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What is the most iconic handbag of all time?

By YPB Team

Some of these cost more than a car and still carry a waiting list. Others you can pick up at an airport on the way home.

  1. Chanel Classic Flap — ranked #11
    Chanel Classic Flap
    Coco Chanel's 2.55 quilted bag with the chain strap, in production since 1955.
    1000pts
  2. Hermès Birkin — ranked #22
    Hermès Birkin
    The waitlisted leather tote named after Jane Birkin and treated as an investment asset.
    951pts
  3. Balenciaga City Bag — ranked #33
    Balenciaga City Bag
    The slouchy moto bag with tassels that defined mid-2000s celebrity style.
    610pts
  4. Gucci Jackie — ranked #44
    Gucci Jackie
    The hobo bag named for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and her habit of carrying it.
    553pts
  5. Goyard Saint Louis — ranked #55
    Goyard Saint Louis
    The hand-painted chevron tote that trades on being hard to buy.
    488pts
  6. Longchamp Le Pliage — ranked #66
    Longchamp Le Pliage
    The foldable nylon tote with a leather flap, sold in the tens of millions.
    488pts
  7. Hermès Kelly — ranked #77
    Hermès Kelly
    The trapeze bag Grace Kelly used to shield a pregnancy from photographers.
    488pts
  8. Telfar Shopping Bag — ranked #88
    Telfar Shopping Bag
    The vegan-leather tote sold in drops and nicknamed the Bushwick Birkin.
    488pts
  9. Dior Saddle Bag — ranked #99
    Dior Saddle Bag
    John Galliano's 1999 curved shoulder bag, revived as a 2018 street-style staple.
    413pts
  10. Prada Nylon Backpack — ranked #1010
    Prada Nylon Backpack
    The black parachute-nylon backpack that made technical fabric a luxury signal.
    413pts
  11. Lady Dior — ranked #1111
    Lady Dior
    The structured cannage-quilted bag Dior renamed after Diana, Princess of Wales.
    413pts
  12. Gucci Bamboo Bag — ranked #1212
    Gucci Bamboo Bag
    Post-war Florence improvisation: a handle of heat-bent bamboo when leather ran short.
    413pts
  13. Celine Luggage Tote — ranked #1313
    Celine Luggage Tote
    Phoebe Philo's winged, face-like tote, the status bag of the early 2010s.
    325pts
  14. Mulberry Bayswater — ranked #1414
    Mulberry Bayswater
    The buckled British satchel that carried the 2000s It-bag boom in London.
    325pts
  15. Loewe Puzzle — ranked #1515
    Loewe Puzzle
    A flat-packed geometric bag that folds into a box, from Jonathan Anderson's Loewe years.
    325pts
  16. Louis Vuitton Neverfull — ranked #1616
    Louis Vuitton Neverfull
    The open monogram tote that became the default airport bag.
    222pts
  17. Fendi Baguette — ranked #1717
    Fendi Baguette
    The small under-arm bag Sex and the City turned into a late-nineties obsession.
    222pts
  18. Bottega Veneta Cassette — ranked #1818
    Bottega Veneta Cassette
    The oversized Intrecciato weave that sells the house without showing a logo.
    222pts
  19. Saint Laurent Sac de Jour — ranked #1919
    Saint Laurent Sac de Jour
    A rigid, architectural day bag built as the house's answer to the Birkin.
    0pts

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Comments

The 2.55 has been in production since 1955, and the Lady Dior took its name after Diana was given one. Where both bags sit in a wider comparison: https://youpick.best/articles/chanel-vs-dior-ranked

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