Chanel’s craziest handbags: 22 pictures of ice boxes, perfume bottles and more!

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For the past few years, Karl Lagerfeld has made sure each new Chanel collection (and there are many) is cemented into fashion history—first, with stellar clothes, and second, with bags so cheekily out of the box that we can’t help but be spellbound. In addition to the brand’s iconic 2.55, Boy and classic quilt, Chanel has created a tongue-and-cheek handbag ode to pop culture with each season, his latest being the wildest of all.

Tipping his hat to Dubai’s economic past and present, the Chanel designer debuted a quilted, golden, double C-incrusted, oil can handbag. The bag was responsible for its fair share of commentary, offending some while resonating with others. It’s no secret that oil was, at one time, a pillar in Dubai’s economy. Was Lagerfeld alluding to a connection between oil and wealth in the main city of the emirate?

How deeply you read into the designs is up to you (and your shopping habits) but there’s been a fairly clear narrative throughout recent Chanel handbag history—gold-plated consumerism in 2006, global warming in the shape an ice block bag in 2010 and now, Middle East economic prowess in one quilted oil can.

Page through this look back at Chanel’s craziest handbags of the last few years. We can promise it won’t be boring.

Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography courtesy of Chanel

Photography courtesy of Chanel

Photography courtesy of Chanel

Photography courtesy of Chanel

Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography courtesy of Chanel

Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography courtesy of Chanel

Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography courtesy of Chanel

Photography courtesy of Chanel

Photography courtesy of Chanel

Photography courtesy of Chanel

Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography courtesy of Chanel

Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography courtesy of Chanel

Photography courtesy of Chanel

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Chanel Spring 2009 Handbag 2

Spring 2009: Quilted guitar case

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Chanel Spring 2009 Handbag

Spring 2009: Shopping bag

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Chanel Cruise 2010 Handbag

Cruise 2010: Fuchsia vinyl box bag

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Chanel Pre-Fall 2010 Handbag 2

Pre-Fall 2010: Black enamel doll bag

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Chanel Fall 2014 Handbag

Fall 2014: Plexiglas jewellery box

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Chanel Pre-Fall 2010 Handbag

Pre-Fall 2010: Take out bag

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Chanel Fall 2010 Handbag

Fall 2010: Ice box bag

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Chanel Fall 2011 Handbag

Fall 2011: Grey fake fur tote

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Chanel Spring 2012 Handbag

Spring 2012: Shell clutch

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Chanel Cruise 2013 Handbag 2

Cruise 2013: Plexiglas perfume bag

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Chanel Spring 2013 Handbag 2

Spring 2013: Hula hoop bag

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Chanel Spring 2013 Handbag

Spring 2013: Lego bag

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Chanel Fall 2014 Handbag 5

Fall 2013: Plexigas globe bag

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Chanel Spring 2014 Handbag 2

Spring 2014: Printed backpack

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Chanel Pre-Fall 2014 Handbag 2

Pre-Fall 2014: Quilted bag with fringe

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Chanel Pre-Fall 2014 Handbag

Pre-Fall 2014: Leather bag with pompoms

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Chanel Fall 2014 Handbag 3

Fall 2014: Milk bag

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Chanel Fall 2014 Handbag 2

Fall 2014: Shopping cart bag

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Chanel Fall 2014 Handbag 2

Fall 2014: Black trolley

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Chanel Fall 2014 Handbag

Fall 2014: Wrapped meat bag

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Chanel Fall 2014 Handbag 4

Fall 2014: Quilted leather bag with metal handle

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Chanel Cruise 2015 Handbag

Cruise 2015: Oil can bag

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