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Learn how to read the codes on your vintage box!

Learn how to read the codes on your vintage box!

Your Bag's Interior is Chill for a Reason!

A loose stitch is absolutely not a good sign to see on your bag, but a loose interior lining is essential. That’s why the interior of your flaps is often loose (even if it seems like it’s not!).

Stitch-In-The-Ditch

This technique involves stitching directly into the seams between the quilted sections and the trim. By stitching in these “ditches,” the thread is less visible....

Piping: The Cornerstone – The Guard and The Guide.

Piping: The Cornerstone – The Guard and The Guide.

Yellow Stains Everywhere!

So, you’ve got your blue jeans on, white shirt looking fresh, and you reach for your white jumbo flap to complete the look—BOOM! Yellow stains everywhere, and you haven’t even taken it out to see t...

Matelassé vs. Quilted

While Matelassé and quilted leathers share similarities, they differ in technique and application!

Small Diana VS Medium Diana

It's easy to tell the size of a Diana flap when you have both the small and medium versions side by side. But if you're shopping online, it can be tricky, and sometimes sellers don't list the corre...

Vintage Vs Modern Lambskin

What happened!? In these two microscopic images of lambskin leather—one from 1994 and the other from 2024—the stark contrast is striking. Over just 20 years, the quality of the leather has changed ...

Chanel 25 Hobo: A New Iconic Numeric Favorite

Chanel 25 Hobo: A New Iconic Numeric Favorite

The Architectural Code Behind Chanel’s 31 Bag

The Architectural Code Behind Chanel’s 31 Bag.

TRUE OR FALSE?

The diamond quilts MUST be perfectly aligned on a Classic Flap. (FALSE) There is no rule about the number of stitches per inch on Chanel bags. (TRUE) The Chanel heat stamp isn’t always perfe...

How to remove color transfer from your light colored Chanel Flaps in Caviar.

These tricks will boost your bag's appraisal.

Chanel Coco Handle Sizes

I think there is a lot of confusion about Coco handle sizes, and I see most of the sellers and buyers get the sizes wrong. So here are the correct sizes, 1- XL Coco handle style code A92993, widt...

The Revolutionary Series: 5XXXXXX

Chanel introduced the holographic CC circle logo to the authenticity card for the first time in this series. Before this, there was no holographic CC logo on the card

Fun facts! “The Medium Classic Flap”

In 1955, the original price was $220. By 1990, the price had increased to a little over $1000

Hologram sticker and plaque ( chip)

As most of you know, Chanel has added a plaque ( metal chip) to all handbags since the release of the 21A collection. The hologram sticker was replaced for many reasons and none of them is to track...