Chanel handbag making

A handbag is one of the important details of every girl's wardrobe, and a Chanel handbag says that its owner is a girl who loves herself - a successful girl.

Chanel handbag making - technology
Before any of the handbags Chanel 2.55 goes on sale, in the studio of Karl Lagerfeld a project of this handbag is created. When creating a project, all the details are taken into account and when it is approved, the leather craftsmen start to work.

They need to create a prototype handbag. All work on its creation is done mostly using manual labor. It is very important to choose the right details, observe all proportions and create the perfect handbag. This stage of work lasts about a week. During this time, the craftsmen create up to 300 prototypes, which are sent to the studio, where 20-30 bags are selected for further production.

And then the handbag goes into production, where about 80% is taken by the cutting of its parts. It is very important to perfectly cut all the details, because the rules Chanel say - the inside handbags should look as pretty as the outside.

Chanel handbag making - history
Chanel was a businesslike and energetic woman, her day was planned out, and she needed a comfortable handbag. Chanel 2.55, she created especially for herself, this was the first Chanel handbag that can be hung on the shoulder and thereby free your hands. Before Chanel, such a thought had not visited any fashion house. Apparently the reason was that shoulder straps in bags were used only for inexpensive items.

The handbag immediately gained popularity, Chanel received a lot of orders for the manufacture of Chanel 2.55, at one time there were so many orders that her fashion house was forced to refuse new orders, because Chanel's handbags did not have time to produce.

More than 50 years later, Chanel 2.55 has not changed to this day. It has no compartments for a mobile phone and cigarettes, only a small lipstick pocket, which from the very beginning was provided by Chanel herself. But the appearance of the handbag began to change a year after its creation. First came the Chanel2.55 models made of silk, crocodile leather and jersey. After some time, Karl Lagerfeld came to the fashion house, he continued the business and elevated the Chanel 2.55 handbag into a cult. Karl created many models, different colors, different colors and decor.

Today every new handbag model limited edition. 8-10 years pass, and the handbag becomes collectible, because Chanel handbags are the embodiment of elegance and perfection!