Chanel · Tier 1

Boy

Name: Chanel Boy Small
Brand: Chanel

By Arielle · Catalogued July 2026

The Chanel Boy is a structured shoulder flap bag introduced by Karl Lagerfeld for the Fall/Winter 2011 collection, named after Coco Chanel's love Boy Capel. It trades the house's soft curves for a boxier, more androgynous silhouette, with a wide quilted or embossed body and a heavy chain-and-leather strap. Its signature is the boy-style push-lock clasp on the front, a chunky rectangular latch that replaced the classic CC turn-lock. It quickly became one of Chanel's core permanent lines alongside the Classic Flap.

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Size

MiniSmall · 23 cmMedium Large

Colour

Black White Beige Brown Grey NavyRedBlue Green Pink Purple Orange Yellow Metallic Multicolor

The four Chanel flap lines

You're on the Boy line. Chanel makes four flap lines that look alike but close differently, and the closure moves the price more than the color.

Made in

What the house has produced this bag in, from our sourced records.

Material

CalfskindefaultLambskinCaviarseasonalPatentTweedVelvetSequinMetallicExotic

Construction

DiamonddefaultChevronseasonalPlain

Hardware

RutheniumdefaultAged goldGold

The red shades we’ve recorded (2)

Burgundy17Gray/Green/Red1

Shades recorded from resale listings, in the sellers’ own words. Chanel doesn’t publish official seasonal colour names, so treat these as descriptions, not house names.

The Chanel Boy Small in Red is a designer bag.

What it's worth

DiscontinuedThis exact variant · 128 recorded prices

Best listed right now: $1,595 on The RealReal, well below the typical price (median $3,415).

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.

By condition · compared like-for-like

excellent

13 prices

very good

32 prices

good

2 prices

$1,595$5,995

Estimated from recorded resale prices (81 with condition unrecorded) · not an appraisal. As of 2026-07-13.

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CBrandChanel1 ColourRed

The Story

Karl Lagerfeld named Chanel's edgiest bag after the great love of Coco's life.

Origin

Named for Boy Capel

The Boy debuted in Chanel's Fall/Winter 2011 collection, introduced by Karl Lagerfeld. He named it for Arthur 'Boy' Capel, the English polo player who was Coco Chanel's muse, great love and the backer of her first stores.

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Design

Built like a hunter's bag

Lagerfeld drew on a cartridge bag, the kind hunters use to carry ammunition, for a boxier, more masculine shape with bold hardware, a deliberate contrast to the soft Classic Flap.

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