The Classic Flap Bag : Medium or the Jumbo?

[Sina]

Originally Posted by injenue

sorry to hijack... when you all mentioned too small to carry things... how small is it really? i'm trying to decide between med/lge and jumbo... i carry a long wallet.. phone.. keys and sometimes handcream and tissue :P... so will it fit in a medium? the bag i'm after is the distressed caviar hybrid... and apparently it's very soft and can fit a bit more?

I don't think it will fit. You would probably be able to fit your wallet, phone, keys (depending on how many keys you have) and maaaaybe tissue. In my medium, I could only fit my long wallet and my phone. When you take stuff out, it's always a pain because you have to move other things aside instead of just throwing it back in.

[purly]

I think the caviar Jumbo is the best overall bag that Chanel has made.

[RRSC]

I personally love the jumbo size. When I first started buying Chanel I only bought the medium size and now I really regret it. I NEVER use them bcuz they are just too small and I can't fit much in it. I also use a long wallet and once I put my wallet in there all the space is gone! So i say go for the jumbo if you plan on using it everyday

[I-shop]

jumbo. Black is very easy to maintain and also timeless.. white gives you very different look. I have black&white jumbo and love both with different reasons... The red look stuning.. hopefully they produce that color again and I'm on the list!

M/L is also nice for evening..I'd love to get one in black with GH.. but now now

[LVaznGRL]

I have the black caviar med/large flap and I love the size, despite the fact that it doesn't hold very much and I tend to pack my entire life in my purse. The jumbo was just way too overwhelming on me.

[BagLover21]

i love my jumbo. i carry it during the day and out at night!

[sweetprincess]

Hey,

I hv 1 XL jumbo which is a vintage. I just bought my jumbo classic yesterday and I miss the size for my XL already. The jumbo is only enough to hold my LV long wallet/make up pouch and cell phone . The jumbo is good for ladies with long/big wallet as the medium/large dont seem to be able to hold much.

[angelsky]

I know its a little early to be talking about Fall, but I am keen to put my name on the wait list, but I dont want to keep harassing my SA about changing my mind on sizes.

Which should I put my name down for? The medium or the Jumbo? Currently I have the 226 for the reissue and I think its a good size for me, 225 is too small. So I am basing on the 226 to make a comparison to the classic ones, would it be medium or Jumbo? I know the Jumbo may hang too big on my build, I am about 5"1, but it seems many of the tfpers are petite but they look good in the jumbo too. So should I just go for the Jumbo?

In addition, I hear that there is going to be brown, blue, red and grey coming out. What is a classic color that I should go for?

I have the e/w pochette in black caviar, the red caviar with bijioux chain medium (which is coming soon), the black metallic reissue 226 g/hw/. I thought about getting red initially since its such a hard to come by color, but I was thinking in jumbo maybe too loud, plus I already have the medium red with bijoux on the way, so I thought about grey, which seems gives quite a cool kind of color and is so easily matched with all my stuff, blue seems quite hard to match.

Any opinions? I mean, I can't get both, life sucks :). If I were to get both red and grey, I may just go for 1 patent that seems to be coming for fall too, or just to cruise and wait for after fall.

[I-shop]

I'm a 5"1 too but not petite so Jumbo work out good for me. I think the medium is too small for everyday use. But its good for evening, on the other hand, jumbo is too big for party/evening.

In term of color, I prefer red, because this fall shade of red is different from the caviar. this is more deep red. but I think grey is also a safe option since, greis is the new black, isn't it? I think i'm not helping you

[angelsky]

:) thanks, i am looking for a everyday bag, since jumbo can go from day to night for casual dinners. but i think likely i will only be able to carry it with both chains rather than single drop. initially i was quite hesitant, but i notice that because the bag kind of flatten and slouches itself, its less structured, making the jumbo look a little smaller :)

its indeed tempting to get both. sigh ~~~~. especially with the new price increase every now and then. soon chanel will be beyond me.

i saw someone's modelling pictures of the brown lambskin last year, it was really beautiful, not the dull brown, but the caramel type of brown.

btw, you mean you've seen the new fall red? wow.

[angelsky]

btw, if the grey is the one on the anniversary reissue. i am a goner. thats such a classy one.

[bagalogist]

Novice to Chanel world. Thinking of buying my 1st chanel classic flap. I am 5'2", is the jumbo too big for me?

Med size can't hold much, considering my bulky wallet, pda, cellphone, tissue,.... but it is elegant for both day and night.

Jumbo size can even hold my baby's diaper and diaper wipe, but is it too casual for something like wedding dinner?

gold or silver HW? is the gold chain too mature and formal for daily use? while the silver too casual for night? Guess i can't afford to own too many chanel and trying to maximise my chanel's mileage, for all occasion, day and night Or is this wishful thinking?

thanks a bunch

[anez]

I don't think the silver is too casual, but then for me it's all about matching with my jewellery and I don't wear yellow gold. I think you should decide the HW based on your existing wardrobe/accessories and what would fit better overall.

In terms of size-for-you, visually, you should probably try them on at your nearest Chanel store, I have been very surprised at how even a small size difference in a purse can look on me (I'm 5'4 and a size 4), but everyone is different and everyone's personal aesthetic is different, so you may love how petite an oversized bag makes you look, or you may prefer how chic the smaller bags appear on you.

...As to what it can hold... Maybe this is the opinion of someone who does not have kids, but could you really live with yourself if you kept diapers in a Chanel? The difference in formalness between the Jumbo and the classic is, in my opinion, quite big, so it's hard to buy just one Chanel to cover all eventualities.

Some food for thought for you, at least. ...And you haven't even started talking leathers or colors yet.

[jellybeanz]

My first was a med/large with silver hardware. I generally wear silver/white gold/plat jewelry so I thought the silver HW would look better. I love the jumbo but I think it's really casual and *really* big (I'm 5'4" size 0/2), and I wanted something I could use for evening as well.

If you're looking for something that can work as a diaper bag I'd look at something like the GST.

[bagalogist]

I guess I am desperate to maximise on my investment. I don't mean to use it as diaper bag, but just to throw in one diaper in case of emergency :-) And I should graduate from diaper changing once and for all, after having been thru it 4 times!

So can the med/large store most of your neccesities for regular day wear? i am just afraid that if i buy the med size and it can't hold some of my stuffs, it may just end up sitting pretty in the closet. I don't want to buy a Chanel just for dinner as i don't go out that often, i just hope that the jumbo can pass as a dinner bag occasionally, or would ppl know i am just a dummy in the chanel world trying too hard ?