Please identify this CHANEL
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It's a vintage shoulder bag in suede. 4 series is approx. 1996/1997. They come up often on ebay and other resale sites. There is no official name since they're a bit too old. They have lot of variations on this style in suede, caviar and lambskin.
The one you linked is the pearly blue from 15C with no green at all, it's a darker blue with a gray undertone. The number on yours would need to be a 20XX to be the same color.
Outdoor Ligne Hobo, about 2009, a thread for it is here: https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/help-wth-chanel-outdoor-ligne-hobo-bag.503534/
It's not a fake. It's from a 10-series collection of bags and there were some flaps and a shoulder bag and a clutch and a belt bag, all done in gold with Chanel spelled out on the front. This person has added some type of after-market chain, so the bag itself is likely the belt bag and she added a chain through it.I am intrigued. Because if it’s a fake and someone wore it on the red carpet - umm that’s a real Glamour Don’t!
So someone showed me this photo of a bag and asked me if it was real, perhaps vintage. I am no Chanel expert to verify but I’ve never seen a WOC with the name spelled out, the quilting only on the flap (I don’t know about the back). Plus I agree with ccbaggirl89, vintage doesn’t have the name spelled out.
Maybe the chain is unique, perhaps vintage?
Some starlet or wanna-be wore it on a red carpet event in LA over the weekend. If it’s a fake, they’d have to be very bold or very ignorant.
Any thoughts? For all I know it could be a VIP special order. But something tells me no. I asked on the WOC thread as it doesn’t look like a mini. Well unless the lady has very large hands?
Thank you ccbaggirl89!!!! I couldn't wrap my head around it, thinking if it were fake and someone who didn't know any better and not know the brand took it as a red carpet clutch, yikes that would have been embarrassing for them.
Where I come from, a so-called belt bag is called a "bum bag" and wouldn't dream of carrying such as an evening bag, Chanel or otherwise. Perhaps that is why they added a chain?
Perhaps. And lots of people repurpose/remake items that were gifted to them by a family member just to make them useable again. It could also be she (or her stylist) just wanted to have a one-of-a-kind.
Here's the bag in a different light. It's hard to capture the true color.
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