{"id":87925,"date":"2014-05-29T15:57:17","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T15:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.theluxurycloset.com\/2014\/05\/29\/bagthursday-vintage-chanel-bag\/"},"modified":"2014-05-29T15:57:17","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T15:57:17","slug":"bagthursday-vintage-chanel-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theluxurycloset.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/29\/bagthursday-vintage-chanel-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"#BagThursday: A Vintage Chanel Love Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1074 aligncenter\" title=\"Chanel Maxi LAmbskin Flap Bag\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.theluxurycloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/chanel-maxi-lambskin-flap-bag-lc-49112-140868-1-7.jpg\" alt=\"chanel-maxi-lambskin-flap-bag-lc-49112-140868-1-7\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll say it once, I&#8217;ll say it a thousand times: you cannot go wrong with a vintage Chanel bag.\u00a0Way back when I first discovered the wonderful world of designer handbags, a simple vintage black flap stole a little piece of my heart. My admiration grew as I saw the style on the arms of my then style icons Lauren Conrad and Nicole Richie.<\/p>\n<p>Ten years later the little gem is still high on my lust list, so you can imagine the excitement (and nostalgia!) I felt when this vintage Jumbo XL made its way into TLC headquarters last week.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1079 alignnone\" title=\"Chanel Vintage Black Jumbo XL Flap Bag\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.theluxurycloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/chanel-maxi-lambskin-flap-bag-lc-49112-140868-1-61.jpg\" alt=\"Closure of Chanel Vintage Black Jumbo XL Flap Bag\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Perfectly pairable with leather shorts and a floaty top for evening or denim shorts and a fedora on the weekend, this vintage Chanel bag clearly has it all. \u00a0The quilted soft lambskin, the signature twist lock closure and the classic chain link shoulder straps make this handbag an ageless Chanel creation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1072\" title=\"Chanel Vintage Black Jumbo XL Flap Bag\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.theluxurycloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/chanel-maxi-lambskin-flap-bag-lc-49112-140868-1.jpg\" alt=\"Front shot of Chanel Vintage Black Jumbo XL Flap Bag\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Images Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-BLwHGNRXkm0\/Teb_m_CxktI\/AAAAAAAAHC0\/SCEHhGQuwac\/s1600\/chanelhandbag2886074.jpg<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>http:\/\/www.shoppingandinfo.com\/2008\/11\/nicole-richie-wears-chanel-bags-xl-jumbo-classic-is-a-favorite.html<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll say it once, I&#8217;ll say it a thousand times: you cannot go wrong with a vintage Chanel bag.\u00a0Way back when I first discovered the wonderful world of designer handbags, a simple vintage black flap stole a little piece of my heart. My admiration grew as I saw the style on the arms of my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":87926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,21,1],"tags":[24,80],"class_list":["post-87925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bag-of-the-week","category-spotlight-on","category-uncategorized","tag-chanel","tag-vintage"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>#BagThursday: A Vintage Chanel Love Story - The Luxury Closet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This #BagThursday, our handbags category manager tells you all about the timeless Vintage Chanel Black Jumbo XL Flap Bag.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theluxurycloset.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/29\/bagthursday-vintage-chanel-bag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"#BagThursday: A Vintage Chanel Love Story - 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