Chanel Classic Flap sizes
Chanel Classic Flap in 6 sizes: from €4,850 for the Classic Flap Square Mini to €11,900 for the Classic Flap Maxi, new in the boutique, and how each price has changed. Use it to judge any pre-owned price you come across for a Chanel Classic Flap.
Size by size, since 2020 the increases range from 44% for the Classic Flap Rectangular Mini to 84% for the Classic Flap Small: the chart below shows each one.
Prices last checked on 14 October 2026. How we check prices
The sizes
The sizes side by side
| Size | Width in cm | New in the boutique New |
|---|---|---|
| Square Mini 17 cm wide | 17 | €4,850 |
| Rectangular Mini 20 cm wide | 20 | €5,050 |
| Small 23 cm wide | 23 | €10,100 |
| Medium 25.5 cm wide | 25.5 | €10,500 |
| Jumbo 30 cm wide | 30 | €11,300 |
| Maxi 33 cm wide | 33 | €11,900 |
The story of the Classic Flap
The bag Chanel now calls the 11.12 descends from the 2.55, which Gabrielle Chanel created in February 1955 and named after that month and year (Marie Claire). The 2.55 brought together quilted leather, an adjustable chain strap and a bag-in-bag construction (Harper’s Bazaar Singapore), closed by a rectangular lock known as the Mademoiselle (Marie Claire). In the 1980s Karl Lagerfeld reworked it, replacing the lock with interlocking Cs and weaving leather through the chain (Harper’s Bazaar Singapore). Sotheby’s and Elle Brasil date this version to 1983 (Sotheby’s; Elle Brasil). In 2021 the house adopted the name 11.12, taken from the style code of the medium size (Sotheby’s). The flap is made in small, medium, jumbo and maxi, with a single-flap mini added in 2010, in lambskin or caviar leather, and each double flap takes more than 180 operations (Sotheby’s).
The quilting should be centred, and the diamonds on the back should line up with the pocket stitching (Madison Avenue Couture).