I understand your stress, but if everything else is perfect then please don’t return it! Believe me when I say (as I speak from experience!) that most flaps have “defects” and you will never find the perfect one. You are lucky that the only thing wrong with yours is the crooked flap. Many flaps have several things wrong with them. The crookedness is not noticeable at all and I have seen flaps that are a lot more crooked than yours. Please don’t worry about it.Thank you for your reply! I am trying to not worry about it but I'm struggling. It's such a nice bag and it would be a shame to return it just because I can't get this tiny issue out of my head. Also a hassle to find a new one and use the credit note on time, especially seeing as most flaps seem to be slightly crooked... lol! Thanks again
Chanel Flap - are the flaps not completely straight?
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Hmm I’m looking at your 2nd photo closely. I think what’s attributing to the “unevenness” of the flap is that the bag is slightly tilted. The surface of the table is tilted as well. It’s not completely facing forwarding, which makes me lean on the side of thinking your flaps are not crooked at all. In the 1st photo, the bag is laying flat on its back. I don’t see the crooked flaps. I understand that these bags are $$$$, so we just end up scrutinizing every little thing. From what I see, you should keep this bag if this is the only thing that you think is wrong with the bag. It is a beautiful bag, enjoy it!Hi everyone!
I go on this forum often and find that a lot of people post about Chanel bags having flaws. Some are very insignificant while others are not, like loose stitches or lopsided flaps. I feel I’ve gotten more nervous about purchasing Chanel bags since they so often have flaws.
I purchased a medium flap the other day that I inspected really closely in store. I thought that the flap itself was perfectly straight and well aligned however when I got home I realized it’s actually not, and the reason it looked perfect in store was that the chain was tucked in lifting the flap a bit.
I realize that it’s a MINOR imperfection, on the left side it’s a bit higher placed than the right side (see pictures). It’s literally just a few millimetres. Some of you probably think this is silly. But this is only my second Chanel bag (my first one has a perfectly aligned flap but had other issues with it).
So, I guess, my question is - is it normal for the flap not to be entirely straight? Or is this a flaw, as in, is the flap lopsided?
So thankful for any advice! It’s a big purchase for me so I just want to be sure I got a good bag
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Such a gorgeous color! I think the crookedness is not that obvious. My CF’s flap is the same, guess it’s pretty normal. Hope you decided to keep the bag! ❤️
Omg, I thought I was the only one with a defective baby blue item. When I had originally purchased my 21c baby blue mini from Bloomingdales, I had realized when I placed mine flat on the counter that it was slightly curved at bottom. It was definitely quite upsetting. 
Hi! I just posted in an other thread that I had the same issue! Carefully inspected the bag in store after seeing two others that were very bent or uneven. I got home and mine is the same! I have been looking up pictures and unsure about it because it is all I can see, however I do love the bag overall. Heres a picture of mine. The left side is slightly shorter than the right and less curved. Can I ask what you ended up doing? I'm conflicted as I would have to order a new one from a store without seeing it and I don't want to end up with one even more flawed, but I also don't want to regret keeping it and having it bother me.
