Balenciaga · Tier 3

City

Name: Balenciaga City S
Brand: Balenciaga

Catalogued July 2026

The Classic City, Balenciaga's motorcycle bag, is the slouchy lightweight shoulder bag that defined mid-2000s It-bag culture. Designed under Nicolas Ghesquière, it grew out of his earlier First and Lariat prototypes and is recognizable by its buttery distressed lambskin, front zip pocket, whipstitched handles, and buckle-and-stud hardware with a mirror and leather tassels on the zip pulls. It carries with both handles or a detachable shoulder strap. The motorcycle line launched in the early 2000s, with the City version dated variously between 2001 and 2003.

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Colour

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Material

Leather Suede Lambskin Goatskin / ChevreUnknown

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Made in

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Material

Lambskindefault, Goatskin / Chevre

Seasonal: Grained Calf

Hardware

Silverdefault, Gold

Seasonal: Rose Gold, Giant

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What it's worth

Balenciaga · City · S

All S colours and leathers · 382 recorded prices

Best listed right now: $1,070 on Fashionphile, well below the typical price (median $1,495).

Demand is light and prices are soft, so there's little pressure to move fast.

No longer in production, so resale is the only way to buy it.

By condition · compared like-for-like

excellent

29 prices

very good

64 prices

$1,095$1,850

Estimated from recorded resale prices (289 with condition unrecorded) · not an appraisal. As of 2026-08-19.

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Where it stands

#135

of 529 styles in the LC Index

✦One number for where a bag stands in the whole market.
⚖Blended from price, trade volume, and scarcity.
◷Recomputed monthly from recorded market prices.

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The three measures behind #135

By priceof 529 styles

#228Manhattan · Saint Laurent
#229City · Balenciaga
#230Turenne · Louis Vuitton

By trade volumeof 529 styles

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BHouseBalenciagaest. 1919 · France Hardwaresilver

Guides for this bag

Articles on the City and Balenciaga from our verified experts.

Balenciaga authentication: The markers worth checking
One of the hardest houses to authenticate, with an exception to nearly every rule. The Lampo zip, notched rivets, bale shape, and tag-wording eras on a City or First, all weigh-points, never a standalone verdict.
By Arielle · City

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SizeS

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Hardware colorsilver

StatusDiscontinued

Resale price history

-25%

$1,850 → $1,395 across 382 recorded sales

2026-07 – 2026-08

Estimated from recorded resale prices · not an appraisal or investment forecast. Values can go down as well as up.

Research depth

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Grained leather is forgiving, but it still likes a gentle clean and the odd condition.

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Balenciaga authentication: The markers worth checking

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Specifications

Resale price history

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