“My biggest Chanel ever.” Throwback for Chiara Ferragniwho decides to propose to followers one Chanel 2.55 in an extra large version underlining the vintage look of the iconic bag that comes from the 90s. Ferragni’s love for luxury bags is well known, especially Chanel and in particular the 2.55. A question of fashion, aesthetic taste and why not also entrepreneurial. There are objects that increase in value over time: this is the case of the Chanel 2.55, the queen of bags created by the legendary Coco. An accessory that has quadrupled its prices in 30 years. For example, iconavintage.com reports if in 1990 the price of an average size (25.5 cm) was one million and 700 thousand lire, its valuation in 2021 is 6,050 euros.
The maxi bag sported by Ferragni in the story on Instagram is definitely larger than the average rating and certainly vintage. An investment carried over the shoulder and presented several years ago. In a 2015 post, Chiara informed fans that she had received a “vintage and super rare Chanel XL 2.55” as a birthday present, large enough to be “a perfect travel bag”. The first Chanel purchased by Chiara Ferragni, Fanpage reports, is a classic flap model in a tricolor version, nowadays not found even on luxury second-hand sites. After all, Coco Chanel designed the 2.55 as an elegant but at the same time practical accessory: it would respond to the needs of the woman of the 1950s, a modern, active and dynamic woman. A classic clutch, but with a strap. Thus allowing women to carry a bag on their shoulders.
A revolutionary object that over the years has been renewed in details and dimensions, passing from the mini version to the maxi jumbo. In 1983, twelve years after Coco’s death, Karl Lagerfeld decided on a restyling of the 2.55, adding a long and thin strip of leather between the links of the chain that made up the shoulder strap and changing the rectangular “Mademoiselle lock” with the “double C lock” “or the double C closure, the distinctive logo of the maison. This new bag took the name of “classic flap” also called 2.88. The 2.55 (the name corresponds to the year of its creation, i.e. February 1955) available in six sizes and re-proposed almost every year embellished with various materials, fabrics or leathers, remains an evergreen of style, one of the most desired of all time .
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