The Chanel 2.55 is named after its birthday
Some names are codes. The Chanel 2.55 is named after the month it was born: February 1955. Coco Chanel wanted a bag women could wear on the shoulder and forget about, at a time when handbags were carried by hand. The quilted leather, the chain strap, the locked flap. Seventy years on, the formula hasn't needed a redesign.