CHANEL Tan/Black Quilted Leather Large Cambon Tote Bag rt $2, 250
Located in New York, NY
CHANEL Tan/Black Quilted Leather Large Cambon Tote Bag Features interior leather strap with
CHANEL Tan/Black Quilted Leather Large Cambon Tote Bag rt $2, 250
Located in New York, NY
CHANEL Tan/Black Quilted Leather Large Cambon Tote Bag Features interior leather strap with
Sold|$2,835
Chanel Deauville Tote Canvas Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Deauville Tote Canvas Large, crafted in yellow canvas, this stylish, features dual-flat
Sold|$2,665
Chanel Deauville Tote Canvas Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Deauville Tote Canvas Large, crafted in red canvas, features dual-flat handles, woven
Sold|$3,350
Chanel Deauville Tote Raffia Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Deauville Tote Raffia Large, crafted from black raffia, features dual leather handles
Sold|$3,175
Chanel Deauville Tote Raffia Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Deauville Tote Raffia Large, crafted from yellow raffia, features dual leather handles
Sold|$3,360
Chanel Deauville Tote Raffia Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Deauville Tote Raffia Large, crafted from pink raffia, features dual leather handles
Sold|$5,705
Chanel Deauville Tote Shearling Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
11" Designer: Chanel Model: Deauville Tote Shearling Large Exterior Material: Shearling Exterior
Sold|$7,130
Chanel Deauville Tote Shearling Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
", Strap Drop 11" Designer: Chanel Model: Deauville Tote Shearling Large Exterior Material: Shearling
Sold|$5,150
Chanel Deauville Tote Wool Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
: Deauville Tote Wool Large Exterior Material: Wool Exterior Color: Black Interior Material: Fabric Interior
Sold|$5,705
Chanel Deauville Tote Shearling Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
: Handle Drop 4", Height 12", Width 16.5", Depth 7", Strap Drop 11" Designer: Chanel Model: Deauville Tote
Sold|$5,255
Chanel Deauville Tote Shearling Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Drop 4", Height 12", Width 17", Depth 7", Strap Drop 11" Designer: Chanel Model: Deauville Tote
Sold|$3,140
Chanel Deauville Tote Canvas Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
", Strap Drop 10.5" Designer: Chanel Model: Deauville Tote Canvas Large Exterior Material: Canvas (Plain
Sold|$7,525
Chanel Deauville Tote Shearling Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
: Deauville Tote Shearling Large Exterior Material: Shearling Exterior Color: Black Interior Material: Fabric
Sold|$3,210
Chanel Deauville Tote Canvas Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
", Height 12.5", Width 15", Depth 5", Strap Drop 10.5" Designer: Chanel Model: Deauville Tote Canvas Large
Sold|$4,715
Chanel Deauville Tote Shearling Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
: Chanel Model: Deauville Tote Shearling Large Exterior Material: Shearling Exterior Color: Black Interior
Sold|$1,160
Chanel Vintage Tote Caviar Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
: Handle Drop 6.5", Height 11", Width 15.5", Depth 5", Strap Drop 19" Designer: Chanel Model: Vintage Tote
Sold|$2,030
Chanel Camellia Tote Lambskin Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
" Designer: Chanel Model: Camellia Tote Lambskin Large Exterior Material: Leather Exterior Color: Black
Sold|$1,595
Chanel Mademoiselle Tote Caviar Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
", Width 17", Depth 8", Strap Drop 10" Designer: Chanel Model: Mademoiselle Tote Caviar Large Exterior
Sold|$1,775
Chanel Mademoiselle Tote Caviar Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
", Width 17", Depth 8", Strap Drop 10" Designer: Chanel Model: Mademoiselle Tote Caviar Large Exterior
Sold|$1,490
Chanel Vintage Tote Caviar Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
", Strap Drop 17", Strap Drop 17" Designer: Chanel Model: Vintage Tote Caviar Large Exterior Material
Sold|$2,920
Chanel Deauville Tote Raffia Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
", Width 15", Depth 8", Strap Drop 12" Designer: Chanel Model: Deauville Tote Raffia Large Exterior
Sold|$1,005
Chanel Vintage Open Tote Caviar Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Vintage Open Tote Caviar Large is perfect for everyday use with a classic yet
Sold|$1,495
Chanel Shopping Tote Embellished Tweed Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Shopping Tote Embellished Tweed Large, crafted in black embellished tweed, features
Sold|$1,425
Chanel Shopping Tote Embellished Tweed Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Shopping Tote Embellished Tweed Large, crafted in black embellished tweed, features
Sold|$1,250
Chanel Vintage Logo Tote Leather Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Vintage Logo Tote Leather Large, crafted in black leather, features dual leather straps
Sold|$1,490
Chanel CC Camellia Tote Velvet Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel CC Camellia Tote Velvet Large, crafted in green printed velvet features dual leather
Sold|$2,110
Chanel Timeless Chain Tote Caviar Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Timeless Chain Tote Caviar Large is perfect for everyday use with a classic
Sold|$830
Chanel Vintage CC Tote Denim Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Vintage CC Tote Denim Large, crafted from blue denim, features dual top handles
Chanel Melrose Cabas Tote Satin Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Melrose Cabas Tote Satin Large, crafted in black satin, features woven in satin chain
Chanel Melrose Cabas Tote Satin Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Melrose Cabas Tote Satin Large, crafted in black satin, features woven in satin chain
Sold|$2,580
Chanel Easy Tote Quilted Caviar Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Easy Tote Quilted Caviar Large, crafted in black quilted caviar, features woven in
Sold|$1,305
Chanel Cambon Tote Quilted Leather Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Cambon Tote Quilted Leather Large, crafted from pink quilted leather, features large
Chanel Cambon Tote Quilted Leather Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Cambon Tote Quilted Leather Large, crafted from neutral quilted leather, features large
Sold|$1,750
Chanel Let's Demonstrate Tote Canvas Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Let's Demonstrate Tote Canvas Large, crafted from white canvas, features dual slim
Sold|$2,615
Chanel Fever Tote Quilted Caviar Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Fever Tote Quilted Caviar Large, crafted in black quilted caviar leather, features dual
Sold|$2,835
Chanel Shopping Tote Fringe Denim Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Shopping Tote Fringe Denim Large from the brand's Pre-Spring/Summer 2015
Sold|$2,025
Chanel Timeless Chain Tote Caviar Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Timeless Chain Tote Caviar Large is perfect for everyday use with a classic
Sold|$1,885
Chanel Shopping Tote Embellished Tweed Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Shopping Tote Embellished Tweed Large, crafted in multicolor embellished tweed
Sold|$1,020
Chanel Frozen Tote Quilted Vinyl Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Frozen Tote Quilted Vinyl Large, crafted in black quilted vinyl, features dual woven-in
Sold|$1,990
Chanel Let's Demonstrate Tote Canvas Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Let's Demonstrate Tote Canvas Large, crafted in white and black canvas, features
Sold|$1,180
Chanel Drill Tote Perforated Leather Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Drill Tote Perforated Leather Large, crafted in gray metallic perforated leather
Sold|$1,090
Chanel Vintage Zip Tote Leather Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Vintage Zip Tote Leather Large, crafted in black leather, features dual leather handles
Chanel Vintage Zip Tote Leather Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Vintage Zip Tote Leather Large, crafted from black leather, features flat leather
Sold|$2,450
Chanel Easy Tote Quilted Caviar Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Easy Tote Quilted Caviar Large, crafted in blue quilted caviar, features woven in
Chanel Melrose Cabas Tote Satin Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Melrose Cabas Tote Satin Large, crafted in black satin, features woven-in satin chain
Sold|$2,575
Chanel Easy Tote Quilted Caviar Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Easy Tote Quilted Caviar Large, crafted in blue quilted caviar, features woven in
Sold|$1,950
Chanel CC Shopping Tote Denim Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel CC Shopping Tote Denim Large, crafted in blue denim, features dual denim top handles
Sold|$1,075
Chanel Vintage Shopping Tote Lambskin Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Vintage Shopping Tote Lambskin Large, crafted from black lambskin leather, features
Chanel Surpique Tote Quilted Leather Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Surpique Tote Quilted Leather Large in dark brown features Chanel's distinct
Sold|$2,045
Chanel Shopping Tote Perforated Caviar Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Shopping Tote Perforated Caviar Large is your perfect everyday accessory
Sold|$1,485
Chanel Cambon Tote Quilted Leather Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Cambon Tote Quilted Leather Large, crafted from black and neutral quilted leather
Sold|$1,270
Chanel Cambon Tote Quilted Leather Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Cambon Tote Quilted Leather Large, crafted from black quilted leather, features a large
Sold|$1,420
Chanel Ultimate Executive Tote Caviar Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Chanel Ultimate Executive Tote Caviar Large is an everyday tote made for the modern
Sold|$1,920
Chanel Timeless Chain Tote Caviar Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Timeless Chain Tote Caviar Large, crafted in black caviar leather, features woven-in
Chanel Frozen Tote Quilted Vinyl Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Frozen Tote Quilted Vinyl Large, crafted from metallic brown quilted vinyl, features
Sold|$2,055
Chanel Timeless Chain Tote Caviar Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Timeless Chain Tote Caviar Large, crafted in black caviar leather, features woven-in
Chanel Melrose Cabas Tote Satin Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
This Chanel Melrose Cabas Tote Satin Large, crafted in black satin, features woven in satin chain
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.
From classic medium-sized Louis Vuitton leather tote bags to authentic cube-like Loewe shoulder bags woven in raffia, the large selection of vintage and designer tote bags on 1stDibs offers something for special occasions as well as everyday needs.
Although part of a modern look, tote bags have been roomy and versatile accessories since at least 1944, with the launch of L.L.Bean’s “ice bag.” The Maine retailer, then largely known for rugged field coats and hunting shoes, had introduced a big, durable canvas bag that was initially intended to carry firewood or ice. In those days, to keep produce and other foods cool in refrigerators, consumers had to regularly replace the blocks of ice that were doing all the work in their bulky appliances. There was no better bag to help haul big blocks of ice from the trunk of your car to your front door and, subsequently, to your kitchen.
Years later, during the 1960s, L.L.Bean’s Boat and Tote was introduced as an overhauled structured canvas version of the ice bag. Tested to lug up to 500 pounds, the Boat and Tote became a best seller. Also during the 1960s, American designer Bonnie Cashin created the Cashin Carry for Coach. Cashin was Coach’s first lead designer, and she liked leather, large pockets and earth tones. Her modern interpretation of the tote bag introduced a touch of elegance to this increasingly ubiquitous accessory.
In the subsequent decades, more brands debuted their own iterations of the tote bag, from Tory Burch’s Perry leather tote bag to Goyard’s luxurious Saint Louis.
Pay tribute to this long and interesting history of a well-loved accessory by browsing the vintage and designer tote bags on 1stDibs.
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.