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Jan 02

Chanel handbags - Going Loco over Coco!

The Chanel handbags line in the French fashion house, Chanel, has had three lives so to speak.

Gabriella “Coco” Chanel opened her doors first in 1912, providing haute couture to those that could afford it. Coco revolutionized women’s wear by borrowing clothing styles from her male friends and replacing women’s corseted outfits with easy going designs in jersey. Coco Chanel closed those doors in 1939.

Then, in 1954, Coco started up shop again, this time providing ready-to-wear suits in tweeds and jersey materials.

(Hello? This is so Jackie before she became Jackie O.)

Finally, the latest to breathe life into the Chanel House of Fashion would be none other than bad boy Karl Lagerfeld.

Coco Chanel’s personal life reads like a Jackie Collins novel. She was born in 1883 in France to a lower-class working family. Her mother died when she was six and her father soon abandoned the children.

Coco had a brief stint as an entertainer (that’s how she came about her nickname, Coco). She befriended some wealthy benefactors that not only helped her set up shop but also helped her get her first clients.

chanel handbags have been on ladies arms since we can remember If Chanel had only produced a perfume, it would have been enough for the fashion world. But she’s also designed the original LBD - “little black dress” - that every woman should have at least one of. And if you haven’t seen that little quilted leather handbag of hers, you must be living under a rock!

That classic quilted leather handbag has been redone for 2005 in different finishes including a wool blend. The purse is finished with the classic double C logo on the clasp and gold chunky trim. You’ll get to unpack it from its standard black and white packaging.

Chanel handbags come in a dizzying array of fabrics and treatments. Tweeds and gold are a popular mix. You can find the classic quilted leather handbag in a number of different colors: hot pink, blue, white, cream, and black.

Make sure you’re sitting down when you read about how much it will cost you to own original Chanel handbags though.

Are you sitting comfortably??

Thousands of dollars.

I’m not kidding. Be prepared to put down at least one G, if not close to two for the pleasure of carrying around Chanel handbags. Hey, if you want to keep up with the jet setters, it’s going to cost you! If you find Chanel handbags with a price tag of under $500, it’s not a steal, it’s either stolen or it’s counterfeit. !!

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