My far-from-scientific gut feeling is that 99 percent of all girls polled will say they would love to own a classic quilted Chanel bag. It's the sort of simple chic that lands on the wish lists of prim preppy and downtown types alike, and it's never going out of style (or, sadly, on sale, with most classic styles retailing a little over $3,000). To celebrate what would've been Coco Chanel's birthday today, we're focusing on the quilted 2.55 bag and the stories and history behind its creation. —The name 2.55 is the bag's own birthday: It was created in February 1955. —It wasn't the first Chanel-designed bag. That honor belongs to a piece created in 1929, but the 2.55 was modified for practical reasons. "I got fed up with holding my purses in my hands and losing them, so I added a strap and carried them over my shoulder," Chanel was reported as saying in Coco Chanel by Justine Picardie. —Those chain straps might've been influenced by a few different things: the bridles and harnesses of horses or the type of belts worn by the nuns who presided over Coco's early education. —The quilted leather, now so synonymous with the
History and Facts About Classic Chanel 2.55 Bag
I started a series called: Luxury Designer Bag Investments – Are they actually worth the money? and will be going into the history & background, along with as many notes as possible into each Iconic Bag and how it reached Cult Status… and presumably stayed there! As there are many bags, I will be posting […]
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Perhaps the world's most coveted piece of arm candy, the Chanel 2.55 has been a fixture in fashion for over 50 years. But there's more to this bag than quilted leather and chain shoulder straps. As is often the case with Coco Chanel, there's a story behind the design. Coco Chanel first designed bags with shoulder…
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A bag that rivals the Birkin Bag in age and in style is Coco Chanel’s infamous “Chanel 2.55 Bag.” Of course, as with any masterpiece, there is a story behind the bag (although not one as charming as Jane Birkin’s influence on Dumas. Quite simply, in the early 1920’s, Coco tired of having to hold her…
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