Chanel Calfskin Shopping Bag with “door latch” inspiration clasp from Autumn Winter 2008 Collection.
A replica in red. The authentic bag has crossed stitching on handles. This replica doesn’t have any pattern on handles.
This bag looks authentic to me - it has crossed stitching handles.
Chanel Quilted Glazed Calfskin Flap Bag with interlaced chain and short leather handle from Autumn Winter 2008 collection.
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A replica in green. If this leather were crooked somehwere, the trace will be permanent. You can see the trace from this photo: on the top of this bag it looks like it is smashed.
I bought a Chanel East West bag in Burgundy and my girlfriend bought a classic Chanel 2.55 caviar bag in black in Heathrow airport early this year. Both bags cost almost the same.
Chanel East-West Bag
After 5 months, we both decided to sell them. Guess what, it turned out my girlfriend got back almost the same amount of money by selling her caviar Chanel to a second-hand designer shop but I only got back 40% of what I paid for the Chanel East-West Bag from the same shop.
Here are some tips I got from the experts as to how to invest a designer purse if you don’t plan to keep it in the rest of your life.
1, black is always the safe bet. They think burgundy is too old for young customers while mature customers won’t choose burgundy - strange!
2, it is either large bags like Chanel coco cabas or smaller bags like clutches that can sell well in the second-hand designer market.
3, classic style such as Hermes Birkin, Bottega Veneta Limited Edition Cabas, Chanel 2.55, Louis Vuitton Speedy can keep its value better than the latest style. IT bags are the bags that drop value dramatically once they pass their IT period: such as the Dior Gaucho bag.
4, my personal opinion: If you live in a humid place, please avoid buying lambskin bags unless you know how to keep the surrounding air drp! I bought this lambskin Chanel and then went to hot humid Hongkong for a 2 months holiday. When I got back to cold dry England I found MOULD on my lambskin Chanel, which I cannot get rid of!
This serial number tells the style of a bag. 121 means it is a new model from 2008.
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Lambskin is very fragile. It gets creases easily.
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Here is a Chanel bowling bag in sparkling calfskin from the Autumn/Winter 2008 collection.
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This is the Chanel cloudy effect tote from Summer 2008 collection.
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Except for the CC plate they look the same to me.
A replica:
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The lining was wrong:
Chanel Cloudy Effect Tote Bag lining
An authentic Chanel Cloudy Effect Tote Bag I found on eBay. It has silky lining.
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Leather from authentic Chanel Cloudy Effect Tote Bag is glossy supple. All quilted leather parts look full. The replica quilted leather parts look a bit empty inside.
This is a perfect example of how authentic cloudy effect leather should look like. Each quilted part is full and supple! Yummy!
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Haylie Duff, the little sister of Hilary Duff, went shopping with her CHANEL 2.55 REISSUE bag.
It is the new collection with the new chain handles.
Check out some replica here. The leather looks distressed on this bag.
But the chain straps are wrong. The authentic CHANEL 2.55 REISSUE Flap Bag should have only 3 rings on one strap. This chain strap has 5 rings!
An authentic one in grey distressed lambskin:
A close look of the chain strap - this is a replica! They got the chain strap right on this bag, while the clasp in front is too small for this size.
Christy Turlington is back for the Spring Chanel collection. She does look a bit old in this photo. It is not her skin or wrinkle but her bone structure that made her look less fresh. But I agree she ages very gracefully.
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An authentic Chanel East West Bag
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A replica:
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another replica:
Check out the zigzag stitching! The zigzag stitching on a replica bag has bigger space in between.
An authentic Chanel East West Bag has close zigzag stitching! (click to enlarge the photo)
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Another replica - check out the crowded zigzag stitching around the corner and the loose stitching in front!
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