Rachel Bilson was swathed in a soft silky gray patterned scarf at the airport. The Chanel design was both luxurious and laid back.

Rachel donned a fur trimmed jacket with black boots. She sported black sunglasses with her look.

I wish with every fiber of my being that more online stores stocked vintage luxury bags. There’s something that I find so alluring about vintage – much of it, particularly those items made by luxury houses, has the feel of true exclusivity that even most high-end bags are missing these days.

Most of us know that almost everything we buy is made in factories, not by a talented artisan that cares about his work, and that makes luxury goods a bit less fun. With vintage, at least we can pretend that it was made by a guy named Francois in a picturesque workshop, diligently sewing bags while wearing a beret and smoking a hand-rolled cigarette. Or at least that’s what happens in my head. Perhaps Francois had a hand in the lovely Chanel Vintage Speedy Bag? I bet no one can prove to me that he didn’t – it’s vintage, after all.

 This is not your average vintage Chanel bag – classic flaps are fairly easy to find at high-end vintage shops and, if you have nerves of steel, on eBay, but styles that were only made for a short period of time and don’t have the “iconic” status of a flap bag are what really intrigue me. I particularly like the large metal pieces on the ends and that this bag uses a specially woven leather to mimic the brand’s trademark quilts – the details go a long way in a vintage piece. I don’t know if I’d pay the premium for it, but if you want a Chanel bag that you’ll probably never see on anyone else, something like this is right up your alley

Tell me that if the Chanel Woven Fabric Shopping Tote Bag,that Rachel Bilson is toting around didn’t have the Chanel bags  logo and chain you’d still think it cost more than $100 and I wouldn’t believe you!

 

The Spring Summer 2010 collection had a lot to offer – including some gorgeous takes on the classic 2.55(particularly the over-sized messengers) – but I just cannot find anything appealing in these dowdy patch-like flowers.

The bag shape itself is nice and the interlaced chain and over-sized signature Chanel handbags logo are chic Chanel bags  seems to be the only brand that can pull off those in your face logos without being overly obnoxious and I love that the logo here is done in metal and fabric, but why these patterned black flowers?

Lindsay Lohan out with her Chanel Portobello