Chanel Black Quilted Trapeze Flap Shoulder Bag 1990
By Chanel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
This Chanel Black Quilted Trapeze Flap Shoulder Bag is a stunning vintage piece that exemplifies
Chanel Black Quilted Trapeze Flap Shoulder Bag 1990
By Chanel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
This Chanel Black Quilted Trapeze Flap Shoulder Bag is a stunning vintage piece that exemplifies
Chanel 1990 Black Quilted Satin Bijoux Mini Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Interior Zip, One Interior Flat, One Rear Flap Hardware: Gold-tone Includes: Chanel Dust Bag, COA Card
Chanel 1990 Vintage Denim Square Mini Flap Bag 24k GHW 68513
By Chanel
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
classic. Produced in 1990, more than 30 years old and in stunning condition. In Blue denim canvas and 24k
Chanel 1990 Vintage Diamond Quilted Belt Waist Mini Classic Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel 1990 Vintage Diamond Quilted Belt Waist Mini Classic Flap Bag Circa 1990 {Vintage 33 Years
Chanel 1990 Vintage Diamond Quilted Belt Waist Mini Classic Sequin Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel 1990 Vintage Diamond Quilted Belt Waist Mini Sequin Classic Flap Bag Circa 1990 {Vintage 33
Chanel Mini Flap Timeless Crema
By Chanel
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Borsa firmata Chanel, modello Timeless Mini Flap Vintage, realizzata in pelle liscia color crema
Chanel Jersey Maxi Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
. A rare and timeless piece, this vintage Chanel Maxi flap features the brand's signature burgundy
Chanel Beige CC Flap Waist Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel Vintage Beige CC Flap Waist Bag Quilted Caviar Small Bag Color: Brown Material: Leather
Chanel Classic 1990s Double Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
The Chanel Classic Double Flap Bag is a true masterpiece of craftsmanship and a symbol of the
Chanel Gingham Fabric Maxi Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
This Chanel Maxi Flap Bag is crafted in classic gingham fabric, offering a textured, tactile
Vintage Chanel 1997 Lambskin Mini Flap Box Bag
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
Vintage Chanel mini lambskin leather quilted box flap bag circa 1990. made of black leather quilted
CHANEL Diana Flap Bag Beige Lambskin 1990s Collection
By Chanel
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Magnifique sac à main CHANEL modèle Diana 25, réalisé en cuir d’agneau beige et sublimé par une
Chanel Brown Classic Lizard Leather Flap Bag 1996
By Chanel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Chanel Brown Classic Lizard Flap Bag 1996. Beautiful chanel bag in lizard and gold toned hardware
Chanel 23cm multicolor tweed 2.55 flap shoulder bag
By Chanel
Located in Sheung Wan, HK
- Chanel 23cm multicolor tweed reissue 2.55 flap shoulder bag from 1997-1999 collection
Chanel Gold Metallic Top Handle Quilted Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel Rare Limited Edition 1994 Runway Gold Metallic Quilted Lambskin Flap 1994 {VINTAGE 30 Years
$3,618Sale Price|20% Off
Chanel Black Suede CC Turn-Lock Flap Handbag
By Chanel
Located in Sheung Wan, HK
- Vintage Chanel black suede CC turn-lock flap handbag. - Circa 1994-1996. - One Interior pocket
CHANEL Yellow Quilted Satin Vintage Mini Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Chanel Yellow Quilted Satin Vintage Mini Flap Bag Product Details Xupes Ref: HB4857 Brand: Chanel
$4,504Sale Price|20% Off
Chanel Brown Velvet Quilted CC Flap Belt Bag
By Chanel
Located in Sheung Wan, HK
- Chanel brown velvet quilted belt bag from year 1996 to 1997 collection. - Gold CC hardware turn
$3,462Sale Price|29% Off
Chanel Black Suede CC Turn-Lock Flap Handbag
By Chanel
Located in Sheung Wan, HK
- Vintage Chanel black suede CC turn-lock flap handbag. - Circa 1994-1996. - One Interior pocket
Chanel beige suede 2.55 flap chocolate bar shoulder bag
By Chanel
Located in Sheung Wan, HK
- Chanel 2.55 reissue flap bag features a mademoiselle turn lock and is made of beige suede leather
Chanel 90s Quilted Lambskin Multi-Chain Flap Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
in black. The bag features a five strand leather threaded chain strap, a CC turn-lock on the flap, a
Vintage Chanel Burnt Orange Lambskin Medium Biface Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Jakarta, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta
Vintage chanel medium biface shoulder flap bag in reddish orange lambskin. Slight creasing due to
Chanel mini square black velvet classic flap shoulder bag
By Chanel
Located in Sheung Wan, HK
- Super Rare vintage Chanel mini square black velvet classic flap shoulder bag from 1997 to 1999
CHANEL Diana Flap Bag Black Lambskin – 1991–1994 Collection
By Chanel
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Magnifique sac à main CHANEL modèle Diana, réalisé en cuir d’agneau noir et sublimé par une
1990s Chanel Beige Caviar Leather Medium Diana Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Jakarta, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta
is attached but rubbed off. Comes with replacement chanel dust bag.
Vintage 1990s Chanel Gold Flap Bag Drop Clip On Earrings
By Chanel
Located in Jakarta, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta
Classic rare Chanel drop flap bag gold clip on earrings. Very unique collectible statement piece
Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Jumbo Classic Single Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Jumbo Classic Single Flap Bag Product Details Xupes Ref: HB5716
Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Vintage Square Mini Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Vintage Square Mini Flap Bag Product Details Xupes Ref: HB5975 Brand
Chanel 1991 Quilted Lambskin Vintage Jumbo Maxi Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel Quilted Lambskin Vintage Jumbo Maxi Flap Bag Year: 1991 Gold hardware Black quilted
Chanel Vintage Timeless Single Flap Small Lambskin Leather Bag
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
Chanel Vintage Timeless Single Flap Small Lambskin Leather Bag Black smooth lambskin leather bag
Chanel Vintage 1999 Pink Mini Square Classic Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
Crafted in the late '90s, this Chanel Vintage 1999 Pink Mini Square Classic Flap Bag features soft
Chanel 23C Woven Houndstooth Black White Flap Bag GHW 68577
By Chanel
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Store item: 68577 Chanel 23C Woven Houndstooth Black White Flap Bag GHW For more than 20 years
$4,464Sale Price|53% Off
Chanel Square Mini Gold Metallic Lambskin Quilted Flap Handbag
By Chanel
Located in Sheung Wan, HK
- Chanel square mini gold metallic lambskin leather quilted flap handbag from 1996 to 1997
chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Vintage Medium Classic Double Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
"Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Vintage Medium Classic Double Flap Bag Product Details Xupes Ref
Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Vintage Small Classic Double Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Vintage Small Classic Double Flap Bag Product Details Xupes Ref
Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Vintage Paris-Limited Mini Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
"Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Vintage Paris-Limited Mini Flap Bag Product Details Xupes Ref
Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Vintage Medium Classic Double Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Vintage Medium Classic Double Flap Bag Product Details Xupes Ref
Vintage 1990s Chanel Beige Lambskin Quilted Medium Zip Flap Backpack
By Chanel
Located in Jakarta, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta
Chanel lambskin backpack in a classic medium flap shape with both zipper and flap closure. Slight
Chanel 1996 Vintage Caramel Beige Tortoise Classic Flap Bag Lambskin 68030
By Chanel
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Store item: 68030 Classic Chanel vintage is this quilted caramel beige lambskin single flap with
Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Vintage Small Classic Single Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Vintage Small Classic Single Flap Bag Product Details Xupes Ref
CHANEL Timeless Classic Mini Single Flap Black Lambskin Handbag 1989–1991
By Chanel
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Magnifique sac à main CHANEL modèle Timeless Classique Mini Single Flap, confectionné en cuir
Chanel Vintage Diana Medium Black Lambskin 24K Gold Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Chanel’s vintage Diana flap, is a timeless and sought-after handbag that exudes elegance and
CHANEL Timeless Classic Mini Single Flap Beige Lambskin Handbag 1989–1991
By Chanel
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Magnifique sac à main CHANEL modèle Timeless Classique Mini Single Flap, confectionné en cuir
Chanel 90s Vintage Caviar Black Classic Flap Boy Mini Crossbody Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel 90s Vintage Caviar Black Classic Flap Boy Mini Crossbody Bag Black calf leather flap
CHANEL Timeless Classic Mini Single Flap Black Lambskin Handbag 1989–1991
By Chanel
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Magnifique sac à main CHANEL modèle Timeless Classique Mini Single Flap, réalisé en cuir d’agneau
CHANEL Timeless Classic Small Double Flap White Lambskin Handbag 1994-1996
By Chanel
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Magnifique sac à main CHANEL modèle Timeless Classique Small Double Flap, confectionné en cuir
Chanel Navy Quilted Lambskin Vintage Medium Classic Double Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Chanel Navy Quilted Lambskin Vintage Medium Classic Double Flap Bag Product Details Xupes Ref
Chanel Classic Flap Portfolio Caviar Briefcase Black Leather Laptop Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel Classic Flap Portfolio Caviar Briefcase Black Leather Laptop Bag Gold tone hardware Black
Chanel Timeless Jumbo Big Logo Flap Vintage Borsa A Spalla
By Chanel
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Borsa firmata Chanel, modello Timeless Vintage, misura Jumbo, realizzata in pelle liscia trapuntata
CHANEL Beige Caviar Leather Vintage XL Classic Single Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Chanel Beige Caviar Leather Vintage XL Classic Single Flap Bag Product Details Xupes Ref: HB5217
CHANEL Black Caviar Leather Vintage Medium Classic Single Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
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Chanel 1994 Vintage Black Maxi Classic Flap Bag 24k GHW 68171
By Chanel
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Store item: 68171 Every vintage Chanel enthusiast knows how difficult it is to find this exact
Chanel Lambskin Quilted Flap Camera Tassel Case Shoulder Bag Black
By Chanel
Located in Salt Lake Cty, UT
Authentic Chanel leather quilted flap camera shoulder bag. This bag is in amazing condition
Chanel CC turn-lock brown velvet quilted flap belt bag
By Chanel
Located in Sheung Wan, HK
- Chanel brown velvet quilted belt bag from year 1996 to 1997 collection. - Featuring gold toned
Chanel Kelly Flap Bag Black Leather Adjustable Strap24k Gold Hardware
By Chanel
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
CONDITION: GOOD This authentic vintage Chanel bag is in good condition with light moderate signs
CHANEL Red Caviar Leather Vintage XL Classic Single Flap Bag
By Chanel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Chanel Red Caviar Leather Vintage XL Classic Single Flap Bag Product Details Xupes Ref: HB4725
Chanel CC Quilted Jumbo Classic Caviar Leather Flap Bag Black
By Chanel
Located in Salt Lake Cty, UT
Authentic Chanel CC classic flap jumbo quilted black caviar leather cross body bag. Features flap
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.
Ever since we’ve needed an accessory to carry our personal items when we’re on the go, shoulder bags have proven indispensable. Today, vintage and designer shoulder bags are such a treasured part of fashion history that they even get their own museum exhibitions. And while lovers of luxury handbags and purses are savvier now and have a wider range of shopping options, classics created by brands such as Louis Vuitton, Dior and Balenciaga still rule.
Prior to bags becoming an essential piece of any ensemble for any gender, women wore pockets strung on ribbons as garments that were separate from their gowns, accessible by openings in the fabric. Small handbags and handheld purses were developed before the accessory gained importance as functional and fashionable. Most had more in common with wallets than anything else.
While the bags of the 16th century warranted ornament, such as exteriors embroidered with silver-gilt thread and beads, it wasn’t until the late 18th century and early 19th century that the design and craft of bags had really broadened. Handheld purses were finished with details that were meant to garner attention, and bags were fitted with shoulder straps. A stylish shoulder bag meant that women could tote jewelry, cash and perhaps a decorative snuff box full of tobacco to an evening ball across town.
The early 1900s saw the introduction of gold and silver minaudières. The patenting of these compact bejeweled clutches has been attributed to revered French jewelry house Van Cleef & Arpels, and today they remain a fashion favorite. One of Judith Leiber’s innovative minaudières even earned a role in the movie Sex and the City.
A luxury shoulder bag is a work of art with a long, fascinating origin story, and entire brands and fashion lines have emerged around creating the perfect versions of shoulder bags and top-handle bags. For example, the iconic Hermès Kelly bag, which was popularized by actress Grace Kelly, is a widely coveted, collected and often faked entry from the handbag hall of fame. And while vintage Gucci tote bags have their own dedicated fan base, collectors are likely familiar with the Dionysus, a pared-down Gucci shoulder bag that manages to make a substantial statement anyway.
Embrace a classic look with a vintage shoulder bag designed by Chanel, Givenchy or Fendi — find yours on 1stDibs today.
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.