Saint Laurent · Tier 3

Kate

Name: Saint Laurent Kate Medium
Brand: Saint Laurent

Catalogued July 2026

The Saint Laurent Kate is a sleek rectangular flap bag defined by the large metal YSL Cassandre monogram on the front, which doubles as the closure, on a slim chain shoulder strap. It comes in smooth and quilted leather, often with a hanging tassel drawn through the logo, in small and medium sizes. Clean and evening-ready, it is one of the house's signature chain bags. Its exact introduction year is not cleanly documented, with the design evolving from the house's earlier chain-and-monogram bags.

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Size

SmallMediumLarge Unknown

Colour

BlackWhite Beige Grey Red Pink Unknown

Material

Leather Grain de PoudreCroc-Embossed / ExoticSmooth Calf Suede Unknown

Hardware

goldsilverUnknown

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Made in

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

Material

Grain de Poudredefault, Smooth Calf, Matelasse

Seasonal: Suede, Croc-Embossed / Exotic

Hardware

Golddefault, Silver

Seasonal: Aged / Brushed

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 black shades we’ve recorded (11)

Burgundy15Black/Multicolor13White13Dark Brown12Neutral12Rouge12Rose9Blue7Red4Neutrals2Pattern Prints1

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 Saint Laurent Kate Medium in Black is a Croc-Embossed / Exotic bag.

What it's worth

Saint Laurent · Kate · Medium · Black

This exact variant · 745 recorded prices

Best listed right now: $224 on The Luxury Closet, well below the typical price (median $1,261).

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

45 prices

very good

108 prices

good

3 prices

$745$2,085

Estimated from recorded resale prices (589 with condition unrecorded) · not an appraisal. As of 2026-08-27.

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Where it stands

#279

of 536 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.

Our index, not a verdict. How we rank

The three measures behind #279

By priceof 536 styles

#290Retro Interlocking G · Gucci
#291Kate · Saint Laurent
#292Alma · Louis Vuitton

By trade volumeof 536 styles

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Bag DNA

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SHouseSaint Laurentest. 1961 · France LeatherCroc-Embossed / Exotic Hardwaresilver ColourBlack

Guides for this bag

Articles on the Kate and Saint Laurent from our verified experts.

Saint Laurent authentication: The markers worth checking
The 2012 rebrand from Yves Saint Laurent to Saint Laurent Paris is the master dating tell, plus the Cassandre hardware, embossed serial, and Loulou quilting that catch most fakes. Why the name has to match the age.
By Arielle · Loulou

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