Vintage Bags anyone?
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In my experience, the best way to authenticate/research the very vintage bags is by looking through vintage fashion magazines. You can find a lot of vintage Chanel ads in vintage Vogues and Harper's Bazaar.
I'm not an expert on Chanel, but I do know your bag can't be 60 years old. Since it has the interlocking C's on the front flap, it would have been made in the 1980's and not any earlier since that's when the CC design was first introduced by Karl Lagerfeld.
http://wikifashion.com/wiki/Chanel/Bags/Chanel_2.55_Bag
You should ask about it in the Authenticate Chanel thread:
http://forum.purseblog.com/chanel-shopping/authenticate-this-chanel-564994.html#post14457076
This is interesting...although the "replica boom" really got big in the 70s-80s, I found evidence all the way back to 1929 of Chanel bags being copied:
Here's the newspaper ad:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?i...FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4571,1571153&dq=chanel+bag&hl=en
And I should clarify from my previous reply that the Double C's on the OUTSIDE of the bag weren't used until the 80's. They were used on the inside of the vintage Chanel bags back in the 50s and 60s:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?i...DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4393,1987897&dq=chanel+bag&hl=en
I'm a vintage Dooney & Bourke collector and seller. They are just so beautifully made and the craftsmanship is amazing.
I found this vintage (circa 1980) Barbara Bolan "Made in Italy" bag at the Savers yesterday for $3. I had never heard of Barbara Bolan but it was obviously a quality bag. The leather is very soft like lamb nappa and the snakeskin trim appears to be genuine.
The bag still has the original price tag inside from Joseph Stores. The retail price was $275 and it was marked down to $152. According to the inflation calculator $152 in 1980 is worth $477 in 2012, so this was an expensive bag! The tag is marked and "snake" and "wine".
It is a wine-color but it looks like a bright red in the pictures. It's a beautiful vintage bag in great condition!
I remember Joseph's stores in Chicago when I was a kid and they carried very expensive shoes and bags. I found a link for Joesph stores in Texas and they still carry designer brands. See the links below:
1980 news article about designer Barbara Bolan:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...=acUPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Wo0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6379,42967
About Joseph stores:
http://www.josephstores.com/shoes.htm
The bag still has the original price tag inside from Joseph Stores. The retail price was $275 and it was marked down to $152. According to the inflation calculator $152 in 1980 is worth $477 in 2012, so this was an expensive bag! The tag is marked and "snake" and "wine".
It is a wine-color but it looks like a bright red in the pictures. It's a beautiful vintage bag in great condition!
I remember Joseph's stores in Chicago when I was a kid and they carried very expensive shoes and bags. I found a link for Joesph stores in Texas and they still carry designer brands. See the links below:
1980 news article about designer Barbara Bolan:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...=acUPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Wo0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6379,42967
About Joseph stores:
http://www.josephstores.com/shoes.htm
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Wow!! That's really pretty! I've not found one of her bags before! Fun little holiday party bag or something!
I would say no, they're not really up in that kind of league, good brand though.
Though I usually have my eyes out for Coach bags, I occasionally get lucky with other brands. Don't know if these are truly "vintage" but they make me happy nonetheless!
While in Hilton Head, SC over Thanksgiving I found a wonderful - and HUGE - Brighton duffle for $5. It has a spot on the front that I couldn't even budge in a good long bath. It's kind of crispy and solid. Tried everything in my bag of tricks, oh well. Love it anyway.
And after returning to FL, found this Oroton at Goodwill Bargain Barn for $1! Thanks to expert advice from Katev (thanks!), I washed it too. I have no earthly idea what the previous owner was carrying inside it, but it was a hot mess! Cleaned up well enough to carry though. Thanks to what I've learned on this forum - I recognized this one as a pretty good deal. Saw a new one of the same style on ebay yesterday for $289! Yay! Oroton leather is just gorgeous, with a lot of texture and shine.
Posted here are before pics - just haven't had time for afters.
While in Hilton Head, SC over Thanksgiving I found a wonderful - and HUGE - Brighton duffle for $5. It has a spot on the front that I couldn't even budge in a good long bath. It's kind of crispy and solid. Tried everything in my bag of tricks, oh well. Love it anyway.
And after returning to FL, found this Oroton at Goodwill Bargain Barn for $1! Thanks to expert advice from Katev (thanks!), I washed it too. I have no earthly idea what the previous owner was carrying inside it, but it was a hot mess! Cleaned up well enough to carry though. Thanks to what I've learned on this forum - I recognized this one as a pretty good deal. Saw a new one of the same style on ebay yesterday for $289! Yay! Oroton leather is just gorgeous, with a lot of texture and shine.
Posted here are before pics - just haven't had time for afters.
