It´s Official: Huge Price Increase For All Chanel Handbags

chanel-handtaschen-preiseLast Monday, Chanel has increased its prices in Europe and the United Kingdom; the USA are set to follow on May 1st. And I am not talking about little increases, no, with the Jumbo flap bag going from € 3.450 up to € 3.950, we are talking about a whole other level of Chanel shopping.

Ever since Chanel started with raising their prices a few years ago, shopping has never really been the same. Whenever I visited one of the boutiques, I felt a deep urge to purchase something, knowing that things would never be this „affordable“ again. The thought of avoiding yet another increase by buying the wanted items right now was so overly present, that I once purchased three classic flaps in one year. Because what´s the point in waiting, when you know that the same handbag will cost you 20% more in what sometimes is only a matter of months?

It has been about seven years ago when I bought my first Chanel bag. At that time (around 2006/2007), Chanel seemed to struggle a little bit with their image. Competitors such as Dior, Chloé or Balenciaga released one super popular „it-bag“ after another, while french fashion house Chanel served more conservative and older clients. Young, stylish women would have never thought of stepping foot into one of the snobbish Chanel boutiques, until something started to change. Suddenly, the likes of Sienna Miller or Keira Knightley were spotted carrying very classic chanel bags, combining something so iconic and known with more or less casual and trendy looks. Thus, the classic and must-have „it-bag“ from Chanel was born.

These are the new prices, effective immediately (12.04.2014):

Chanel Classic Flap Small (shown here): from € 2.950 -> € 3.400

Chanel Classic Flap Medium: from € 3.100 -> € 3.550

Chanel Classic Flap Jumbo (shown here or here): from € 3.450 -> € 3.950

Chanel Classic Flap Maxi: from € 3.750 -> € 4.300

Chanel 2.55 Small: from € 2.950 -> € 3.550

Chanel 2.55 Medium (shown here): from € 3.450 -> € 3.950

Chanel 2.55 Jumbo: from € 3.750 -> € 4.300

Chanel Mini rectangular (shown here): von € 1.760 -> € 2.020

Chanel Mini square: von € 1.550 -> € 1.830

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