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No one here will provide a style name without seeing more relevant details to verify its authenticity first; e.g. interior, heat stamps, logos etc. (And having an I. Magnin tag attached ain't one of 'em 
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Hi there! Thanks for the response-I'm 99% sure the bag is authentic. The gold hang tag is stamped Chanel and the serial number tag (though beat up) matches the number on the card. Hoping to get a style name, it's driving me crazy! 😄
@gathering*vintage wrote:
... I'm 99% sure the bag is authentic. The gold hang tag is stamped Chanel [?] and the serial number tag (though beat up) matches the number on the card.
Sorry, but I'm not even 10% convinced this bag is not fake. Having matching serial numbers means nothing when other critical details are wrong; i.e.
• Misshaped CC logo on leather fob
• Poorly stamped CHANEL logo in uneven, misshaped font & wrong color (even if the photo angle made the C appear flattened, that didn't cause the lopsided A or the equal-barred E).
• "Made In Italy" is also badly stamped with uneven, blotted lines & misaligned font.
• Diamond stitching is misaligned along the bottom
And that's without seeing the zipper brand, the other side of the card or the bag.
I don't know any reliable authentication specialists in Chanel bags that I could recommend, but others may.
For some reason, when I quote, it's not posting correctly so I'll do it this way.
@genemaat said, "I don't know any reliable authentication specialists in Chanel bags that I could recommend, but others may."
Etinceler specializes only in Chanel and is absolutely reliable.
And I believe that Authenticate4U has a Chanel authenticator whose forte is vintage.
I feel comfortable recommending both and I think this is one of those cases where it's worth it to invest <$10.
Please come back with their findings!
So, did they explain the anomalies in the stamped logo font (especially the wrong E), the odd-shaped CC on the fob or stitching alignment?
Re detail:
FYI, I don't recommend Étinceler for any vintage Chanel for very good reasons (PM for info); but if Authenticate4U do have a vintage Chanel bag specialist, as Alberta mentioned, I would be most interested in their conclusions.
I'll be happy to pay for that 2nd opinion too, for my own research. 
Hi @lisatea111,
Thank you so much for responding! I was hoping someone familiar Chanel bags from the mid-'80s on would be able to help me better understand this.
As my specialty is Chanel logo font typeface history, I can generally date their products by decade through subtle changes in the letters (e.g. the E went from equal upper/lower bars with short center to the current slightly longer foot around 1985). So I'm naturally intrigued by any deviations — to know if it was due to some quality control variation because of a change in manufacturing facility or management?
Just think of me as one of those annoying kids always asking why?
And thank you, genemaat, for offering to pay for authentication! But I don't know if they would be able to offer anything that we don't know already.
@gathering*vintage wrote:And thank you, genemaat, for offering to pay for authentication! But I don't know if they would be able to offer anything that we don't know already.
No problem, @gathering*vintage. My offer still stands though, since the more specific information one can possibly get about when, why & what time/season any Chanel deviations occurred would certainly tell us what we don't know — which can only help for future reference re accuracy & context.
Being an avid researcher (aka PITA) specific reasons & details are always essential; the devil really is in the details 
