First Chanel: Need help deciding which boy bag to get!

[ceeayeess]

Hi, I'm in the midst of buying a preloved medium Chanel Le Boy for myself. It'll be my first ever Chanel bag, my first ever designer bag in fact. I've narrowed it down to 2 bags - a discontinued black smooth calfskin:

and a red calfskin in the classic quilted design:


Any thoughts and advice on which would be the better purchase would be much appreciated please. I think both bags are beautiful and I need something that is more durable / doesn't need much babying because this is going to be a heavily used bag. And as I now work from home, I dress very casually and so would need a design that doesn't look too "special event-y".

Thanks!

 

[Sunshine888]

The quilted will be more durable...pretty red ❤️

 

[Venessa84]

I’d also go for the red quilted one.

 

[XCCX]

The quilted red one! It’s beautiful!

 

[lovieluvslux]

Quilted is more special.

 

[luvcoach2]

The quilted red one - it is so pretty!

 

[OCMomof3]

Red!

 

[thebagqueen]

quilted red! It’s lovely

 

[Kem45]

+1 for the quilted red. The lack of design on the black is both not as eye catching (in my opinion) and more likely to show wear.

 

[roshe]

Red. Is there an option to get a black quilted?

 

[yhlk]

without quilt it looks a bit empty, i'd go for either color, but with chevron or quilt