Chanel · ultra luxury
By Arielle · Catalogued July 2026
Chanel's signature quilted flap bag, distinguished from the 2.55 reissue by its CC turn-lock closure (vs. the 2.55's mademoiselle rectangular lock).
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Size
The Chanel Classic Flap Mini (Rectangular) is a semi-structured bag.
Best listed right now: $2,830 on Fashionphile, near the floor of the typical range.
Demand is light and prices are soft, so there's little pressure to move fast.
Discontinued: no longer in production, so resale is the only way to buy it.
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Estimated from recorded resale prices · not an appraisal. As of 2026-07-02.
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Coco Chanel named it after its own birthday, and gave women back their hands.
Origin
Chanel released the bag in February 1955 and called it the 2.55 after that date. Its real innovation was the shoulder strap. In her words, she was tired of carrying bags by hand and losing them, so she slipped a strap over her shoulder and freed her hands.
Design
The burgundy lining echoes the uniforms of the Aubazine convent where Chanel was raised. The diamond quilting borrows from the jackets worn by racetrack jockeys. The rectangular clasp, known as the Mademoiselle lock, nods to the fact that she never married.
Good to know
When Karl Lagerfeld took over Chanel in 1983 he reworked the bag with the now-famous interlocking double-C turn-lock and a chain laced with leather. That version is the Classic Flap. The original clasp lives on in the bag Chanel still sells as the 2.55 Reissue.
By the numbers
Across 131 recorded resale listings, the Classic Flap sits around $5,650. This is our estimate from current data, not an appraisal, as of 2026-07-02.
Designers and muses.
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel
Designer
Created the 2.55 in February 1955 and added the strap so women could stop carrying bags by hand.
Karl Lagerfeld
Creative director who reshaped it
His 1983 update added the interlocking CC turn-lock and the leather-laced chain of today's Classic Flap.
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$10,360 → $6,310 across 131 recorded sales
2026-07 – 2026-07
Estimated from recorded resale prices · not an appraisal or investment forecast. Values can go down as well as up.
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