Coco Chanel's Real Classic Flap Handbag

In February 1955 Coco Chanel introduced a handbag that was destined to become the iconic bag know as the 2.55

. The bag was designed with a double flap (one on the interior beneath the exterior flap) and featured a mademoiselle (rectangular) closure and an all metal chain. The name 2.55 refers to February 1955 when the bag was first issued by Chanel For those who may be Chanel No. 5 perfume lovers, the No. 5 was simply the 5th sample tube that CocoChanel tested. Simplicity at its finest!

Some of the interesting details behind the design of the 2.55 are as follows though it difficult to be certain which are accurate and which are part of the Chanel legend. The lining of the original 2.55 was a brownish red color which purportedly represented the color of the uniforms at the Catholic orphanage where Coco grew up following her mother's death and father's departure. The inside compartment located beneath the outer flap is where Coco Chanel presumably hid her love letters. The shoulder strap is said to be designed after the chains on which the nun's keys dangled at their waist of their habits. The turn lock was called the "the Mademoiselle Lock" presumably because Coco Chanel never married.

In 1983 Karl Lagerfeld joined the house of Chanel as Artistic Director / Chief Designer. Based on research it is believed that while Coco Chanel designed the original interlocking CC logo it was not often used in her designs rather it was Karl Lagerfeld who introduced the interlocking CC closure on the flaps handbags that are so popular today.

The term ClassicChanel CoCo Flap commonly refers to the flap with the interlocking CC logo turnstile closure, a chain with interwoven leather, and more rounded shape to the outer flap. The most immediately identifiable differences from the 2.55 are the chain, with the interwoven leather and the CC closure which to some has become the "classic" Chanel bag though it was issue decades later than the 2.55.

In February 2005 Karl Lagerfeld re-made the 2.55, exactly as Coco Chanel had made the original in 1955. This

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