The Vintage Luxury Collector

New to vintage bags? Here's an affordable alternative to the Chanel Diana.

July 21, 2026

If you're trying to decide for your first vintage Chanel bag, let me introduce to you an alternative to the Diana. Meet Alaric, a 1 Series half Moon Caramel Lambskin with...

Gen Z vs Millennials: how are they different? We're talking about bags, of course.

July 21, 2026

These bags are the millennial and Gen Z versions of each other. Both 17cm classic silhouettes by Chanel. Like all different generations, they don't look alike. They don't think alike....

Why vintage Chanel stitching is a class above

June 29, 2026

Hot take: stitching is one area where vintage Chanel REALLY shines versus Hermès. Let's take a look at two beautiful examples in the wave stitch and sundial. First, we have...

What's the difference in color between Chanel milk tea lambskin vs. caviar?

June 26, 2026

Battle of the milk teas. Boom! Here we have a very very cute mini 31 called Rui on our website and you can see here this is the 31 model in...

Most lambskin Chanel Dianas have Bordeaux interiors. What about their caviar counterparts?

June 24, 2026

So in a recent blogpost I talked about how Dianas, with the exception of the 4 series, have mostly Bordeaux interiors: Is this the same for caviar? The answer to that is...

She may be small, but she packs a punch

June 23, 2026

I wanted to introduce to you the smallest and most powerful piece in my entire bag collection. This is my cute little vintage milk tea pouch. Now, why is it the most...