Chanel 22 Medium

Published specification

Published size

39 x 42 x 8 cm

Category

bag

Materials

shiny calfskin, metallic calfskin, denim

Hardware

gold, silver

Season

2022 collections onward

Official style codes

not published yet

Published size references (checked against the pages listed below)

• luxuryevermore.com
• lvbagaholic.com

Values here are published references for the model. Anything we could not verify on an open page is left as “not published yet” on purpose — we do not fill gaps with guesses.

Specifications in cm and inches

Every figure below has a record behind it on this site. Where the record has no value (interior and opening measurements are rarely published), the row says so instead of carrying a guess.

The dimensions come from the model record, which cites the published pages listed under Published specification.

How this size sits in the range

The rows below are the nearest published sizes on this site to the Chanel 22 Medium, measured the same way (width, height, depth). They are here so a 25 cm body can be judged against a 24 cm and a 28 cm one instead of against a number alone.

Comparisons use published outside measurements. Two bags of the same width can hold different amounts, because depth and body rigidity decide more than width does.

Dimensions in cm and inches

One published figure for the 22 here, with the published Chanel flap tiers quoted for scale.

The 22 Medium is published at 39 x 42 x 8 cm, which is 15.4 x 16.5 x 3.1 inches. That is a larger face than any classic flap tier: the largest structured flap on this site is the Maxi at 33 x 23 x 10 cm, so the 22 is 6 cm wider and almost 20 cm taller while being 2 cm shallower. Those figures describe the shape — a soft bag that hangs rather than stands.

The height includes the soft top with nothing inside it, which is why the 22 looks far bigger in a photograph than in the hand. Once the drawstring is gathered and the bag is carried on a shoulder, the fabric folds and the effective face shrinks by several centimetres in both directions.

Inch values are the published centimetres converted at 2.54 cm per inch and rounded to one decimal, the same rule the guides use. Rows with no published figure say so.

How to recognise it in a photo

Soft unstructured body gathered at the top by a chain drawstring, with large CHANEL lettering across the front and a small CC medallion on the chain.

Not this style when: A rigid body with a flap and a CC turn-lock is not a 22; lettering without a chain points to the 19.

The 22 is one of the few Chanel shapes with no flap, which makes it straightforward to place in a photograph.

1. Shape and closure: Soft unstructured body gathered at the top by a chain drawstring, with large CHANEL lettering across the front and a small CC medallion on the chain.
2. Not this model when: A rigid body with a flap and a CC turn-lock is not a 22; lettering without a chain points to the 19.
3. Hardware: the record lists gold and silver; the clasp or turn-lock should match that finish in the photos.
4. Materials: shiny calfskin, metallic calfskin, denim on the record — grain and sheen in the photo should look consistent with those.
5. Size in frame: the model record publishes 39 x 42 x 8 cm, so a photograph with a phone or a tape beside the bag is the only way to check the tier.
6. Strap and hardware: ask for the strap or handle laid straight, so the drop can be read rather than estimated from a worn photograph.
7. Look for a gathered opening with the chain threaded through it and a large CHANEL letter mark on the front, and no metal turn-lock anywhere.

What fits inside

What a 39 x 42 x 8 cm soft body takes, and where the shape starts to work against the load.

A 13-inch laptop in a sleeve, a folder, a water bottle and a pouch fit together, and the soft body means the load sits at the bottom of the bag rather than being held in shape. That is where the 8 cm depth matters: a flat laptop plus a bottle fills the bag in a way it would not if the depth were 12 cm.

The bag is carried on a chain that threads through the gathered top, which means a heavy load pulls the top of the bag into a point. Soft items and a laptop travel well; hard boxes and wide rigid items are the load that fights the shape.

• A laptop sleeve, a folder and a water bottle with room left over; at 8 cm deep it stays flat against the body.
• A 13-inch laptop in a sleeve, a folder, a bottle and a pouch fit together in the soft face.
• A folded scarf or light knit fills the space above the laptop rather than beside it.
• Hard boxes and wide rigid items fight the gathered top, because the chain pulls the mouth into a point.

These capacity notes are read off the published outside dimensions and the tier ladder, not from a measured interior: the site has no published interior figure for this model, so treat them as a size guide rather than a packing list.

No interior figure is published for the 22, so these notes are read from the 39 x 42 x 8 cm outside dimensions.

How it compares with the next size up

The published Chanel flap tiers are the nearest comparison, since the 22 is the only soft bag in the set.

Against the Classic Flap Maxi at 33 x 23 x 10 cm, the 22 is 6 cm wider, 19 cm taller and 2 cm shallower. In use those figures mean the flap holds a rigid rectangle and the 22 swallows a soft load: the Maxi takes a slim tablet and a wallet, the 22 takes a laptop, a folder and a bottle. Against the Jumbo at 30 x 19.5 x 10 cm the difference is even more pronounced — 9 cm of width and 22.5 cm of height.

The closest published body in another house on this site is the Louis Vuitton OnTheGo MM at 35 x 27 x 15 cm: 4 cm narrower, 15 cm shorter and 7 cm deeper. That is the useful pair for a working load — the OnTheGo is the structured tote, and the 22 is the soft shoulder bag that carries the same kind of contents in a different posture.

Compared values are the published outside measurements listed in the ladder table above.

Materials, colours and hardware

Materials and hardware come from the model record; rows the record does not carry stay blank.

Leather and body

shiny calfskin, metallic calfskin, denim

Hardware

gold, silver

Season

2022 collections onward

What the photos show

The chain threads through the top of the body rather than being attached at the sides, which is visible in any photograph that shows the opening.

Current catalog photos for this style

10 album photos in this batch, each labelled with the album reference (mark_code) you can quote in a message.

Each caption is the album reference for that piece, so a photo here can be matched back to the listing it came from. Nothing on these photos has been covered or altered.

Hardware, stitching, lining and interior, in photos

Six album photos of the Chanel 22 Medium that actually show the metal, the stitching, the lining or the inside of the bag, each with the album reference it came from.

Every photo above is our own album photo of this model, taken from the listing reference printed under it. Nothing has been cropped, covered or enlarged: the file served here is a downsample of the original, and the original’s pixel size is printed so you can see that for yourself.

Where the figures on this page come from

One row per figure, with where it was published. Both published pages print this model's size as 39 × 42 × 8 cm.

Every figure above is a published reference with the record it came from, not a number we measured ourselves. Nobody has measured a physical unit for this page yet, so no row claims an in-hand measurement.

Questions buyers ask about the Chanel 22 Medium

Model references that sit next to this one

These pages use the same published-specification format, so a size, a strap drop or a depth can be compared without leaving the site.

• Chanel Classic Flap Medium The structured flap tier of the same house, 13.5 cm narrower.
• Louis Vuitton OnTheGo MM A structured tote that carries the same working load as the 22.
• Loewe Flamenco A softer drawstring body 9 cm narrower and 2.5 cm deeper.

Sources and cross-checks

Every figure above comes from one of the records below. Each row states where the value is published on this site and the date it was last checked against that record.

External pages are read-only references for published measurements; they are not partners of this site and their figures are quoted, not endorsed. Where two records disagree, both numbers are printed above instead of one being averaged away.

Why this page is here

Album listings that match this model

6

Published references checked

2

Album photos on this page

10

The album count comes from titles in the current catalog batch that name this model (6 in the archive record, 0 in the latest recount). Photos are the record for each piece.