She.com – The first CHANEL bag purchased by a middle-class woman: the authenticity of second-hand CHANEL bags!

Owning a CHANEL handbag is a girl’s dream. Young women who want to buy a CHANEL handbag do not necessarily have to go to a specialty store. With the retro craze, more and more people in Hong Kong are buying second-hand handbags. The editor went to Lovintage, a second-hand store with many years of experience in selling CHANEL handbags, to ask the founder Zijian about the authenticity of second-hand CHANEL!

Fallacy 1: Do all second-hand CHANEL handbags come with stickers and warranty cards?

CHANEL only started to assign unique serial numbers to each handbag in 1986. These serial numbers can be found on the sticker and warranty card of the handbag. Many second-hand CHANEL handbags were produced in the 1980s or even the 1990s, and are 30 to 40 years old. The stickers and warranty cards may be damaged or even lost. It is common to buy a handbag without stickers and cards. Therefore, even if there is no sticker or warranty card, it does not necessarily mean that the handbag is fake.

Fallacy 2: A handbag that has been used is worthless?

A handbag that has been “handled” does not mean it is worthless. Many Hong Kong people generally have a negative impression of the word “handled”, but the vintage industry generally does not pay too much attention to the condition of a handbag after it has been “handled”. If a handbag can still retain a good feel after being “handled”, it is still a handbag in good condition.

Fallacy 3: Doesn’t the swollen quilted pattern on a used CHANEL handbag mean it’s in bad condition?

The sewing method of the diamond pattern on the handbags launched in the vintage era of CHANEL is different from that of today. Although the diamond pattern on the new handbags nowadays is generally bulging, many styles back then were sewn with flat patterns, which are very rare items! As long as you pay attention to the diamond pattern not being concave when purchasing, it is still a handbag in good condition!

Fallacy 4: All the hardware of CHANEL second-hand handbags are 24K gold-plated?

In fact, not all second-hand CHANEL handbags are 24K gold. We can tell whether the hardware of these second-hand CHANEL handbags is 24K gold-plated by looking at the buttons of the handbags. You can see a small engraving on the edge of the button of the handbag, and this engraving means that it is made of gold-plated with a high gold content, and hardware without engraving is not necessarily 24K gold-plated.

Recommended CHANEL second-hand bags for women

If a middle-class woman wants to buy a second-hand CHANEL handbag, she can choose a classic and stylish second-hand CHANEL camera bag. The price is also very affordable, about HK$18,000-22,000, depending on the condition of the handbag.

There is a lot to learn when buying a second-hand CHANEL handbag. If you want to choose the second-hand handbag that suits you best, you must shop at a reputable and experienced store!

PRODUCER｜Ailey Wong
VIDEOGRAPHER｜Ivy Chow, Ryan Hong
VIDEO EDITOR｜Riva Tam
VENUE:Lovintage

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