Chanel Paris Greece Lesage Tweed Jacket With Hood
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
Chanel Paris Greece Lesage Tweed Jacket With Hood From 2018 Paris Greece collection as seen on Rita Ora!
Chanel Paris Greece Lesage Tweed Jacket With Hood
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
Chanel Paris Greece Lesage Tweed Jacket With Hood From 2018 Paris Greece collection as seen on Rita Ora!
Chanel Paris-Greece Faded Botanical Print Cropped Jeans
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
We Adore - Chanel Paris-Greece Faded Botanical Print Cropped Jeans From the 'The Modernity of Antiquity' Paris-Greece 2018 Cruise Collection by Karl Lagerfeld are these cotton jeans.
Chanel New White Terry Cloth Beach Bag
By Chanel
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Chanel Paris Greece 2017 Resort collection terry cloth beach bag.
Chanel Limited Edition Minaudière Paris - Greece Owl Evening Bag 2018 Resort
By Chanel
Located in Sewickley, PA
Rare Chanel Limited Edition Black and Gold Acrylic and Strass Owl Evening Bag Gold Hardware, Cruise 2018 Seen on the Paris - Greece Chanel Runway show.
Chanel Cruise 2018 Paris Athènes Greek collection One piece swimming suit
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in PARIS, FR
Chanel Cruise 2018 Paris Athènes Greek Collection by Karl Lagerfeld One piece swimming suit by Karl Lagerfeld, brand new with tag.
Chanel 2018 Resort Paris Greece Jacquard Runway Jacket - 38
By Chanel
Located in Toronto, ON
Chanel 2018 Resort Paris Greece Jacquard Runway Jacket.
CHANEL 18C GREECE RUNWAY BLack GOLD CC TOP T- SHIRT
By Chanel
Located in Krakow, PL
CHANEL 2018 Cruise Paris Greece collection runway top Black thick cotton(sweatshirt type fabric) with gold tone grecian inspired CC logo Designer size L Very good condition
CHANEL 2018 cream Cruise Collection Coat Jacket 36 XS
By Chanel
Located in Zürich, CH
100% authentic Chanel 2018 Paris- Greece cruise collection fringed coat in cream, off-white, olive green, sage green and light gray cotton (42%), acrylic (35%), nylon (11%), polyeste...
Chanel Paris Greece Leather Fingerless Gloves
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
Chanel Paris Greece Leather Fingerless Gloves Camel brown coloured gloves with gold metal leaf detailing and logo press stud closure to the back.
Chanel Paris Greece Collection Laurel Wreath Sunglasses
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
Rare Item - Chanel Paris Greece Collection Laurel Wreath Sunglasses From Resort 2018 Ancient Greece Collection are these round sunglasses.
Chanel New White Terry Cloth Beach Bag
By Chanel
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Chanel Paris Greece 2017 Resort collection terry cloth beach bag.
Chanel Paris-Greece Beach Bag Printed Terry Cloth Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 8.5", Height 18", Width 17.5", Depth 6" Designer: Chanel Model: Paris-Greece Beach Bag Printed Terry Cloth Large Exterior Mater...
Chanel Paris-Greece Beach Bag Printed Terry Cloth Large
By Chanel
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 8.5", Height 18", Width 17.5", Depth 6" Designer: Chanel Model: Paris-Greece Beach Bag Printed Terry Cloth Large Exterior Materi...
Chanel Paris/Greece Tweed Short-Sleeve Runway Mini Dress - Size US 10
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
Chanel Paris/Greece Tweed Short-Sleeve Runway Mini Dress - Stunning gold owl button down front - Lined with navy silk throughout - Gorgeous, intricate tweed detailing with cinched s...
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.
The rare looks nabbed by the pop star’s stylist are perfectly in tune with her new song, “Chanel.”
The artists put fresh spins on pieces from the ’90s and early aughts.
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This cheeky accessory is seriously fun.
For the brand’s 2014–15 ready-to-wear show in Paris, the designer was inspired by a most unexpected place: the supermarket.
It might not be as practical as a pair of mittens, but for something that looks this good, practicality really doesn't matter.
Only Chanel could elevate humble materials like denim and wicker to icon-level status.