
Located in San Francisco, CA
The sleeves are cut into a subtle flare at the cuff. The tweed is luxurious and spangled all over with sequins that are woven into the material.
CHANEL Jacket in Brown Tweed and Black Wool Size 38FR
By Chanel
Located in Paris, FR
CHANEL jacket in brown tweed and black wool. It has 2 front pockets and closes with 3 transparent resin buttons with CC logo in black metal.
Chanel Black and White Woven Tweed Jacket with Black Buttons
By Chanel
Located in San Francisco, CA
Chanel black tweed jacket with white woven, textured pattern throughout.
Chanel Runway Fuchsia Silver Fantasy Tweed Jacket, F / W 2016
By Chanel
Located in Hong Kong, Hong Kong
One of the iconic tweed jackets from Chanel 2016 Fall /Winter Runway Collection.
Chanel 2014 Paris-Dallas Multi-color Tweed Jacket New FR38
By Chanel
Located in Hong Kong, Hong Kong
A multi-color geographic print brown tone tweed jacket from Chanel Paris-Dallas collection.
Vintage Chanel jackets are quintessential tweed garments that have been a wardrobe staple of chic women around the world since the 1950s.
The Chanel jacket reacted against the fitted, constricting styles of Christian Dior’s New Look, replacing them with a design that was timeless, an instant classic. It was, after all, based on a cardigan, and, as Parsons School of Design associate teaching professor Patrick Michael Hughes notes, “a cardigan never goes out of style.”
Chanel blazers allowed women to move with ease, as a young cardigan-clad Coco Chanel proved while gallivanting around Paris during the Jazz Age. The designer’s suits also reflected her efforts to create comfortable clothing for women.
In Switzerland, Chanel chafed at her post–World War II exile. It was not just that her income from Chanel No. 5 was dwindling. On top of that, as the eponymous founder of the colossal French luxury house saw it, Christian Dior’s New Look was making women dress like decorative objects. On February 5, 1954, during the showing of her first post-return collection, the Chanel jacket made its debut.
For her universally renowned garment, Chanel eliminated key elements of traditionally tailored jackets: shoulder pads, darts, interfacing and even collars. Any detail that could impede movement was scrapped. To Chanel, luxury and comfort were inseparable. She added pockets — four real pockets, large enough for a real woman’s hands (plus lipstick, keys and, yes, cigarettes). A slim chain hidden in the silk lining ensured that the garment hung gracefully from the shoulders. Golden buttons, stamped with the house’s double C, were each accompanied by a button hole, a novel feature at the time. (And how can you tell if a Chanel jacket is genuine? First, as with any luxury brand, know your logo.)
Some version of the classic Chanel jacket has likely walked every Chanel runway since 1954. Yet its attraction is undiminished.
Find a range of vintage Chanel women's jackets and other Chanel clothing and accessories on 1stDibs.
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.
No matter if you’re preparing for a fashion event or a weather event — you’re going to need a good jacket.
What would become the modern jacket as we know it began as a strictly professional item. A lot of the vintage and designer jackets (and coat styles such as the Navy-inspired peacoat) in our closets were likely popularized by soldiers who battled aggressive climes with their regulation field jackets, bombers and parkas buttoned or zipped to the chin. Indeed, keeping troopers comfortable guided the design of the military surplus garments that have often become buzzy fashion trends. But now, jackets add far more than warmth to our wardrobe, and we hunt down outer layers branded with peerless fashion labels.
Fashion’s most iconic creations, despite their age, remain modern: Biker jackets originated in the 1920s, Balenciaga’s celebrated puffers are steeped in a tradition of down coats that began in the 1930s and your vintage denim jacket has come an even longer way, from California Gold Rush to wardrobe staple. Jeans bequeathed jean jackets during the 1880s, thanks to Levi Strauss, who crafted the former as a durable garment to be worn by miners and railroad workers. Later, jeans and jean jackets became synonymous with nonconformity and rebelliousness — with fashion legends such as actor James Dean in the 1950s and model Veruschka in the 1960s and ’70s leading the indigo-toned charge.
Another fashion rebel, Coco Chanel, used the classic tweed jacket to introduce more comfort and mobility into women’s daily lives. Debuting in 1954 and based on a cardigan, the groundbreaking Chanel jacket forever changed what women wear. The garment reacted against the fitted, constricting styles of Christian Dior’s New Look, which, as Chanel saw it, was making women dress like decorative objects.
On 1stDibs, find bold collections from cutting-edge contemporary designers who’ve taken the classic silhouette of the jacket to new heights or build out your array of vintage treasures (denim or otherwise) with dazzlers from Yves Saint Laurent, Gianni Versace, Moschino and more.
From handbags and heels to jackets and jewels, Sharon Coplan Hurowitz has a deep admiration for (and collection of) all things Chanel.
The classic tweed garment has been a wardrobe staple of chic women around the world since the 1950s.