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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What the house has produced this bag in, from our sourced records.
Material
Lambskindefault, Goatskin / Chevre
Seasonal: Grained Calf
Hardware
Silverdefault, Gold
Seasonal: Rose Gold, Giant
Permanent finishes are offered year-round; seasonal ones rotate and retire. A finish being listed here doesn’t mean we have one for sale right now.
The anthracite shades we’ve recorded (5)
Blue66Red29Silver20Purple4Green2
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.
What it's worth
Balenciaga · City · Nano · Anthracite
This exact variant · 121 recorded prices
Best listed right now: $650 on Fashionphile, around the typical price (median $725).
Prices have been trending up over the tracked window.
No longer in production, so resale is the only way to buy it.
By condition · compared like-for-like
excellent
1 price
very good
9 prices
$725$1,185
Estimated from recorded resale prices (111 with condition unrecorded) · not an appraisal. As of 2026-10-12.
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For sale right now
2 listings
Live listings for this bag across the marketplaces we track, each rated against the fair value for its spec. We don’t sell these, we link you to the seller. Prices change and sell.
Fair value is the median of recorded resale prices for that spec, broadened and labeled when a spec is thin. Landed estimates add each platform's typical buyer fees and shipping, before sales tax. An estimate, not an appraisal. Affiliate links may earn us a commission.
