Chloe Crocodile Embossed Tess Small Shoulder Bag Green
By Chloé
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
This chic cross body shoulder bag is crafted of crocodile embossed calfskin leather and smooth leather in green. The bag features an optional adjustable leather shoulder strap with s...
Chloe Tess Bag Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
This Chloe Tess Bag Leather Small, crafted from red leather, features a flat leather handle with rings, flat shoulder strap, slip pocket under flap, ring ornament detail, and gold an...
Chloe Tess Bag Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
Scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag, Extra Strap, With Strap Measurements: Handle Drop 8.5", Height 6.5", Width 7.5", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 18.5-20.5" Designer: Chloe Model...
Chloe Tess Bag Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Extra Strap, Dust Bag, With Strap Measurements: Handle Drop 8", Height 6.5", Width 7.5", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 20" Designer: Chloe Model: Tess Bag Leather Small Exterio...
Chloe Tess Bag Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
Minor scuffs on exterior, indentations underneath flap, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag, Extra Strap, With Strap Measurements: Handle Drop 8.5", Height 6.5", Width 7.5",...
Chloe Tess Bag Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
Minor scuffs on exterior, minor wear in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag, Extra Strap, With Strap Measurements: Handle Drop 8.5", Height 6.5", Width 7.5", Depth...
Chloe Tess Bag Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
Minor scuffs on exterior and strap, creasing on strap, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag, Extra Strap, With Strap Measurements: Handle Drop 9", Height 6.5", Width 8", Dept...
Chloe Tess Bag Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag, Extra Strap, With Strap Measurements: Handle Drop 8", Height 7", Width 8", Depth 3", Strap Drop 17.5-21.5" Designer: Chloe Model: Tess Bag Leather Small Exteri...
Chloe Tess Bag Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Extra Strap, With Strap Measurements: Handle Drop 9", Height 7.5", Width 7.5", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 18.5-20.5" Designer: Chloe Model: Tess Bag Leather Small Exterior M...
Chloe Tess Bag Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Extra Strap, Dust Bag, With Strap Measurements: Handle Drop 7.5", Height 6.5", Width 8", Depth 3", Strap Drop 18.5-20.5" Designer: Chloe Model: Tess Bag Leather Small Ex...
Chloe Tess Bag Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Extra Strap, With Strap Measurements: Handle Drop 6.5", Height 6", Width 8", Depth 3", Strap Drop 18-22" Designer: Chloe Model: Tess Bag Leather Small Exterior Material:...
Chloe Tess Bag Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Extra Strap, Dust Bag, With Strap Measurements: Handle Drop 8.5", Height 6.5", Width 7.5", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 18.5-20.5" Designer: Chloe Model: Tess Bag Leather Smal...
Chloe Tess Bag Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
Creasing, minor wear, scuffs and indentations on exterior, strap and underneath flap, loss of shape on handle, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag, Extra Strap, With Strap M...
Chloe Tess Bag Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Extra Strap, With Strap Measurements: Handle Drop 8.5", Height 6.5", Width 7.5", Depth 3", Strap Drop 18.5-20.5" Designer: Chloe Model: Tess Bag Leather Small Exterior M...
Chloe Tess Bag Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Extra Strap, With Strap Measurements: Handle Drop 8.5", Height 6.5", Width 7.5", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 18.5-20.5" Designer: Chloe Model: Tess Bag Leather Small Exterior...
Chloe Tess Bag Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
Minimal wear in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag, With Strap Measurements: Handle Drop 8", Height 7", Width 8", Depth 3", Strap Drop 19-22" Designer: Chloe Mode...
Chloe Tess Bag Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: With Strap Measurements: Handle Drop 8.5", Height 7", Width 8", Depth 3", Strap Drop 18.5-20.5" Designer: Chloe Model: Tess Bag Leather Small Exterior Material: Leather ...
Chloe Tess Bag Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: With Strap Measurements: Handle Drop 9", Height 6.5", Width 8", Depth 3", Strap Drop 18.5-22" Designer: Chloe Model: Tess Bag Leather Small Exterior Material: Leather Ex...
Chloe Tess Bag Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
Minimal wear in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag, With Strap Measurements: Handle Drop 8", Height 7", Width 8", Depth 3", Strap Drop 19-22" Designer: Chloe Mod...
Chloe Tess Bag Embroidered Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
This Chloe Tess Bag Embroidered Leather Small, crafted from green and purple embroidered leather, features a flat leather handle with rings, slip pocket under flap, ring ornament det...
Chloe Tess Bag Embroidered Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
This Chloe Tess Bag Embroidered Leather Small, crafted from green and purple embroidered leather, features a flat leather handle with rings, slip pocket under flap, ring ornament det...
Chloe Tess Bag Crocodile Embossed Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
Light scuffs on exterior and underneath flap, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust bag. Measurements: Handle Drop 8", Height 7", Width 8", Depth 3" Designer: Chloe Model: Tess Ba...
Chloe Tess Bag Crocodile Embossed Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
Light scuffs on exterior and underneath flap, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust bag. Measurements: Handle Drop 8", Height 7", Width 8", Depth 3" Designer: Chloe Model: Tess ...
Chloe Tess Bag Crocodile Embossed Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
Light scuffs on exterior and underneath flap, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust bag. Measurements: Handle Drop 8", Height 7", Width 8", Depth 3" Designer: Chloe Model: Tess ...
Chloe Small Black Leather Tess Hobo Bag
By Chloé
Located in London, GB
Small Chloe Tess Hobo Bag - Gold & hardware shoulder strap - Magnetic button closure on the outer flap and inside - Thick leather shoulder strap for comfort - Soft textured leathe...
Chloe Tess Bag Crocodile Embossed Leather Small
By Chloé
Located in NY, NY
Minor scuffs underneath flap, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag, With Strap Measurements: Handle Drop 8", Height 7", Width 8", Depth 3", Handle Drop 8", Strap Drop 18-22...
Chloe Metallic Gold Leather Small Tess Top Handle Bag
By Chloé
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Unique shapes, minimal designs, and elegance define the creations of Chloé! The Tess is one such proof. This bag has been crafted from metallic gold leather and elevated with the doo...
Chloe Grey Leather and Suede Small Tess Shoulder Bag
By Chloé
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
From the saddle shape to the gold-tone metal accents on the front, this Tess bag from Chloe is statement-making. It is crafted from leather and suede with a handle and a shoulder str...
A part of the Left Bank intellectual crowd who shared her mother’s fondness for fashion, Chloé cofounder Gaby Aghion was inspired to empower independent working women to break from the conservative dress of the 1950s and don more free-spirited, feminine designs that were appropriate for both work and social life.
Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Aghion established her fashion house in Paris in 1952 with her business partner Jacques Lenoir to develop her own source of income, separate from her husband’s. She was one of the first designers to embrace the concept of luxury prêt-à-porter as a middle ground between haute couture and off-the-rack for the masses.
In 1964, Aghion hired a fledgling Karl Lagerfeld as a designer. The pair would bring Chloé into the international spotlight with their easy yet glamorous lines that drew such fans as Jacqueline Kennedy. Lagerfeld became the staff creative lead at Chloé in 1974 and stayed with the brand until 1983, during which time he became known for his romantic silk dresses that continued Aghion’s feminine vision and were a favorite of the “rich hippie” set. In 1988, then-unknown designer Martine Sitbon took the helm of Chloé for several years before Lagerfeld returned as creative director from 1992 to 1997, drawing all of the iconic 1990s supermodels to his runway.
After his second departure, Chloé tapped yet another early-career designer to lead the label: a punky 25-year-old Stella McCartney, who earned the position not because of her famous lineage (she’s the daughter of Paul and Linda McCartney), but because of her fashion education at Central Saint Martins and work experience on London’s Savile Row and at Christian Lacroix. Following McCartney’s exit to launch her own line in 2001 — not long after introducing the diffusion label See by Chloé that year — Chloé named Phoebe Philo to the post.
Under Philo’s leadership, Chloé expanded from women’s clothing to an accessories line — including handbags — and debuted the legendary Paddington bag in 2005. The padlocked satchel, notorious for weighing a hefty three pounds while empty, became one of the “It bags” of the decade (the brand’s double-handled Marcie holds its own in that regard); the entire 8,000-bag initial production run sold out via preorders.
Philo left Chloé in 2006; her successors include, among others, Clare Waight Kelle and Natacha Ramsay-Levi, who announced that she would be departing the house in late 2020. Part of Chloé’s decades-long lasting influence — which we’d like to speculate would appease Aghion greatly — is the brand’s dedication as a career-launching platform for newbie designers, particularly women.
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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.
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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.”
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