Balenciaga · Tier 3

Hourglass

Name: Balenciaga Hourglass Small
Brand: Balenciaga

Catalogued July 2026

The Hourglass is Balenciaga's structured top-handle bag, introduced in 2019 under Demna, named for its sharply curved base that nips in at the sides. It has a rigid, architectural body with a squared flap, a large metal B logo on the front, and short top handles with an optional strap, most often in shiny box calf. Inspired by founder Cristobal Balenciaga's tailoring, it quickly became the house's signature modern bag.

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Size

Mini BBSmallMedium XS Unknown

Colour

BlackWhite Beige Grey Blue Green Pink Metallic Unknown

Material

Leather Croc-Embossed Shiny Box CalfUnknown

Hardware

silver goldUnknown

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Made in

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

Material

Shiny Box Calfdefault, Grained Calf, Croc-Embossed

Seasonal: Crocodile / Exotic

Hardware

Golddefault, Silver

Seasonal: Tonal

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 (8)

Green108Pink98Red82Brown72Orange67Purple36Beige23Grey17

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 · Hourglass · Small · Black

This exact variant · 887 recorded prices

Best listed right now: $565 on Fashionphile, well below the typical price (median $1,350).

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

10 prices

very good

29 prices

$695$1,485

Estimated from recorded resale prices (848 with condition unrecorded) · not an appraisal. As of 2026-08-27.

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Where it stands

#348

of 536 styles in the LC Index

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⚖Blended from price, trade volume, and scarcity.
◷Recomputed monthly from recorded market prices.

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The three measures behind #348

By priceof 536 styles

#312Aphrodite · Gucci
#313Hourglass · Balenciaga
#314Ribera · Louis Vuitton

By trade volumeof 536 styles

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BHouseBalenciagaest. 1919 · France ColourBlack

Guides for this bag

Articles on the Hourglass and Balenciaga from our verified experts.

Balenciaga authentication: The markers worth checking
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